Freddie Mac

The government-sponsored enterprise clamped down on project review requirements and certain factory-built home appraisals while loosening other guidelines.

Disclosures from the housing-finance giants show their duration gaps — a measure of how closely assets, liabilities and hedges offset one another — have widened sharply in recent months, leaving their holdings more exposed to rate swings.

Higher mortgage rates and affordability pressure prompts Fitch Rating's revision from 'neutral' to 'deteriorating'

President Donald Trump said his administration is still considering a public offering of shares in mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

MBS buying's future and what Bill Pulte's new additional role portends are among issues coming into focus, panelists and attendees at an IMN conference said.

Analysts said Bill Pulte's new additional role as spy chief will further delay GSE privatization efforts, although that could change if he formally departed.

The retained portfolios' latest record monthly number puts Fannie Mae in front while Freddie Mac has held onto a lead in quarterly single-family loan purchases.

The GSEs' financials are strong but odds are against a short-term change to conservatorship that would give stockholders access to their profits, Mizuho said.

Growth in retained and investment portfolios drove gains as the government-sponsored enterprise reported the highest refinancing share seen in four years.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have begun placing sizable orders to purchase mortgage-backed securities, stepping into a market roiled by widening bond spreads and a surge in volatility, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will add loan-level buydown data to MBS this spring, giving investors clearer insight into prepayment risk tied to temporary rate incentives.

A House subcommittee hearing discussing the future of the government-sponsored enterprises, noted both are still severely undercapitalized.

Freddie Mac's investment in affordable housing increased by 17% in 2025 compared with the year prior, the government-sponsored entity said.

Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac extended days-long losing streaks amid mounting unease about the impact of President Donald Trump's policy moves on efforts to release the mortgage-finance giants from government control. 

US President Donald Trump said he was directing the purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds, which he cast as his latest effort to bring down housing costs ahead of the November midterm election. 

The regulator lowered benchmarks for acquisitions of certain single-family loans including low-income refinances, and left multifamily targets intact.

Three US senators opened an inquiry into insurance ratings firm Demotech and whether its assessments may be exposing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to growing risks tied to climate-driven insurer failures.

Michael Hutchins, the two-time interim chief executive at the government-sponsored enterprise, will remain with the company in his role as president.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have added billions of dollars of mortgage-backed securities and home loans to their balance sheets in recent months, fueling speculation that they're trying to push down lending rates and boost their profitability ahead of a potential public offering.

New rules means sellers and servicers will need to have plans demonstrating proper oversight of their artificial intelligence and machine learning practices.