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Fannie, Freddie have ample liquidity for MBS purchases, Federal Housing Finance Agency director says?

BY Reuters | AGENCY | 01/08/26 06:45 PM EST

Jan 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte said Fannie Mae and ?Freddie Mac have "hundreds of ?billions of dollars worth of ?liquidity" with which the ?agencies ?can carry out President Donald ?Trump's directive ?to buy mortgage-backed securities to bolster the housing ?market.

In ?a ?brief phone interview late on Thursday Pulte declined to provide ?specific details on funding or the timeline for the purchases, announced by Trump earlier ?in ?the day.

"We're very serious about executing on ?it, and we will be executing the president's vision," he said, adding neither the U.S. Treasury nor the ?Federal Reserve would be involved in the purchases. (Reporting by Ann Saphir; ?Editing by Chris Reese)

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