Trump Orders Fannie and Freddie to Buy $200 Billion in Mortgage Bonds

Housing starts fell to their lowest level since the early days of the pandemic shutdown in May 2020.

So what does Trump do? Order Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("my representatives", he calls them) to buy up $200 billion in mortgage debt.

YIKES! #FNMA #FHLMC

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“Sure feels like they are laying the groundwork for a DOGE-like intervention,” said Jim Parrott, a mortgage finance expert and a nonresident fellow at the Urban Institute, a Washington think tank.

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Taking Fannie Mae Private Could Be Ugly, DoubleLine Says. Here’s Why It May Not Happen. Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been rising as investors bet the Trump administration will release the two mortgage giants from government control.

… “privatization could carry significant execution risks and could adversely affect the secondary mortgage market, which could drive primary mortgage rates much higher.” The DoubleLine analysts wrote

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