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

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

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

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

The worst case would be to turn Fannie and Freddie back into government-sponsored enterprises again, with a free government ...

Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FICO) stock fell 6% today while Equifax (NYSE:EFX) shares rose 3% and TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) gained 4.4% following an announcement that Fannie Mae (OTC:FNMA) and Freddie ...

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 ...

With Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's backing, local financial institutions are in a position to give you better interest rates again. Of course, the FHFA might reverse the Trump administration's PSPA ...

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.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are two government-sponsored enterprises, each of which provides liquidity, stability, and affordability to the mortgage market.

While Fannie Mae was created before Freddie Mac, the differences don't stop there. The two corporations each purchase their loans from different sources — Fannie Mae buys them from large banks ...