Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are preparing to impose stricter rules for commercial-property lenders and brokers, following a budding regulatory crackdown on fraud in the multitrillion-dollar market.

New limits for forward commitments add to indications the secondary mortgage market is watching builder partnerships with home lenders closely.

On June 25, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William J. Pulte ordered Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – the two ...

Effective immediately, Fannie and Freddie will allow mortgage lenders to use VantageScore credit ratings to assess ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are government-backed enterprises that purchase mortgages on the secondary market, issue them as ...

Both government-sponsored enterprises also are tightening rules around condo and co-op loans in buildings that have been ...

Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William J. Pulte has ordered Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to begin preparing their systems to recognize cryptocurrency as an asset in mortgage ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should participate in the mortgage market only as fully private entities, without any implicit government guarantees.

Don't end the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac without eliminating the implicit government backing for their mortgages.

Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac risks a return to the kind of perilous mortgages that helped cause the global financial crisis unless regulatory safeguards are kept in place, an affordable ...

Discover the implications of Fannie Mae court cases, their ties to the financial meltdown, and why accountability from the government matters.

On June 25, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William J. Pulte ordered Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — the two government-sponsored enterprises that help keep mortgage dollars flowing in the… ...