Fannie, Freddie Face Lower Cap on Apartment Loans: The Federal Housing Finance Agency has lowered the amount of multifamily loan purchases Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can complete in 2024 by $10 billion, or $5 billion apiece. The 2023 cap of $75 billion for each government-sponsored housing lender has been reduced to $70 billion. Under new guidelines, half of the loans will have to be targeted at affordable housing. The two mortgage giants have securitized nearly $80 billion of multifamily loans this year.