The prospect of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac returning to the private sector would have substantial ripple effects on mortgage ...

Housing observers see an opportunity to fundamentally remake a system to close the gap on serving historically marginalized ...

The last week was dramatic for investors, maybe a little too dramatic. Stocks were buffeted by worries about a slowing ...

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

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency is widely expected to wind down oversight put in ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were bailed out by the government ... federal government would never let the companies fail. On Wall Street, it was called an implied guarantee, and it’s one reason ...

Freddie Mac said new business activity rose to $100 billion from ... Scott Turner, the new head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, earlier this month told The Wall Street Journal that ...

The administration will likely attempt to unshackle Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ... confirmed to the Wall Street Journal earlier in February. Housing finance observers see it as an opportunity ...

According to Reuters, the new government plans to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which are estimated to be worth hundreds of billions of dollars. The Wall Street Journal anticipates this ...

Sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell more than expected in January as persistently high mortgage rates sidelined ...