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President Donald Trump said on May 21 that he is "giving very serious consideration" to taking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public.

The two mortgage giants offer liquidity, stability, and affordability to America's home mortgage market and have been under government control for years.

In a Wednesday evening social media post, Trump said he would consult with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte before making a final decision "in the near future." Pulte has been serving as chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since March 14.

"Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are doing very well, throwing off a lot of CASH, and the time would seem to be right. Stay tuned!" President Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114548257487682819">said</a> in a post on Truth Social.

Some Republicans have long pushed for ending the government conservatorship placed on Fannie and Freddie in response to their role in the 2008 financial crisis, which they contributed to by investing in risky loans. President Trump tried to release them from government control during his first term but was unsuccessful.

"My Administration would have sold the government’s common stock in these companies at a huge profit and fully privatized the companies," Trump wrote in a <a href="https://assets.realclear.com/files/2021/11/1921_trump_letter_to_rand_paul.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">2021 letter</a> to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) after leaving office. "My Administration was denied the time it needed to fix this problem."

The government shares in Fannie and Freddie could be valued somewhere in the hundreds of billions of dollars, bankers estimate, and some have said the privatization of the two government-sponsored entities could reduce the deficit and return money to taxpayers.

Others, like investment management firm DoubleLine Capital, have pointed to the <a href="https://doubleline.com/markets-insights/agency-mbs-fannie-freddie-private-again-under-trump-2-0/">complexity</a> involved in the process, as it would take all three branches of government.

Earlier this year, the firm said privatizing Fannie and Freddie "would carry significant execution risks and could adversely affect the secondary mortgage market, which could drive primary mortgage rates much higher."

The two entities buy mortgages from lenders and either hold the mortgages in their portfolios or sell them as mortgage-backed securities, <a href="https://www.fhfa.gov/about/fannie-mae-freddie-mac" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">according</a> to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which regulates Fannie and Freddie.

Prior to 2008, both entities were private companies and backed by the Treasury Department, despite being created and chartered by Congress. They still <a href="https://www.fhfa.gov/about/fannie-mae-freddie-mac" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">operate</a> as shareholder companies under government conservatorship.

Taking Fannie and Freddie "public" would likely involve ending the government conservatorship, which was intended to be temporary.

"The conservatorship was meant to shore up the balance sheets of both entities, restore confidence, and stabilize the mortgage market" after the 2008 global financial crisis, American investment management firm DoubleLine <a href="https://doubleline.com/wp-content/uploads/AgencyMBS-Privatization-of-Fannie_Freddie_Jan2025.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">noted</a> in a January 2025 report on mortgage-backed securities.

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