New draft legislation in Congress would direct housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy homebuilder construction loans and package them into bonds in the latest push to cut the cost of building homes and boost supply.
A worker on the roof of a new home under construction at the Lilac Ridge community by Lennar Homes in Vacaville, California, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. The US Census Bureau is expected to release housing starts figures on October 17.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are taking on more interest-rate risk in their rapidly growing investment portfolios, driving a key gauge of their exposure to levels that rattled Wall Street two decades ago.
President Donald Trump said his administration is still considering a public offering of shares in mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, days after he said he was appointing his top housing official to oversee the government’s network of intelligence agencies.
Homes in Daly City, California, US, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. US mortgage rates increased last week to an almost two-month high, weighing on home purchase activity.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac common shares rose sharply at the open on Friday after President Donald Trump said the two mortgage finance giants were probably worth $1 trillion, though they subsequently erased much of those gains as skepticism mounted.
President Donald Trump’s decision to tap his top housing regulator to also serve as acting Director of National Intelligence threatens to sideline an already-sputtering home affordability agenda five months before the US midterm elections.
William Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, during a Bloomberg Television interview outside the White House on Jan. 12, 2026.
On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discuss the latest news from the Trump Administration. On today's show, Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Elisa Ewers, Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Sabato's Crystal Ball Managing Editor Kyle Kondik. (Source: Bloomberg)
President Donald Trump said he is tapping Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as the acting Director of National Intelligence. Pulte will keep running the FHFA as well. Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
President Donald Trump appointed Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as the acting director of National Intelligence, elevating a loyalist with no national-security background to US spy chief.
William Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), during a news conference at the FHFA headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on April 22, 2026.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac investors are underestimating the chances of a public market re-entry from the mortgage giants after a lull in chatter around the names, according to Mizuho’s Dan Dolev.
The District of Columbia and US flags outside a home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. The Trump administration is considering selling shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in an offering that could start as early as this year, according to senior administration officials. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
Ken Shinoda, Doubleline non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities head, talks about the future of the housing market and mortgages. He says there are good times ahead for commercial real estate. He speaks on a special edition of "Bloomberg The Close" from Los Angeles. (Source: Bloomberg)
Vantagescore President & CEO Silvio Tavares discusses the impacts of Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac moving to implement Vantagescore 4.0 and the rising competition in the US mortgage market. He talks with Katie Greifeld and Romaine Bostick on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)
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Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pared a months-long slide after Bill Ackman, who has bet heavily on the companies, called the mortgage-finance giants “stupidly cheap.”
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.
Homes in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, US, on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. US President Donald Trump said he will take action to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes, and that he'll ask Congress to codify it.
Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, down about 70% in the last six months, have plunged to their lowest level in more than a year as investors cast doubt on the Trump administration’s efforts to sell more stock in the mortgage-finance giants to the public.
Signage stands outside the Freddie Mac headquarters in McLean, Virginia, U.S., on Monday, May 11, 2020. Mortgage rates are at record lows, but borrowers hoping to take advantage are running into the toughest loan-approval standards in years with lenders putting in place higher credit-score and down payment requirements. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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.
With his directive ordering Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion of mortgage bonds, President Donald Trump has opened a new front in the administration’s effort to bolster housing affordability.
By asking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to purchase $200 billion in mortgage bonds, US President Donald Trump is showing once again his determination to keep down key market interest rates and, indirectly, apply pressure to the Federal Reserve.
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