In the aftermath of the housing market bubble, the federal government placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under a financial conservatorship to help the housing market recover. Some

Fannie and Freddie play crucial roles in the housing market—setting lending standards for home loans and owning or guaranteeing around half of all r

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-backed mortgage giants, could be headed for privatization under Donald Trump 's second term, a move experts say might drive mortgage rates higher in a housing market already plagued by affordability challenges.

Shares of government-backed home loan giants Fannie Mae (OTC:FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTC:FMCC) experienced a slump on Thursday, even as Bill Ackman from Pershing Square put forward a positive argument for the stocks,

Political challenges stand in the way of the president-elect pulling off what the hedge fund manager called “the biggest deal he’s ever done.”