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Natural Disaster Victims Would Get Six Months of Mortgage Relief Under Senate Bill

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Published by CNBC Business | July 31, 2025 The Mortgage Relief for Disaster Survivors Act would apply to homeowners with federally backed loans in areas declared disasters since Jan. 1 Natural disaster survivors would be eligible for six months of mortgage relief under a bill introduced Thursday by two senators whose states have been ravaged …

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Trump Says Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Would Retain Government Guarantees in Public Offering

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Published by REALTOR.com | May 29, 2025 Fannie and Freddie provide stability and liquidity to the U.S. mortgage market by purchasing whole loans from mortgage lenders and packaging them into securities. President Donald Trump appears to be pushing forward with a plan to list government-backed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on a major …

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Trump ‘Seriously Considering’ Privatizing Fannie and Freddie

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Published by REALTOR.com | May 22, 2025 Privatization would be a major milestone for Fannie and Freddie, which were created by Congress to bring liquidity to the secondary mortgage market, ensuring a ready supply of loans for homebuyers. President Donald Trump has confirmed that he is considering privatizing government-backed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie …

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How China Could Crush The U.S. Housing Market

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Published by CNBC | April 9, 2025 At the end of January, foreign countries owned $1.32 trillion worth of U.S. mortgage-backed securities, or 15% of the total outstanding, according to Ginnie Mae. Mortgage rates follow loosely the yield on the 10-year Treasury. Some speculate foreign countries could be dumping U.S. Treasurys in retaliation against President …

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Trump Administration Launches Mortgage Fraud Tip Line

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Published by REALTOR.com | April 16, 2025 The Trump administration’s top mortgage regulator has vowed to “root out frauds and cheats” in the mortgage market after launching a tip line to report deceitful home loan applications. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte announced the tip line last week, saying “anyone and everyone can submit …

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Trump Says He Has No Plans to Fire Jerome Powell; Market Jumps

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Published by Reuters | April 22, 2025 Trump openly mused about firing Powell, but was ultimately dissuaded by his advisers. President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed off from threats to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell after days of intensifying criticisms of the central bank chief for not cutting interest rates. “I have no intention …

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Trump Wants to Fix The Housing Affordability Crisis

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Published by FOX Business | January 23, 2025 Regulatory factors present a major hurdle in today’s housing market, experts say Within his first few days in office, President Donald Trump issued an emergency order directing the heads of all executive departments and agencies to “deliver emergency price relief,” which he emphasized would include lowering the …

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The U.S. Government Has a Landlord, and Trump Isn’t a Fan

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Published by REALTOR.com | January 21, 2025 The Trump administration is considering selling two-thirds of the federal government’s office stock. Shortly before he was elected president in 2016, Donald Trump took a break from campaigning to attend a ceremony for his new flagship hotel, the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. The General Services Administration, the …

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