Fannie Mae
Role in each timeline
- Mortgage Rates: One Week Below 6 Percent, Then Back Above 7
Government-sponsored enterprise directed alongside Freddie Mac to buy mortgage-backed securities and implement underwriting changes.
Fannie Mae across every timeline
Every dated entry that names Fannie Mae, from all 1 timeline, newest first.
20264 entries
- FHFA and FHA implement new mortgage credit-score options Regulatory
The Federal Housing Finance Agency said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac updated their selling guides for VantageScore 4.0 and FICO Score 10T. The agencies began accepting Vantage-scored loans from approved lenders, while the Federal Housing Administration permitted the scores for FHA-insured underwriting.
on Mortgage Rates: One Week Below 6 Percent, Then Back Above 7 - The White House claims the falling rate: refinance applications up 132 percent Announcement
A White House release credited the administration with mortgage rates at their lowest level since 2022, refinance applications up 132 percent and the Realtors' affordability index at its highest since March 2022. It listed the US$200 billion directive to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac among the actions taken to lower borrowing costs.
on Mortgage Rates: One Week Below 6 Percent, Then Back Above 7 - The 50-year mortgage is dropped; the bond buying starts with $3 billion Response
Pulte told reporters the administration had other priorities when asked whether 50-year mortgages were still on the table, two months after proposing them. He said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had begun carrying out Trump's bond-buying order with an initial US$3 billion purchase, and said the two companies had more liquidity than they knew what to do with.
on Mortgage Rates: One Week Below 6 Percent, Then Back Above 7 - Trump orders $200 billion of mortgage-bond buying to push rates down Announcement
In a Truth Social post, Trump said he was instructing his representatives to buy US$200 billion in mortgage bonds, arguing that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had the cash because he had not sold them in his first term. The Federal Reserve has traditionally been the largest buyer of mortgage-backed securities.
on Mortgage Rates: One Week Below 6 Percent, Then Back Above 7
20251 entry
- FHFA raises the 2026 conforming-loan limit to $832,750 Regulatory
The Federal Housing Finance Agency set the baseline 2026 conforming-loan limit for one-unit properties at $832,750 in most of the United States. The limit was $26,250 higher than the 2025 baseline and applies to mortgages eligible for purchase by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
on Mortgage Rates: One Week Below 6 Percent, Then Back Above 7