The average rate for a 30-year mortgage was 7.04% in the week ending with Jan. 16, 2025, according to economists with Freddie Mac. This is the fifth consecutive weekly increase and the highest ...

When it comes to housing finance reform, few if any topics are more important than the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

In a 2021 letter to Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.), he said he had planned to release the companies in his first term and sell the government’s common stock “at a huge profit.” ...

FHFA instructed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to prepare proposals for including cryptocurrency as an asset for mortgage ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were bailed out by the government during the housing crisis of 2008, nearly 17 years ago. Trump has long wanted to make them private businesses again and promised to ...

After a leadership shakeup at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a look at what's ahead for the giant firms and how the changes could affect mortgage affordability. Accessibility links.

Calabria said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are much more financially healthy now and it's “completely doable” to remove them from conservatorship by 2027 once they raise the additional funds ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have long been the government’s safety net for loans, but for the last 17 years, they have required a safety net of their own. That could change, signaling a seismic ...

Don't end the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac without eliminating the implicit government backing for their mortgages. Contributor: A Trump deregulator may set us up for a sequel to ...

Mortgage rates rose this week, according to data from Freddie Mac released on Thursday. The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage is 6.86%, up from 6.81% last week.

Freddie's stock had been in a trading range between $5.18 and $5.21 at deadline. Earnings Freddie Mac can retain rather than return to the Treasury to prepare it for an eventual exit from government ...