Fannie, Freddie Need Rules to Avoid ‘Race to the Bottom,’ NHC Says Fannie Mae offices in Reston, Virginia. Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg By Scott Carpenter June 17, 2025 at 4:37 AM PDT ...

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 ...

In June, FHFA director William Pulte announced a plan that would allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to count cryptocurrency as an asset in mortgage lending assessments for single-family homes.

FHFA director Bill Pulte (Illustration by The Real Deal with Getty) Jun 27, 2025, 1:30 PM UTC By TRD Staff Save article SHARE THIS ARTICLE FONT SIZE Listen to this article 00:00 1 x ...

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 ...

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 ...

Common shares of Fannie and Freddie have both surged more than 100% so far this year on speculation that Trump will reform their capital structures and release dividends back to common shareholders.

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.

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… ...

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.