The worst case would be to turn Fannie and Freddie back into government-sponsored enterprises again, with a free government ...

P resident Trump said again Tuesday he's working to take mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public, winding down 17 years of federal control over two central parts of the U.S. housing ...

What do Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac do? Both agencies were originally chartered by the federal government, about 30 years apart, to provide an affordable and reliable funding source for mortgages.

Since 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have remained under government conservatorship, where they are subject to strict oversight and regulation by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. (Getty ...

Trump appears to be pushing forward with a plan to publicly list shares of government-backed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have paid the Treasury more than $300 billion in ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac haven't had a perfect history. In 2008, during the housing crisis, both needed a government bailout after years of taking on high-risk loans.

Taking the two mortgage giants public may be challenging, said Lori Goodman, a fellow at the Urban Institute, who has studied the history of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Together, Fannie and ...