Fannie Mae (1938) and Freddie Mac (1970) were created with the end goal of promoting homeownership across the United States.

The prospect of a financial windfall has revived Trump's interest, while conservatives believe that government control should ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shares jumped this week ... dates back to the depths of the financial crisis. The biggest one? Privatization will probably send mortgage rates higher.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he is “giving very serious consideration” to privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two ...

Rising odds of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac being re-privatized ... "Uncertainty around government support after privatization might lead to higher and more volatile borrowing costs, worsening the ...

President Donald Trump confirmed this week he plans to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, moving to end nearly two decades ...

By restructuring the GSEs into public utilities, we can end decades of free-riding by private investors on the public credit, ...

How Privatization Would Change Mortgages Many experts agree that privatizing Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae could significantly alter the way these GSEs function and the overall mortgage market.

Shares of Fannie Mae Inc. (OTC: FNMA) and Freddie Mac Inc. (OTC: FMCC) are trading higher Thursday after President Donald Trump said he is seriously considering taking the mortgage giants public.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was giving "serious consideration" to bringing government-sponsored mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie ... to study the privatization of Fannie ...