Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders were wiped out when the federal government placed them into conservatorship last month and eliminated their dividend. Yet profits from the company are being skimmed to fund homeownership programs that some see as redundant. ...
However, the market has since cooled, with the Freddie Mac House Price Index showing more modest growth of 4.8 percent in 2022 and 6.5 percent in 2023. That was faster than the long-term average of 4.4 percent since 1990. Impact of mortgage rates on homebuying The recent cooling in the ...