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Fannie Mae, officially known as the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), is a government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) in the United States that provides liquidity to the mortgage market by purchasing mortgages from lenders and securitizing them into mortgage-backed securities. Established to expand the secondary mortgage market, Fannie Mae aims to make housing more affordable by increasing the availability of mortgage funds.
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