Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says privatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be on the agenda after trade deals and ...

Ending Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s conservatorship without real reform could expose taxpayers to another crisis, as ...

Since Trump’s election win, shares of Fannie Mae have been up some 700% ... stressed the importance of keeping mortgage costs in check. That’s a risk if the conservatorship ends, because US backing ...

Trump’s idea to take the mortgage giants public has triggered a debate about the risks and potential benefits.

Trump appears to be pushing forward with a plan to publicly list shares of government-backed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and ...

President Donald Trump is ready to make major reforms to government-owned housing-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ...

President Trump says he'll decide soon whether to take Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public — a move that was vocally sought by ...

The GSEs have been under federal conservatorship since the 2008 financial crisis, so what’s the goal of ending that status?

Veronique de Rugy is the George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at ...

Analysts have said the move could send serious profits toward the government, while also warning it could slam mortgage rates ...

One of the chief concerns of taking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac private is how it would influence mortgage rates and could ...

The conservatorship imposed rules ... regulators and the public to evaluate financial risks better. Limiting the types of mortgages that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can guarantee would also reduce ...