“I think overall, the Trump administration is good for housing, and very good for consumers. I think it’s going to be a good thing across the board,” he said. “Obviously there are a lot of unknowns at this point, but President Trump’s obviously a business-focused person who also understands the private sector and at the same time, I think he cares about getting consumers access to liquidity and access to housing.

Trump likes big deals and this would be the biggest deal in history... I am confident he will get it done... A successful emergence of Fannie and Freddie from conservatorship should generate more than $300 billion of additional profits to the Federal government.

Cities clearly benefit financially from having more middle-class residents... When more middle-income residents move into a jurisdiction, renting or purchasing homes, cities can collect more property tax revenues from a broader cross-section of households

A lot has changed in the 15 years that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been in federal conservatorship, including a restoration of the health of the mortgage market and the financial strength of these housing-focused enterprises. What hasn’t changed is the need for the federal government to follow established law and ensure its conservatorship of Fannie and Freddie is temporary.

I think it can fairly be said that no one at that time ever expected conservatorship to last so long, especially as Secretary of the Treasury Paulson publicly referred to it as a “time out,” with its short-term connotation.