Privatizing the government-sponsored mortgage giants could be a windfall for investors and raise interest rates for home ...

After a leadership shakeup at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a look at what's ahead for the giant firms and how the changes could affect mortgage affordability.

Or, as they’re better known, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Last week the administration fired 14 members of the boards of directors at the two corporations. Fannie and Freddie have been under ...

Fannie Mae, the Federal National Mortgage Association, and Freddie Mac, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., play a crucial role in making homeownership more accessible.

The privatization push would continue an effort that the first Trump administration tried to kick off in 2019. When Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac went into conservatorship in September 2008 to stabilize ...