Since 2012, almost all Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s profits have gone to the Treasury, more than repaying the cost of the ...

The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wants to allow mortgage lenders to use an alternative credit score to FICO for ...

Under the Trump administration, the conversation is no longer theoretical, with implications for buyers, sellers and homeowners impossible to ignore.

A cloud of uncertainty has hovered over the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the first half of 2025. The Trump ...

Bill Pulte, who oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, applauded chatter stating Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell would soon depart from his position.  “I’m encouraged by reports that Jerome ...

The ensuing mortgage-market meltdown led to a bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which placed them into what’s known as “conservatorship,” an arrangement giving the federal government ...

One of the chief concerns of taking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac private is how it would influence mortgage rates and could increase their costs. President Donald Trump’s promise of an implicit ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are government-backed enterprises that purchase mortgages on the secondary market, issue them as ...

Shares in Fannie Mae, or Federal National Mortgage Association, and Freddie Mac, also known as Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp, jumped 41.5% and 40.9%, respectively, by approximately 3:15 p.m. ET.

The newly confirmed director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Bill Pulte, who oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, said he will not lower the conforming loan limit, or the ...