A longstanding bet made by a handful of hedge funds could finally pay off under Donald Trump’s presidency, but it risks sending shockwaves through America’s $12 trillion mortgage market.

Shares of Fannie Mae (OTCQB:FNMA) surged 7.3% and of Freddie Mac (OTCQB:FMCC) climbed 5.6% after the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency was reported as saying he found "a couple hundred ...

It won’t be Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte or Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent making the decision about removing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from conservatorship.

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) placed Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae under the conservatorship of the federal government, where it remains today.

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 ...

So it was only after deep consideration that I decided to work with a coalition, Housing for US, supporting a key Trump proposal: the end of the conservatorships for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Moody’s has downgraded the long-term senior unsecured debt ratings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to Aa1 from Aaa, following its May 16 downgrade of the U.S. government. The outlooks for both agencies ...

A new proposal from the Senate Banking Committee for the massive budget bill to eliminate this source of funding for the ...

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, former head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), have been lobbing “bombs ...