Powell gave at least a bit of support for the push to make mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac private businesses again. Under questioning, Powell said that putting Fannie and Freddie back into ...

Shares of housing giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were on pace for a second day of gains as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pointed to the importance of 30-year fixed-rate guaranteed mortgages ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have anchored the housing market as government-sponsored enterprises (GSE) for decades. Both ...

The government-sponsored enterprises were not meant to remain in conservatorship permanently, but privatizing them once again must include a new set of rules that minimize market disruptions and ...

Experts said the government-sponsored enterprises could change their tack on some of the innovation seen since the pandemic ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were bailed out by the government during the housing crisis nearly 17 years ago. The Trump ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tightened up their lending standards for financing condos after the Champlain Towers collapsed in ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that any release of the two giant government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, from their current conservatorship would depend on the ...

Scott Turner, the newly confirmed head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, plans to lead a ...

Scott Turner, newly confirmed as the secretary of housing and urban development, has outlined his priorities for the agency ...

The prospect of both megalenders being released from conservatorship and the downgrading of each firm's respective stock are ...

Scott Turner says he plans to quickly launch a review to root out inefficiencies at the agency.