Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac help keep the mortgage market stable by buying home loans, selling mortgage-backed securities and establishing lending guidelines. The Trump administration wants to turn ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two pillars of the U.S. mortgage market, are currently controlled by the federal government. Some in Washington, D.C. expect President Trump to push for the end of ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac support the U.S. mortgage market. The two were placed into a strict form of government oversight called "conservatorship" in 2008 as the global financial crisis mounted.

The administration will likely attempt to unshackle Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage guarantors, from their current position as wards of the state, analysts believe and Scott Turner ...