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Congress Passes Sweeping Housing Bill in Rare Bipartisan Accord

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By Rachel Schilke Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Bloomberg Government Verified
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the most significant housing legislation in decades on a 358-32 vote, sending to President Donald Trump’s desk a bill with rare bipartisan backing that’s aimed at showing action on voters’ affordability concerns.
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Housing bill passes Senate with lawmakers under pressure

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified, Rachel Schilke Verified
| MSN Verified
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Pulte Appointment to Intel Chief Puts Spy Powers Law in Jeopardy Original

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
(Bloomberg) -- Senate Democrats are threatening to block an extension of a controversial spy powers law if the White House refuses to withdraw its appointment of Bill Pulte as the acting director of National Intelligence. Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee and a key vote on the extension, warned Majority Leader John Thune of the potential revolt, according to a person familiar with the discussion.
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Pulte’s Spy Agency Role Seen Undercutting Trump Housing Agenda Original

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Bloomberg Law Verified
President ’s decision to tap his top housing regulator to also serve as acting Director of National Intelligence threatens to sideline an already-sputtering home five months before the US midterm elections. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director will continue in his current post regulating the nearly $14 trillion mortgage market while also overseeing the sprawling US intelligence apparatus, Trump announced Tuesday.
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Trump Picks Loyalist Pulte as Acting Spy Chief After Gabbard

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified, Steven Dennis Verified, Nancy Cook Verified
| Financial Post Verified
Skip to Content President Donald Trump appointed Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as the acting director of National Intelligence, elevating a loyalist with no national-security background to US spy chief. William Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), during a news conference at the FHFA headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on April 22, 2026.
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Trump Picks Loyalist Pulte as Acting Spy Chief After Gabbard

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By Skylar Woodhouse Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified, Steven Dennis Verified, Nancy Cook Verified
| Yahoo Finance Canada Verified
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump appointed Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as the acting director of National Intelligence, elevating a loyalist with no national-security background to US spy chief.
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Trump Appoints Loyalist Bill Pulte as Acting Spy Chief Original

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By Skylar Woodhouse Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump appointed Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as the acting director of National Intelligence, elevating a loyalist with no national-security background to US spy chief. Most Read from Bloomberg Trump posted on social media Tuesday that the 38-year-old Pulte would also remain in his role as FHFA director and as chairman of the government-administered mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Trump’s Affordability Push Stalls Ahead of Midterm Elections

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified, Courtney Subramanian Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration’s fitful campaign to address US voters’ affordability concerns ahead of the midterm elections is faltering, with some key efforts stalled, cast aside or limited in scope. The biggest piece of housing legislation in a generation has languished on Capitol Hill because of lawmakers’ objections to a provision negotiated by the White House.
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Housing shortage is at least 10 million homes, White House says

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Financial Post Verified
A for sale sign is posted outside a home, Feb. 10, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. The U.S. has a shortage of at least 10 million single-family homes, according to a new report from White House economists — a higher figure than some previous estimates from the government and the private sector.
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Trump Tax Law’s Expansion of Affordable Housing Credit Hits Snag

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By Emily Flitter Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
(Bloomberg) -- The US government’s largest affordable housing program was supposed to be supercharged by President Donald Trump’s signature tax law. So far, that jolt hasn’t arrived. That’s because, investors and developers say, their efforts to take advantage of the dramatic expansion of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit have bumped up against some unintended consequences.
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Trump Tax Law’s Expansion of Affordable Housing Credit Hits Snag

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By Emily Flitter Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Bloomberg Law Verified
The US government’s largest affordable housing program was supposed to be supercharged by President ’s signature . So far, that jolt hasn’t arrived. That’s because, investors and developers say, their efforts to take advantage of the dramatic expansion of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit have bumped up against some unintended consequences.
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Trump Signs Orders Aimed at Mortgage Access, Housing Costs

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By Courtney Subramanian Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Financial Post Verified
Skip to Content President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Friday aimed at making homeownership more affordable, the latest step by the administration to ease cost-of-living concerns as the Iran conflict drives up gas prices and rattles markets.
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Trump Signs Orders Aimed at Easing Mortgage Access, Home Costs

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By Courtney Subramanian Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Friday aimed at making homeownership more affordable, the latest step by the administration to ease cost-of-living concerns as the Iran conflict drives up gas prices and rattles markets. One of the orders is aimed at easing access to mortgage credit and directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to tailor mortgage rules to make it easier for smaller banks to “facilitate more affordable lending,” according to a White House fact sheet.
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Senate Passes Housing Bill With Trump Investor Ban, Setting Up Clash in House

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
The US Senate on Thursday passed a bipartisan bill aimed at boosting the nation’s supply of homes on an 89-10 vote, setting up a showdown in the House over a contentious provision to limit Wall Street’s footprint in the housing market.
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Trump Investor Ban Adds Twist to Capitol Hill Housing Talks

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By Steven Dennis Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Bloomberg Law Verified
One of President ’s marquee affordability ideas – from buying up homes – is complicating talks on federal housing legislation, creating new fault lines around a bipartisan bill even as the White House pushes for quick passage.
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Trump Tells Buyers Priced Out of Housing: ‘Wait a Little Longer’

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
President Donald Trump said US consumers should “wait a little longer” for mortgage rates to drop further, a plea for patience from the electorate as voters show dissatisfaction with his handling of the economy and affordability issues. Potential homebuyers should “save a little money, wait a little longer, you’re going to get a mortgage for a very low rate,” Trump said Friday ahead of boarding a flight to Texas.
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Trump Tells Buyers Priced Out of Housing: ‘Wait a Little Longer’

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Bloomberg Law Verified
President said US consumers should “wait a little longer” for mortgage rates to drop further, a plea for patience from the electorate as voters with his handling of the economy and affordability issues. Potential homebuyers should “save a little money, wait a little longer, you’re going to get a mortgage for a very low rate,” Trump said Friday ahead of boarding a flight to Texas.
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Trump’s Plan to Make Housing Affordable Is Faltering

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s bid to put home ownership in reach for more Americans is sputtering, just weeks after it launched. With voters signaling that pocketbook issues are top-of-mind ahead of the November midterm elections, the White House has floated a series of trial balloons aimed at lowering the cost of buying a home, only to see several shot down by Congress, the financial industry or even Trump himself.
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Trump Reverses Course on Plan Allowing Homebuyers to Tap 401(k)s

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By Hadriana Lowenkron Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Bloomberg Law Verified
President threw cold water on an emerging plan to allow savers in 401(k) retirement plans to use some of that money for down payments on home purchases. Trump’s comments on Thursday came just one week after his aides teased the proposal as a pillar of an effort to tackle affordability, an issue that has dogged his second term in office. “I like keeping their 401(k)s — I’m not a huge fan of putting down a deposit. I’m not.
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Crypto Bill Delayed as Senate Panel Pivots to Trump Housing Push Original

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By Lydia Beyoud Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified, Olga Kharif Verified
| Bloomberg Law Verified
A sweeping US crypto market bill is likely to be delayed by at least several weeks as key lawmakers shift their focus to potential housing legislation in support of President ’s affordability push, according to people familiar with the matter. The move by the follows Trump administration calls to tackle costs for Americans ahead of this year’s congressional elections.
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Crypto Bill Delayed as Senate Panel Pivots to Trump Housing Push

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By Lydia Beyoud Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified, Olga Kharif Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- A sweeping US crypto market bill is likely to be delayed by at least several weeks as key lawmakers shift their focus to potential housing legislation in support of President Donald Trump’s affordability push, according to people familiar with the matter. The move by the Senate Banking Committee follows Trump administration calls to tackle costs for Americans ahead of this year’s congressional elections.
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Trump affordability pitch heads to a Davos focused on Greenland

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified, Hadriana Lowenkron Verified, Prashant Gopal Verified
| Killeen Daily Herald Verified
President Donald Trump pitched his populist economic platform to autoworkers and supporters at a casino in battleground states in recent weeks. Now he's targeting a different audience: the global elite gathered in the Swiss ski village of Davos. Trump has vowed to unveil details of a sprawling affordability pitch - which has landed Wall Street banks, technology companies and home builders in his crosshairs - during a Wednesday speech at the World Economic Forum.
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Trump Affordability Pitch Heads to a Davos Focused on Greenland

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified, Hadriana Lowenkron Verified, Prashant Gopal Verified
| Financial Post Verified
President Donald Trump pitched his populist economic platform to autoworkers and supporters at a casino in battleground states in recent weeks. Now he’s targeting a different audience: the global elite gathered in the Swiss ski village of Davos. The World Economic Forum logo on a window in the Congress Center on the closing day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024.
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Trump Affordability Pitch Heads to a Davos Focused on Greenland

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified, Hadriana Lowenkron Verified, Prashant Gopal Verified
| Bloomberg Law Verified
President pitched his populist economic platform to autoworkers and supporters at a casino in battleground states in recent weeks. Now he’s targeting a different audience: the gathered in the Swiss ski village of Davos. Trump has vowed to unveil details of a sprawling — which has landed Wall Street banks, technology companies and home builders in his crosshairs — during a Wednesday speech at the World Economic Forum.
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Trump Affordability Pitch Heads to a Davos Focused on Greenland

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified, Hadriana Lowenkron Verified, Prashant Gopal Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump pitched his populist economic platform to autoworkers and supporters at a casino in battleground states in recent weeks. Now he’s targeting a different audience: the global elite gathered in the Swiss ski village of Davos. Trump has vowed to unveil details of a sprawling affordability pitch — which has landed Wall Street banks, technology companies and home builders in his crosshairs — during a Wednesday speech at the World Economic Forum.
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Trump’s $200 Billion MBS Order Asserts New Power Over Markets

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By Scott Carpenter Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Bloomberg Law Verified
With his ordering and to buy $200 billion of mortgage bonds, President has opened a new front in the administration’s effort to bolster housing affordability. Yet by pressing the government-backed housing-finance giants to act as large-scale buyers, the move also signals a broader assertion of executive authority, effectively placing the White House in a role traditionally reserved for the Federal Reserve and intensifying debate over how far presidents can go in steering financial markets.
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Lutnick Met Homebuilders as Trump Dials Up Affordability Push

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By Sridhar Natarajan Verified, Josh Wingrove Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick recently met with executives from major homebuilding companies, according to people familiar with the matter, part of President Donald Trump’s push to bolster his standing with voters on the economy.
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Trump Tells Fannie, Freddie to Buy $200 Billion of Mortgage Debt

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By Scott Carpenter Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Bloomberg Tax Verified
US President is directing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to purchase $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he cast as his latest effort to bring down housing costs ahead of the November midterm election.
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Trump tells Fannie, Freddie to buy $200 billion of mortgage debt

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By Josh Wingrove Verified, Scott Carpenter Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| The Modesto Bee Verified
President Donald Trump is directing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to purchase $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he cast as his latest effort to bring down housing costs ahead of the November midterm election.
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Trump tells Fannie, Freddie to buy $200 billion of mortgage debt

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By Josh Wingrove Verified, Scott Carpenter Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| ArcaMax
President Donald Trump is directing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to purchase $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he cast as his latest effort to bring down housing costs ahead of the November midterm election.
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Trump Hits At Institutional Investors In Single-Family Homes

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By Hadriana Lowenkron Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Financial Advisor Verified
President Donald Trump said he would move to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes, part of a push to address housing affordability ahead of this year’s midterm elections. “People live in homes, not corporations,” Trump said in a social media post Wednesday announcing the effort, adding that he would expound on the plan at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, later this month.
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Trump to Target Institutional Purchases of Single-Family Homes

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By Hadriana Lowenkron Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Bloomberg Law Verified
President said he would move to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes as part of a push to address housing affordability. Trump announced the step on Wednesday on social media. He did not immediately provide details on what his effort would entail, but said he would ask Congress to codify the action. Trump said he would discuss the topic — alongside other cost-of-living initiatives — during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos later this month.
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Freddie Mac Picks Kenny Smith as CEO as Talks About IPO Continue

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Freddie Mac on Tuesday announced that Kenny Smith will be its next chief executive officer effective Dec. 17, replacing interim CEO Michael Hutchins, who will continue in his role as president. “Kenny Smith’s background and decades of experience in financial services will be an asset to Freddie Mac as we continue to meet the needs of homeowners, renters and the industry in 2026 and beyond,” Hutchins said in a statement Tuesday.
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Warren Warns CFPB on Its ‘Half-Baked Idea’ for Mortgage-Rate Data Original

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
Senator Elizabeth Warren (Bloomberg) -- Senate Democrats are warning the Trump administration not to cut an arcane but critical function of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that underpins the housing market as officials move to dismantle the agency. At issue is the CFPB’s weekly publication of Average Prime Offer Rate tables, a key benchmark enabling the smooth operation of the $13 trillion residential mortgage market.
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米住宅トップに厳しい目、ファニーメイや衣食住高騰対策で注目度増す

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified, Nancy Cook
| Bloomberg Japan Verified
米連邦住宅金融局（FHFA）のパルト局長は、トランプ大統領の敵対者を攻撃して名をはせたが、大統領の一部側近は、13兆ドル（約2044兆円）規模の米住宅ローン市場を監督する能力に懸念を抱く。 住宅ローン債権の買い取りと証券化を通じて、米住宅市場を支える役割を担うファニーメイ（連邦住宅抵当金庫）とフレディマック（連邦住宅貸付抵当公社）は、2008年の世界的な金融危機の影響で経営が行き詰まり、FHFAの管理下に置かれる。 事情に詳しい関係者によれば、パルト氏がFHFAの局長に指名された段階で、同ポストは、政権移行チームの間で閑職扱いだった。しかし多くの有権者の生活費高騰への不満が住宅に集中する状況で、大統領の側近はパルト氏の型破りな仕事のやり方を「足手まとい」と見なすようになった。 トランプ大統領は米政府が保有するファニーメイとフレディマック株について、新規株式公開（IPO）を通じて売却を検討し、来年にも実施する可能性がある。 一部の著名投資家は、米政府支援機関（GSE）2社の保有株式を売却する時期として、今は適切でないと不安視する。...
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Housing Chief Bill Pulte Becomes a Potential Liability for Donald Trump

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified, Nancy Cook Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
Bill Pulte (Bloomberg) -- Bill Pulte has made a name for himself by slinging dirt at Donald Trump’s foes — but some of the president’s aides now fear he isn’t up to doing his job: overseeing the $13 trillion US mortgage market.
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Pulte Cites ‘Portable Mortgages’ After 50-Year Idea Panned Original

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
Homes in North Miami, Florida. Photographer: Zak Bennett/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Bill Pulte, the Federal Housing Finance Agency director, said the administration is “actively evaluating portable mortgages” just days after President Donald Trump’s call for 50-year mortgages fell flat with industry and consumers. Pulte didn’t give any details on how the plan would work in his social media post on Wednesday.
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Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Loses Steam as Industry Questions Costs

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Yahoo Verified
(Bloomberg) — Days after Donald Trump’s party lost several key election contests that centered on cost-of-living concerns, the president floated the prospect of a 50-year mortgage to help voters tackle one of their top concerns: housing affordability. Most Read from Bloomberg Can a Waterfront Park Wake Up Downtown Seattle? Will the YIMBY ‘Holy Grail’ Deliver an LA Building Boom?
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Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Loses Steam as Industry Questions Costs

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
(Bloomberg) -- Days after Donald Trump’s party lost several key election contests that centered on cost-of-living concerns, the president floated the prospect of a 50-year mortgage to help voters tackle one of their top concerns: housing affordability. Most Read from Bloomberg “All it means is you pay less per month,” Trump said in an interview that aired on Monday.
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Shutdown Cuts Off Flood Insurance Program During Storm Season

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By Lauren Rosenthal Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
(Bloomberg) — A lapse in the National Flood Insurance Program because of the US government shutdown threatens to snarl home sales in the nation’s riskiest floodplains and leave some homeowners without coverage in the middle of hurricane season. Without reauthorization, the program – which counts more than 4.7 million policies providing more than $1.3 trillion in coverage – cannot issue new policies or renew expiring ones. In areas that require flood insurance to close a loan, that’s a problem.
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Trump Call for Fannie, Freddie to Spur Building Is ‘Mystery’

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump’s recent social media post calling for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to boost homebuilding is sowing confusion in an industry already grappling with a stalled market and higher construction costs. Trump asked the two government-controlled firms, which together back more than half the residential mortgage market, to “get big homebuilders going” in a Truth Social post on Sunday, but didn’t elaborate on what he had in mind.
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Elizabeth Warren Presses Bessent on Fannie, Freddie IPO Efforts

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
(Bloomberg) -- The top Senate Democrat with oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for more details about the Trump administration’s efforts to take the mortgage giants public. Most Read from Bloomberg The Treasury Department and the Federal Housing Finance Agency have been holding meetings with housing advocates, think tanks and mortgage industry representatives this month about the broad strokes of the process.
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Pulte Regains MAGA Hero Status by Aiding Trump’s Anti-Fed Fight

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified, Nancy Cook
| Bloomberg Law Verified
A few weeks ago, appeared to be struggling to maintain influence with the White House. The head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency was having to jostle for power in the planning for Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s potential initial public offering. And his bombastic online behavior had tested the patience of both the industry he regulates and the administration he serves. But with one social media post Wednesday, Pulte catapulted himself back into the spotlight.
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Pulte Says Cook Allegation Part of Wide Mortgage-Fraud Crackdown

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Bloomberg Law Verified
Director Bill Pulte suggested Thursday that his referral of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for alleged mortgage fraud was part of a broader crackdown on the issue. “We partnered with at ,” Pulte said on Bloomberg Television. “We said, look, everybody, beware: We are looking for mortgage fraud. We brought in Palantir.
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Trump has '3 or 4' picks in mind to replace Fed's Powell

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| POLITICO Verified
Trump did not elaborate on potential nominees to replace the central bank chief, whose term as chair ends in May 2026. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill, on June 24, 2025. | Francis Chung/POLITICO President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he is considering three or four potential replacements for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
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Trump's plan to remake mortgage finance baffles housing experts

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| POLITICO Verified
“I want to get them out of conservatorship,” said Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), chair of the Senate Banking subcommittee with oversight of Fannie and Freddie. “But I want to be very careful about how we do it, because we need the secondary market, and we need it to work,” he added, referring to the market where mortgage loans are purchased and sold to investors. Rep.
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Trump's plan to remake mortgage finance baffles housing experts

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Flipboard
A tumultuous week in Los Angeles illustrates the human toll of the Trump administration’s more aggressive immigration crackdown Days before immigration raids sparked sometimes violent protests and the deployment of US troops in Los Angeles, Nancy Raquel Chirinos Medina said, her husband received a “strange” text. The message from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement directed the father of two with one on the way to come to …
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The lose-lose housing market

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By Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Morning Money Newsletter
Editor’s note: Morning Money is a free version of POLITICO Pro Financial Services morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 5:15 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day’s biggest stories. Act on the news with POLITICO Pro. The housing sector in recent years has been a tale of two markets: It was the best of times (for homeowners), it was the worst of times (for would-be home buyers).
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GOP megadonor Griffin: Trump tariffs are unleashing ‘crony capitalism’

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By Sam Sutton Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Morning Money Newsletter
Editor’s note: Morning Money is a free version of POLITICO Pro Financial Services morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 5:15 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day’s biggest stories. Act on the news with POLITICO Pro. BEVERLY HILLS — President Donald Trump is promising that his economic agenda will empower American consumers and unlock economic growth.
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Will Trump own the jobs report?

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By Sam Sutton Verified, Katy O'Donnell Verified
| Morning Money Newsletter
Editor’s note: Morning Money is a free version of POLITICO Pro Financial Services morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 5:15 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day’s biggest stories. Act on the news with POLITICO Pro. The White House broke out the sparkling wine when it framed March’s blockbuster jobs report as a sign that President Donald Trump had fostered an employment boom.
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