The move, a bid to make homes more affordable, would be a back-to-future moment for the two mortgage firms. Buying risky mortgage bonds helped push them to near-bankruptcy in 2008 ... .
On Thursday, PresidentDonald Trump announced that government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will buy an additional $200 billion in mortgage bonds ... —> $0.06 trillion held by GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac).
President Trump has told Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities, putting the White House directly into housing finance and pushing mortgage rates lower.
Well-wishers lined the streets in Brigitte Bardot's hometown of Saint-Tropez on Wednesday for the funeral of the French screen icon, who was buried in a seaside cemetery after dying last month of cancer ... .
French screen icon Brigitte Bardot will be buried in her hometown of Saint-Tropez on Wednesday, with the low-key funeral set to reflect her lifelong love of animals as well as her far-right political views ... .