Fannie Mae

There have been about 80 debt ceiling battles since 1960. But those decades of drama have never led to an actual default.

Heather Vogell of ProPublica finds short term-oriented corporate investors are increasingly becoming apartment landlords.

Demand for vacation homes has crowded out would-be homeowners, but will higher fees make a dent?

Fannie Mae says including loan applicant's rental payment history could help correct past housing inequities.

Descriptions in appraisal reports can create racial bias and reduce the selling price of a home. Fannie Mae is trying to clamp down on tha

A plan to return the mortgage giants to private control was complicated by the pandemic's economic risks.

A new "adverse market fee" kicked in this week, despite declining interest rates.

The White House released its plan to end government stewardship of the companies that control half of all mortgages in the U.S.

A Trump administration plan for reform is expected soon.

One of the last big unresolved issues from the financial crisis is what to do about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Together with government-owned Ginnie Mae, they own or guarantee more than half the home loans in the country. Fannie and Freddie have been under conservatorship — bascially government protection and control — since 2008, […]