Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Jr., and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director James Lockhart announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would be under the conservatorship of the FHFA starting ...

Since 2012, almost all Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s profits have gone to the Treasury, more than repaying the cost of the ...

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac: The Takeover The U.S. government has taken control of troubled housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and their top executives have been removed. The federal ...

WASHINGTON -- The historic seizure Sunday of mortgage finance titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is expected to strengthen the nation's sinking housing sector by lowering mortgage rates and jump ...

While they may seem incredibly similar, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have some key differences. Here’s a closer look at what ...

Larry Mantle talks with Neil Irwin, National Economy Correspondent for the Washington Post, Christopher Thornberg, principal at Beacon Economics, J. D. Foster, Senior Fellow in the Economics of ...

The federal takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will likely lower the cost of a mortgage for home buyers with good credit, but it will also likely stick U.S. taxpayers with a ...

As part of the takeover, Fannie and Freddie received approximately $188 billion in bailout funds.

The current budgetary treatment of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as off-budget federal entities, meaning that they are excluded from budgeting rules and processes, creates deficit reduction in ...

The Bush administration seized control of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The U.S. Treasury announced Sunday that it is taking temporary control of mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Jeremiah Norton talked about what it means for consumers, the cost to ...