The worst case would be to turn Fannie and Freddie back into government-sponsored enterprises again, with a free government ...

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

The head of the federal government agency that oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wants the mortgage giants to consider ...

Fannie Mae reported losses of close to $59 billion in 2008, the year it was put into conservatorship. In 2025, it reported a ...

Bill Pulte, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, who also serves as the chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ...

The Mira in San Francisco is among 19 San Francisco properties that have been added to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s mortgage blacklist.

Trump appears to be pushing forward with a plan to publicly list shares of government-backed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have paid the Treasury more than $300 billion in ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac haven't had a perfect history. In 2008, during the housing crisis, both needed a government bailout after years of taking on high-risk loans.

What do Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac do? Both agencies were originally chartered by the federal government, about 30 years apart, to provide an affordable and reliable funding source for mortgages.