Freddie Mac (FMCC) and Fannie Mae (FNMA) stocks surged this week amid speculation that the Trump administration is loosening ...

Separately, the agency has substantially reduced its workforce as part of broader government directives.

Privatizing the government-sponsored mortgage giants could be a windfall for investors and raise interest rates for home ...

As the FHFA signals an interest in loosening control of the GSEs, experts predict mortgage rates would rise as a result — but ...

Renewed efforts to privatize government-sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could make it over the finish line ...

President Donald Trump 's newly appointed housing chief has made waves by launching a dramatic shakeup at mortgage giants ...

William Pulte, the new director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is consolidating control over Fannie Mae and Freddie ...

The FHFA head and self-appointed chair of Fannie Mae's board said he was "slowly but surely" turning around the agencies that ...

Some members of the Senate, where the GOP majority is thinner, also are asking the Federal Housing Finance Agency to reveal ...

Pulte’s remarks indicated a shift towards a more business-oriented approach for the two entities, which have historically been criticized for operational inefficiencies. "For years, Fannie Mae and ...

After a leadership shakeup at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a look at what's ahead for the giant firms and how the changes could affect mortgage affordability.