It could have widespread effects through the housing, banking, and bond markets. Hedge fund managers like Bill Ackman have built huge stakes in the government-sponsored entities.

Shares slip after a run-up that followed December disclosure of Pershing Square chief’s plan to end government conservatorship of mortgage insurers.

Mortgage rates topped 7% this week, a key psychological threshold, in a sign of the US housing market’s unrelenting affordability challenges.

Freddie Mac has hired Craig Phillips, a former Treasury Department official under the first Trump administration, as executive vice president of corporate strategy and external affairs.

It also surpassed its affordable housing goals with record 2024 volume.

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Craig Phillips worked on early efforts to move the government-sponsored enterprises toward a conservatorship exit during the first Trump administration.

Fannie Mae shares soar 227% as Bill Ackman bets on privatization, fueled by Trump-era policy shifts and Wall Street optimism.

Investor Bill Ackman could have made close to $1 billion from his investments in mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The Chinese Communist Party controlling news and information for 170 million Americans is objectively a bad thing for America – and that's exactly what's happening with TikTok.

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