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Trump says he wants government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds in a push to bring down mortgage rates
President Trump said on social media Thursday that he is directing the federal government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he argued would help reduce mortgage rates at a time when Americ...

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Trump Orders Fannie and Freddie to Buy $200 Billion in Mortgage Bonds
Trump orders ‘my representatives’ to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds in effort to lower housing costs
Mortgage rates drop below 6% for the first time in 3 years as Trump official says purchases of mortgage bonds are starting
President Donald Trump’s proposal that “representatives” buy up $200 billion in mortgage bonds pushed mortgage rates down to the lowest level in nearly two years on Friday.

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Trump's order for Freddie, Fannie to buy $200 billion mortgage bonds raises IPO doubts
Trump wants purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds. What that means for mortgage rates.
Trump keeps sharing proposals to fix the housing market. Experts doubt they’ll help
Two previous proposals from the Trump administration — opening federal lands to housing development and introducing 50-year mortgages — mostly brought shrugs and, so far, have yet to yield results.

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Trump plan to bar institutional investors from homebuying faces free-market skepticism
Trump Administration announces home affordability plan, banning investors from home buyership

Trump says US housing agencies to launch $200bn mortgage bond-buying spree

Donald Trump has said he would launch a $200bn mortgage bond-buying programme in an attempt to lower mortgage rates, as the US president seeks to tackle an affordability crisis that has weighed on his popularity. Trump posted on Truth Social that he was “instructing my Representatives to BUY $200 BILLION DOLLARS IN MORTGAGE BONDS”.

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