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Report: FHFA’s Pulte Quietly Changed GSE Portfolio Limits to Aid Trump’s $200 Billion Mortgage Bond Purchase

Report: FHFA’s Pulte Quietly Changed GSE Portfolio Limits to Aid Trump’s $200 Billion Mortgage Bond Purchase

by Phil Hall | Jan 26, 2026 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte accommodated President Trump’s announcement of a federal purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds by making a unilateral and unpublicized policy change that enabled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to raise the...
Trump and Pulte Launch New Series of Attacks at Fed Chairman Powell

Trump and Pulte Launch New Series of Attacks at Fed Chairman Powell

by Phil Hall | Jan 23, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

President Trump and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte have renewed their attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. In a posting on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Mortgage Rates just hit a Three Year Low despite Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell, and his...
Sen. Warren Demands DOJ Records on Probe into Fed Chairman Powell

Sen. Warren Demands DOJ Records on Probe into Fed Chairman Powell

by Phil Hall | Jan 21, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, is demanding access to the records related to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over claims that he may have committed perjury...
Bessent: Trump Fed Chairman Choice Could Be Unveiled ‘As Soon as Next Week’

Bessent: Trump Fed Chairman Choice Could Be Unveiled ‘As Soon as Next Week’

by Phil Hall | Jan 20, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that President Trump is very close to making his selection for the next Federal Reserve chairman. “My guess is the president will reach a decision maybe as soon as next week,” said Bessent during a CNBC interview at the World...
Powell to Attend Supreme Court’s Oral Arguments for Lisa Cook Mortgage Fraud Case

Powell to Attend Supreme Court’s Oral Arguments for Lisa Cook Mortgage Fraud Case

by Phil Hall | Jan 19, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is planning to attend Wednesday’s oral arguments before the US Supreme Court in the case of President Trump’s attempt to fire Fed Gov. Lisa Cook over allegations that she committed mortgage fraud. The Associated Press, sourcing...
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