Mortgage rates hit highest level in over a year. Here's what it means for homebuyers in the USUS mortgage rates have climbed for five consecutive weeks, reaching a yearly high. This trend makes homeownership increasingly difficult fo...
07 Aug, 2026, 12.14 AM IST
Trump's push for lower US interest rates faces setback as borrowing costs climb before midtermsTrump's promise of lower interest rates is under pressure as Treasury yields climb and financial markets move contrary to the administratio...
01 Aug, 2026, 11.29 AM IST
US home prices hit an all-time high as sales slow and mortgage rates riseExisting home sales in the United States unexpectedly dropped in June. Record house prices and elevated mortgage rates discouraged many pot...
09 Jul, 2026, 07.55 PM IST
US construction spending inches up in May, but homebuilding weakIn May, US construction spending edged up by a mere 0.1%, influenced by increased mortgage rates partly due to tensions in the Middle East....
02 Jul, 2026, 05.50 PM IST
Mortgage refinance rates today: Check current mortgage interest rates for 30-year, 20-year, 15-year, 10-yearMortgage interest rates today: It averaged 6.49 per cent last week. Spending on multi-family housing units, which account for a small share...
01 Jul, 2026, 09.28 PM IST
US new single-family home sales post second straight monthly declineUS new home sales unexpectedly fell in May for the second straight month, hitting a seasonally adjusted annualised rate of 580,000 units, t...
25 Jun, 2026, 12.10 AM IST
Who is Bill Pulte? Trump names FHFA Director as acting Intelligence Chief in major leadership shiftBill Pulte, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has been appointed as acting Director of National Intelligence by President Don...
02 Jun, 2026, 08.01 PM IST
Bill Ackman claims his bold Fannie–Freddie rescue plan could hand US taxpayers a $300 billion windfallBill Ackman Fannie Mae Freddie Mac plan: He has proposed a three-part plan to reshape Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, aiming to formalize taxpa...
19 Nov, 2025, 11.43 PM IST
Trump calls on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to get big homebuilders 'going'President Donald Trump urged mortgage financing companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to "get Big Homebuilders going," claiming, without evi...
06 Oct, 2025, 01.18 PM IST
Can Trump's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac IPO plan slash mortgage rates? Bill Ackman says...Donald Trump is reportedly planning to IPO Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, potentially the largest IPO in history. Billionaire Investor Bill Ac...
10 Aug, 2025, 08.37 PM IST
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac could need $126 billion in crisis, test showsThe annual test, required by the Dodd-Frank Act, is likely to be used both by proponents of allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to build ca...
09 Aug, 2016, 04.37 AM IST
Bank of America, Freddie Mac in talks to settle mortgage dispute: ReportBank of America is in talks with Freddie Mac to resolve disputes involving more than $1.4 billion in defective mortgages.
12 Nov, 2013, 12.00 PM IST
- Former Freddie Mac CEO returning as consultant
Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac, coping with the apparent suicide of its acting chief financial officer, said Friday that its former c...
25 Apr, 2009, 12.36 AM IST
- Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to shell out $210 mn as bonuses
At a time when executive compensation has come under the lens, beleaguered American mortgage majors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are planning...
05 Apr, 2009, 11.48 AM IST
- Freddie Mac could lose $20-$40 billion in 2009: Friedman
Freddie Mac could post losses totaling $20 billion to $40 billion in 2009, hurt by higher credit costs.
17 Nov, 2008, 07.49 PM IST
- Freddie Mac may slow mortgage & bond buys
Freddie Mac, the second-largest US mortgage-finance company, may cut purchases of home loans from banks and bonds backed by housing debt to...
22 Jul, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Freddie Mac to raise $5.5 bn in share offering
Troubled mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac announced plans on Friday to raise $5.5 billion through a new share offering as it registered w...
19 Jul, 2008, 12.00 AM IST