President Trump says he'll decide soon whether to take Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public — a move that was vocally sought by ...

Experts fear that the move, though it could help the government's budget woes, could disrupt the fragile U.S. mortgage market ...

Fannie and Freddie were once private companies. As the subprime bubble inflated in the early 2000s, they lowered their ...

Key Takeaways President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was considering releasing mortgage lending giants Fannie Mae and ...

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

President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening that he was giving “very serious consideration to bringing Fannie Mae and ...

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

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

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

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

Shares of Fannie Mae (FNMA) surged 7.3% and of Freddie Mac (FMCC) climbed 5.6% after the head of the Federal Housing Finance ...