Investors are betting that the Trump administration will remove the companies from government conservatorship.

President Donald Trump said he is seriously considering taking mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public.

Talks about ending government control of the mortgage giants have been under way since at least last year.

President Trump said Wednesday he was considering making two giant government-sponsored home lenders public. “I am giving ...

Fannie Mae (FNMA) stock jumped 23% and Freddie Mac (FMCC) surged 24% in morning trading after President Donald Trump ...

President Donald Trump said he is "giving very serious consideration" to bringing mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae ( ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will make a decision in the near future about taking mortgage finance firms ...

Analysts have said the move could send serious profits toward the government, while also warning it could slam mortgage rates.

Fannie and Freddie were once private companies. As the subprime bubble inflated in the early 2000s, they lowered their underwriting standards to remain competitive. When the bubble burst in 2008, ...

Shares of housing giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were getting a big boost on Thursday, a day after President Donald Trump said he would consider privatizing the two enterprises. Trump, in a ...

President Trump is giving "very serious consideration" to bringing mortgage giants Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FMCC) — or the Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan ...