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Pulte’s social media posts become must-follow for stock traders

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For years, investors have found themselves at the whim of President Donald Trump’s social-media posts. Now, traders are being forced to pay attention to an unlikely official: Federal Housing Finance Agency head Bill Pulte. Stocks have swung wildly on Pulte’s comments as he opines on everything from credit score pricing, to cryptocurrencies as mortgage assets, […]

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Westcor joins Fannie Mae title waiver pilot

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Westcor Land Title Insurance Co. is now the second title vendor taking part in Fannie Mae‘s title insurance waiver pilot program. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte announced the move in a social media post. The waiver pilot, relaunched by Fannie Mae in March 2024, allows approved mortgage lenders to use an automated

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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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Pulte urges Congress to investigate Powell

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U.S. Federal Housing Director Bill Pulte is asking Congress to investigate Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, in a stark escalation of the official’s campaign against the central bank head.  In a statement posted to X on Wednesday, the chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac cited Powell’s statements in a recent Senate committee appearance as

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Pulte still contacted by woman arrested for bomb threat

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In a social post on X on Thursday, FHFA Director Bill Pulte said a fired Freddie Mac employee who was arrested in March for threatening to blow up the Freddie Mac building in McLean, Virginia has continued to contact him. It’s Pulte’s first public statement on the incident since the woman’s arrest. Pulte posted: “Recently,

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Exclusive: Sens. Banks, Cortez Masto to offer FHLB pay bill

Exclusive: Sens. Banks, Cortez Masto to offer FHLB pay bill

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Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., joined Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., in sponsoring a forthcoming bill that would allow the Federal Housing Finance Agency to set executive compensation rules for leaders at the Federal Home Loan banks.Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — Sens. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Catherine Cortez-Masto, D-Nev., are introducing a bill that would allow the

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Senators call on FHFA’s Bill Pulte to pause GSE privatization plans

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A group of 14 Democratic senators, led by Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), have called on Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte to pause any potential plans to release government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from conservatorship. The letter, first reported by Bloomberg, said that any potential

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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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GSEs could go public while staying under government control

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The Trump administration has studied the possibility of turning Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into public companies while keeping them under conservatorship — one of several alternatives still under consideration, according to a Bloomberg report published Tuesday. The primary goal of the administration is to reduce the U.S. budget deficit and avoid any increase in

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Nevada lawmaker targets home purchases by institutional investors

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Citing an issue in which families across Nevada do not have the resources to compete with institutional investors that buy up single-family homes, Rep. Susie Lee (D) has called on Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte to offer transparency when out-of-state landlords purchase foreclosed single-family homes. Lee, who represents part of Las Vegas

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