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 ...

Senate Democrats led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), the ranking member of the Banking Committee, called on the Trump administration to halt the reprivatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, ...

For the 2024 fiscal year, the federal government made roughly a $6.8 trillion business in terms of outlays to fund a broad ...

Fannie and Freddie "buy and package home loans" into mortgage-backed securities that get sold to investors. Currently, those ...

President Trump hinted anew about reprivatizing the US mortgage buyers while suggesting an implicit federal backstop would be ...

With a near-record $35 trillion tied up in U.S. home equity, households are dipping into their housing wealth to pay for ...

Fannie Mae (1938) and Freddie Mac (1970) were created with the end goal of promoting homeownership across the United States.

The housing market remains constrained in 2025. Goldman said mortgage rates will stay elevated, raising its year-end target for the 30-year mortgage rate.

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President Donald Trump posted last week about his intent to take Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two government-sponsored entities that provide guarantees for most mortgage loans, out of federal ...

Addressing concerns over privatization, FHFA Director William Pulte appeared on a recent Fox Business program to reassure ...

Analysts have set 12-month price targets for AGNC Investment, revealing an average target of $9.5, a high estimate of $10.00, and a low estimate of $8.50. A decline of 8.65% from the prior average ...