The U.S. government may soon return Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to private markets less than two decades after turmoil nearly ...

U.S. mortgage rates continue their downward trend, hitting an 8-week low and potentially stimulating the spring homebuying ...

Two mortgage giants essential to the U.S. housing market could be released from the government into the private sector. What ...

Let’s look at how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac work and how they’ve impacted the home-buying process. The Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae, was chartered by the U.S ...

U.S. home sales decline in January as affordability challenges persist, despite a growing inventory of available properties.

Freddie Mac’s total mortgage portfolio stood at $3.6 trillion at the end of 2024, up 3% from the same time in 2023. That was driven by a 2% increase in the GSE’s single-family mortgage portfolio and a ...

Freddie Mac's (OTCQB:FMCC) total mortgage portfolio rose at an annualized rate of 4.8% to $3.58T in December, it disclosed on Monday, accelerating from November's 2.4% increase. The aggregate ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac help keep the mortgage market stable by buying home loans, selling mortgage-backed securities and establishing lending guidelines. The Trump administration wants to turn ...

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 ...

Freddie Mac (OTCQB: OTC:FMCC) announced today the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), indicating that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) now averages 6.89%. The rate has seen a ...