Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's stock were downgraded to "underperform" by KBW as they are currently priced above its ...

Fannie and Freddie play crucial roles in the housing market—setting lending standards for home loans and owning or ...

In the aftermath of the housing market bubble, the federal government placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under a financial ...

Shares slip after a run-up that followed December disclosure of Pershing Square chief’s plan to end government ...

"I am confident he will get it done." The stocks of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae — semi-acronyms for Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and the Federal National Mortgage Association — jumped ...

Fifteen years after failing and being rescued by our federal government, our nation’s principal secondary market makers in home mortgage loans – Fannie Mae FNMA and Freddie Mac – remain in ...

The FHFA regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage giants that have ... and ultimately led to a government takeover of the pair that has persisted. Pulte is a private equity executive ...

Even so, the government takeover was never ... Currently, the federal government backs all conforming mortgage loans through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loan programs. That reduces risk, when ...

The stocks of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae — semi-acronyms for ... $189 billion into the institutions. The federal government altered the terms of its takeover agreement in 2012, as Fannie and ...

Jan 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he would nominate Bill Pulte to be the next director of the Federal ... regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage ...