Fannie and Freddie Mortgages Face Higher Fees Under Trump Budget
Bloomberg, Feb. 12, 2018–Joe Light
In its 2019 spending plan released Monday, the administration asked Congress to raise the fees Fannie and Freddie charge to back payments on mortgage-backed securities by 0.1 percentage point, a move it said would reduce the federal budget deficit by $25.7 billion over the next decade.
