In the aftermath of the housing market bubble, the federal government placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under a financial conservatorship to help the housing market recover. Some

By Niket Nishant and Manya Saini (Reuters) -Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage giants under U.S. government control since 2008, surged to multi-year highs on Friday after federal agencies revealed a framework for their "orderly" release from conservatorship.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-backed mortgage giants, could be headed for privatization under Donald Trump 's second term, a move experts say might drive mortgage rates higher in a housing market already plagued by affordability challenges.

Shares of government-backed home loan giants Fannie Mae (OTC:FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTC:FMCC) experienced a slump on Thursday, even as Bill Ackman from Pershing Square put forward a positive argument for the stocks,