Updated list of Bill Pulte’s actions that impact FHFA, GSEs

Below is a timeline of the actions or reports related to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte that have impacted the regulator or the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since Pulte was announced as President Donald Trump’s nominee for the role in January and took office in March.
January/February
- Trump to nominate Bill Pulte as FHFA director Jan. 16
- MBA issues support for FHFA nominee Bill Pulte Jan. 29
- FHFA nominee Bill Pulte discloses investments Feb. 25
- Bill Pulte lays out vision for FHFA under Trump Feb. 27
March
- Senate confirms Bill Pulte as FHFA director March 13
- New FHFA Director Bill Pulte is focused on GSE reform March 13
- Bill Pulte pledges to scrutinize ‘underperforming’ Fannie and Freddie, root out mortgage fraud March 14
- Pulte makes sweeping changes to boards of GSEs March 17
- Will Fannie, Freddie get the DOGE treatment? March 18
- CHLA urges FHFA director to keep issues for small IMBs in mind March 19
- Fannie Mae board member with DOGE ties departs one day after appointment March 20
- FHFA cuts staff as Freddie Mac announces end of remote work March 20
- Top execs at Freddie Mac, FHFA fired March 20
- Bessent floats adding GSEs to sovereign wealth fund March 24
- FHFA office closures impact fair lending, consumer protection March 24
- Pulte won’t cut conforming loan limits for Fannie, Freddie. March 25
- Pulte terminates SPCPs, issues recision of UDAP bulletin in slew of orders March 25
- Mortgage leaders react to FHFA’s ending of SPCPs March 26
- FHFA makes changes to climate risk, radon inspection policies March 27
April
- FHFA replaces Freddie Mac board member amid other changes April 1
- Pulte says he’s canceled $6.4M in “DEI nonsense” at Fannie and Freddie April 7
- FHFA is establishing a mortgage fraud tip line April 16
- Pulte says he’s done making leadership changes at the GSEs April 21
- Bill Pulte shares his plans to improve GSEs’ productivity April 30
May
- Pulte: North Korean and Chinese nationals working at GSEs referred to DOJ May 6
- DOJ to investigate Letitia James over mortgage fraud on Pulte referral May 9
- Bill Pulte is putting ‘obese’ Fannie and Freddie ‘on the treadmill’ May 20
- Trump says he’s giving ‘serious consideration’ to releasing Fannie, Freddie May 22
- Trump’s GSE exit pursuit is complicated (and could be costly) May 22
- Bessent weighs mortgage rate risk in potential release of GSEs May 24
- FHFA Director Pulte calls on Powell to lower interest rates May 26
- Trump: I’m taking Fannie and Freddie ‘public’ with implicit guarantee May 27
- Will an implicit guarantee keep mortgage rates from rising after release of GSEs? May 27
- CHLA offers support for Pulte’s position on FICO pricing May 28
- Fannie Mae partners with Palantir to detect, prevent mortgage fraud May 28
- How Bill Pulte has reshaped FHFA and the GSEs May 30
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