President Donald Trump is “opportunistically evaluating” taking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public as early as the end of the year, says Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) chief William Pulte. “President Trump made the right decision not to take Freddie and Fannie public during his first term and is opportunistically evaluating an offering this time around, which could be as early as the end of 2025,” Pulte wrote in a series of X posts on Oct. 20. (1) “We are focused on running them like a business and ...