Under Bill Pulte, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have pulled away from efforts to help low-income people buy homes.

The U.S. housing market slump dragged into its fourth year in 2025, as sales remained stuck at a 30-year low with rising home ...

In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump said he had directed his "representatives" to purchase $200 billion in mortgage ...

Trump's move to have GSEs buy more mortgage-backed securities is likely to ease mortgage rates, a Pimco executive said on ...

Effectively, putting aside the execution challenges of reducing liquidity to buy and hold more MBS debt, by raiding the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's order for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds raises doubts about ...

Mortgage rates fell 22 basis points after President Donald Trump instructed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy ...

President Trump said he would direct mortgage backers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a ...

U.S.  Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte on Thursday said that President Trump is likely to make a decision ...

In a Jan. 8 post to social media, Trump wrote, "I am instructing my Representatives to BUY $200 BILLION DOLLARS IN MORTGAGE ...

Trump believes that having Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increase their retained mortgage holdings will put downward pressure on ...

The move, a bid to make homes more affordable, would be a back-to-future moment for the two mortgage firms. Buying risky ...