房利美

Fannie Mae

????2012年《財富》500強排名：第12位

????2012年利潤（單位：百萬美元）：17,220

????如果你還不相信美國樓市正在復蘇，請看看房利美的業績吧。由于美國房產止贖率和該公司所持有或擔保貸款的違約率急劇下降，這家抵押貸款融資巨頭的2012年利潤創下了新紀錄，和四年前的情形相比真的是峰回路轉。當時房地產泡沫破裂，美國聯邦政府不得不出面接管該公司。由于恢復盈利，房利美正在有條不紊地償還2008年美國政府向房利美提供的1160億美元援助款。

????——T.Z.

????Fortune 500 rank: 12

????2012 profit (millions): 17,220

????If you're still not convinced the housing recovery is well underway, take a look at Fannie Mae. The mortgage financing giant posted record profits for 2012 on a sharp drop in foreclosures and delinquencies on the loans it owns or guarantees. That's quite the turnaround from four years ago, when the federal government had to take control after the housing bubble burst. Now that Fannie Mae is profitable, it's well on track to pay back the $116 billion Uncle Sam put up to bail the company out.--T.Z.