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Armando Falcon on the FHFA’s move toward crypto mortgages

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It’s been just over a week since Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to start preparing for the use of cryptocurrency in single-family mortgages. With limited guidance beyond the FHFA’s directive, mortgage originators and industry experts are working to assess how cryptocurrency could be applied to mortgages. […]

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Tech Pulse: Fannie, Freddie move on fintech, crypto, fraud prevention

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Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology — including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac jointly create U.S. Financial Technology Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have launched U.S. Financial Technology LLC to replace Common Securitization Solutions. The

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Pulte brings Fannie, Freddie together to talk deregulation

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The conservator of two government-sponsored enterprises that buy and securitize many mortgages originated in the United States said he’s arranged some unusual talks between them to get their input on deregulation. “In following President Trump’s deregulation mandate, I ordered the executives of Fannie and Freddie to meet and provide me [with] regulatory changes,” Bill Pulte,

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Fannie Mae’s new AI-powered crime detection unit: The Pulte/Palantir project

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Fannie Mae has launched an AI-powered Crime Detection Unit in partnership with Palantir Technologies to achieve what FHFA/Fannie/Freddie chief Bill Pulte has called “something big on mortgage fraud.” Fannie Mae we all know is the grande dame of American Housing. Less known is Palantir Technologies. It describes itself as “bringing the right data to the

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Pulte pushes Fannie, Freddie to count crypto assets

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Housing regulator Bill Pulte has instructed the two government-sponsored enterprises he oversees, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to move toward recognizing crypto holdings without requiring conversion when assessing borrowers’ ability to repay, a move that could help bring digital currency further into the mainstream. He formally authorized this Wednesday and directed the GSEs to plan

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Trump could solve the housing crisis with no help from Congress

Trump could solve the housing crisis with no help from Congress

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The president should unwind the federal government’s stake in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and direct the proceeds to a housing remainder trust designed to close critical gaps in real estate lending, writes Joshua Rosner, of Graham Foster & Co.Adobe Stock America’s post-pandemic paradox is clear: The economy keeps adding jobs, but the supply of

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Fannie, Freddie need rules to avoid ‘Race to the Bottom,’ NHC says

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Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac risks a return to the kind of perilous mortgages that helped cause the global financial crisis unless regulatory safeguards are kept in place, an affordable housing nonprofit said in a paper on Tuesday.  READ MORE: GSE overhaul talk revives as key players meet “This is essential to averting the

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Fannie Mae: Consumer housing market sentiment hits 2025 high point

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U.S. consumer sentiment toward the housing market improved in May and reached its highest level since November 2024, according to Fannie Mae. Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) rose 4.3 points to 73.5 last month, driven by increased optimism about home buying and selling conditions and expectations that mortgage rates may fall in the

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Home purchase sentiment rises after tariff pause

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Despite increasing mortgage rates and economic volatility, the outlook among home buyers and sellers improved on both a monthly and annual basis, according to Fannie Mae’s latest housing survey.    The government-sponsored enterprise’s monthly Home Purchase Sentiment Index increased to a reading of 73.6 in May, up from 69.2 one month earlier. May’s level also rose

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Senators ask FHFA to pause plans to privatize Fannie, Freddie

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A group of Democratic senators, including Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Schumer, asked the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to pause any efforts to privatize mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. President Donald Trump said on social media last month that he’s considering a public stock offering for the two government-backed enterprises,

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