Seventeen years after the 2008 bailout, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac remain under federal conservatorship, with a future that’s ...

Since 2012, almost all Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s profits have gone to the Treasury, more than repaying the cost of the ...

With Trump’s tax overhaul now in the rearview mirror, a potential Freddie and Fannie conservatorship release could move up ...

The mortgage market is stronger than ever before, and that includes Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Both businesses, and both ...

With Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill passed and FNMA’s stock price lower, risk has decreased, making FNMA a Buy now.

Or it could send mortgage rates soaring. The deal is the fate of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two mortgage giants that ...

A cloud of uncertainty has hovered over the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the first half of 2025. The Trump administration has expressed interest in releasing the government-sponsored ...

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 ...

For more than sixteen years, the commercial real estate industry has waited for a resolution to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The question of when these government-sponsored ...

Fannie Mae reported losses of close to $59 billion in 2008, the year it was put into conservatorship. In 2025, it reported a net income of more than $3.5 billion in the first quarter alone.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the dominant companies in U.S. housing finance, which is the biggest credit market after government debt. They are huge, with combined assets totaling $7.8 trillion. ...

Ending Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s conservatorship without real reform could expose taxpayers to another crisis, as government guarantees and risky incentives remain unchanged since 2008.