Fannie Mae promoted its chief administrative officer and general counsel Timothy Mayopoulos to CEO.Mayopoulos will replace Michael Williams, who said he would resign in January but...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency in its role as conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac significantly reduced the amount of pay chief executive officers at...

The recent clash between the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the House Financial Services Committee highlighted precisely why the government can't fix the government-sponsored enterprises.

A look at the stories across HousingWire’s desk during the holiday break…with more coverage to come on bigger issues: All eyes are on the GSEs as the government will soon pull money out of the secondary markets and information on new, more taxpayer-friendly executive pay packages becomes available.

[Update 2: adds Lockhart's statement on his resignation, Williams' statement on DeMarco's appointment.] Federal Housing Finance Agency director James Lockhart said Thursday he will leave his post as head of the agency.