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On June 25, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William J. Pulte ordered Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – the two government-sponsored enterprises that help keep mortgage dollars flowing in the ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should participate in the mortgage market only as fully private entities, without any implicit government guarantees. The American public doesn't need a sequel to The ...

FHFA chief orders Fannie and Freddie to prepare for crypto asset use in mortgages. Move aligns with Trump’s vision to make the U.S. a crypto leader. No formal policy yet, but signals major potential ...

A meaningful solution requires Fannie and Freddie to strengthen their capital reserves significantly. The two government-sponsored enterprises still remain dangerously undercapitalized.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should participate in the mortgage market only as fully private entities, without any implicit government guarantees. The American public doesn’t need a sequel to ...

William Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie and Freddie, ordered the agencies Wednesday to prepare a proposal for consideration of crypto as an asset for ...

The conversation surrounding the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is as complex as it is consequential, and the journey toward privatization, if undertaken, will be gradual. The privatization ...

Trump’s insistence that he would keep the government’s “implicit guarantee” of Fannie and Freddie could also inhibit efforts to change the CBO’s stance.

Officials with the Trump administration have said a public offering of Fannie and Freddie stock could raise as much as $30B to help seed a U.S. sovereign wealth fund.

The movie The Big Short—dramatizing the reckless behavior in the banking and mortgage industries that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis—captures much of Wall Street's misconduct but ...