Mortgage rates averaged 6.85% last week, according to Freddie Mac, and have remained above 6.8% since ... consumption data ...

Mortgage rates averaged 6.85% last week, according to Freddie Mac, and have remained above ... in above our expectations," says Kim Betancourt, Fannie Mae's vice president of multifamily economic ...

Bill Pulte, who was confirmed by the US Senate on Thursday to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency for the Trump administration, said he’s in no rush to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the ...

Bill Pulte was confirmed as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency after a majority of the Senate backed him to lead ...

Ex-Atlanta Fed chief Dennis Lockhart and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon commented on possible privatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Affording mortgages became more challenging for both ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are government-sponsored enterprises, or GSEs, that support the mortgage market by buying loans from mortgage lenders, bundling them into mortgage-backed securities and ...

During the 2008 recession, the U.S. Government took control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as the two companies were struggling with bad mortgage debt. In a recent interview, Turner touched on the ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac help keep the mortgage market stable by buying home loans, selling mortgage-backed securities and establishing lending guidelines. The Trump administration wants to turn ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two pillars of the U.S. mortgage market, are currently controlled by the federal government. Some in Washington, D.C. expect President Trump to push for the end of ...