The government-sponsored mortgage giants have been in a conservatorship for over 15 years, but traders are laying bets ...

Housing observers see an opportunity to fundamentally remake a system to close the gap on serving historically marginalized ...

The U.S. government may soon return Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to private markets less than two decades after turmoil nearly ...

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates may not drop as much as expected this year, hurting ...

Two mortgage giants essential to the U.S. housing market could be released from the government into the private sector. What ...

The potential impacts of import tariffs cloud the outlook, though, and could lead mortgage rates to surge and fall throughout ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac support the U.S. mortgage market. The two were placed into a strict form of government oversight ...

Many experts say privatizing Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae could significantly alter the mortgage market. Fannie Mae and Freddie ...

"However, in practice, most cases of VA loans usually only involve two persons: one veteran and a spouse," says Alexei Morgado, a Realtor and founder of Lexawise, a real estate exam preparation course ...

Current risks to Fannie Mae's outlook are higher than normal due to uncertainty around trade policy, including additional tariff proposals.

Several Trump administration members and a range of real estate experts have expressed interest in removing conservatorship.