Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shares jumped this week after new comments ... known as government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), were chartered by the federal government but spent decades as private ...

The Trump administration has touted plans to reduce the federal government, and many have expected it will work to shrink Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

It had always been implicit that the federal government backed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, making them attractive to investors. But in 2008, as the housing market collapsed, the two GSEs faced ...

The stocks of Freddie Mac (FMCC) and Fannie Mae (FNMA) are once again surging ... The stocks of Freddie and Fannie — semi-acronyms for Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and the Federal ...

The newly confirmed director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Bill Pulte, who oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, said he will not lower the conforming loan limit ...

This summary is reviewed by TRD Staff. The federal government is considering proposals to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, potentially transferring Treasury Department ownership to a ...