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

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been under a conservatorship with the Federal Housing Finance Agency since 2008. The mortgage giants could be released into the private sector, meaning the ...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency, led by its director, William Pulte, ousted 14 members of the boards of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a surprising move that was disclosed in regulatory filings ...

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 ...

Federal housing agency will not cut Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loan limits, new director says By Diana Olick, CNBC • Published March 25, 2025 • Updated on March 25, 2025 at 1:33 pm BOOKMARKER ...

Hedge fund managers like Bill Ackman have built huge stakes in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, betting the government-sponsored entities will be privatized by the president-elect at some point in his ...

William Pulte, the new chief of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, recently ousted 14 sitting board members at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and installed himself as chairman of both boards.

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 ...

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 ...

The US government took around 80 percent ownership of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2008 when the world's financial systems were upended by a crisis that began in the American subprime mortgage ...

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.