"Fannie Mae, the nation's biggest underwriter of home mortgages...".
1999 was early in the game. Most timelines focus on events starting several years later:
https://www.thebalance.com/subprime-mortgage-crisis-effect-and-timeline-3305745
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2815755/Timeline-The-sub-prime-mortgage-crisis.htmlEdited by MUTGR at 13:31:55 on 08/20/17