By Free Press Staff

Oakland County is hoping to recover more than $1.5 million in real estate transfer taxes that mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac haven’t paid over the years.

In a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court, the county said the companies didn’t pay the tax — which is less than 1% of a property’s sale price — because they claim to be government entities, a notion the county disputes.

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