The spike in U.S. mortgage rates since the Iran war began in late February has been dashing hopes for an affordability boost ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump made a surprising announcement Thursday on Truth Social about mortgages that may have potential homebuyers ...

President Trump’s latest housing affordability bet calls for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion of mortgage bonds, a move that aims to help push mortgage rates below 6%. “I ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds in an effort to decrease home loan costs. Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social he is “instructing [his] ...

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As we reported last week, the announcement that Fannie and Freddie would buy $200bln in mortgage-backed securities led to a precipitous drop in rates last week. For most of Friday, the top tier 30yr ...

Freddie and Fannie have been growing their mortgage-bond holdings in recent months, but the 30-year fixed mortgage is still above 6% The U.S. government has long been a major player in housing finance ...