On June 25, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William J. Pulte ordered Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – the two ...

After 17 years of conservatorship, it is clear the government is in charge of the mortgage giants, Edward J. Pinto and Stuart ...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that it will immediately implement the acceptance of VantageScore 4 ...

Since 2012, almost all Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s profits have gone to the Treasury, more than repaying the cost of the ...

Under the Trump administration, the conversation is no longer theoretical, with implications for buyers, sellers and homeowners impossible to ignore.

Mortgage lenders working with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can now choose to use Vantage Score 4.0, while still keeping ...

A cloud of uncertainty has hovered over the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the first half of 2025. The Trump administration has expressed interest in releasing the government-sponsored ...

The head of the federal government agency that oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wants the mortgage giants to consider ...

For more than sixteen years, the commercial real estate industry has waited for a resolution to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The question of when these government-sponsored ...

Both government-sponsored enterprises also are tightening rules around condo and co-op loans in buildings that have been ...

Leading up to the 2008 housing market crash, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pumped more money into the housing financing system and bought an outsized number of mortgage loans, which helped inflate ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pumped more and more money into the U.S. home finance system in the years leading up to the financial crisis, buying an outsized number of mortgages on the secondary market.