Bob Broeksmit, CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), discussed the trigger lead bill, the proposal to remove the ...

Unleashing Fannie and Freddie without guardrails would risk repeating or even worsening the very crisis he once condemned.

"Economists have warned that reprivatizing the enterprises could have disastrous effects on the mortgage market, driving up costs for homebuyers even further," the senators wrote. "For example, some ...

Senate Democrats are urging the Trump administration to slow down its plan to release mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie ...

A longstanding bet made by a handful of hedge funds could finally pay off under Donald Trump’s presidency, but it risks ...

The movie “The Big Short” — dramatizing the reckless behavior in the banking and mortgage industries that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis — captures much of Wall Street’s misconduct but ...

For the 2024 fiscal year, the federal government made roughly a $6.8 trillion business in terms of outlays to fund a broad ...

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 ...

The Trump administration has looked at making Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public companies while keeping them under conservatorship.

The last time Fannie and Freddie had unfettered ability to speculate on our dime, those crony enterprises helped bring down ...

Action on U.S. tariff policies and a potentially seismic shift in secondary market activity hasn’t caused much movement for ...