Fannie and Freddie "buy and package home loans" into mortgage-backed securities that get sold to investors. Currently, those ...

Fannie Mae (1938) and Freddie Mac (1970) were created with the end goal of promoting homeownership across the United States.

President Trump hinted anew about reprivatizing the US mortgage buyers while suggesting an implicit federal backstop would be ...

A massive quake might drop the Pacific Northwest coastline by 6 feet, redrawing flood maps and putting thousands of homes at risk.

Action on U.S. tariff policies and a potentially seismic shift in secondary market activity hasn’t caused much movement for ...

Walker & Dunlop is the top Fannie Mae underwriter so far in 2025, originating 83 loans with a total balance of $1.7 billion ...

Signs are emerging that the Trump administration may be less willing to give up control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than investors have bargained for, as policymakers scrounge for ...

Privatization of Fannie and Freddie has been on Trump’s to-do list since his first term. FHFA Director Bill Pulte could make ...

The post Mortgage Interest Rates Today: Mortgage Rates Rise After Trump's Calls To Take Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae Public ...

Trump appears to be pushing forward with a plan to publicly list shares of government-backed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and ...

The Trump administration wants to sell shares in two government-controlled companies that are crucial for getting a mortgage.

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square holds 2% of Fannie Mae’s equity and has a plan for privatizing the GSEs that is well-calibrated ...