The public plea for immediate rate cuts highlights a growing strain on buyers and builders. Here's what it reveals about ...

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

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 ...

Privatization of Fannie and Freddie has been on Trump’s to-do list since his first term. FHFA Director Bill Pulte could make ...

Bill Pulte, a businessman and philanthropist, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Pulte's confirmation vote was 56-43, with three Democrats joining ...

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 ...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the federally backed mortgage institutions, has so far this week shuttered two of its divisions, resulting in a cut ...

Director William Pulte urged Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to reinstate the central bank's interest rate cuts.

Veronique de Rugy is the George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says privatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be on the agenda after trade deals and ...

Trump recently vowed to relist the government’s shares in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, federally-backed agencies that purchase ...

Don't end the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac without eliminating the implicit government backing for their ...