US Housing Regulator to Study Crypto Holdings in Mortgage Qualification Process

The US Federal Housing Finance Agency will investigate how crypto holdings can be considered in the mortgage qualification process, the director, Bill Pulte, said Monday.

“We will study the use of cryptocurrency companies with regard to the eligible for mortgages,” Pulte announced On X.

Further details about how crypto would be assessed were not provided. The FHFA has been approached for comment.

The FHFA is the independent regulator of important aspects of the American housing market, including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the federal banks for housing loans.

It was founded after the 2008 financial crisis to ensure that entities operate safely and offer reliable financing for home financing.

Pulte was sworn in as director of the FHFA on March 14 after his nomination by President Donald Trump.

Pulte, the founder of investment firm Pulte Capital Partners, is the grandson and namesake of William Pulte, the founder of Pulte Homes, the third largest home builder in the US

In addition to advocating the inclusion of crypto in the FHFA policy, Pulte has its own investments in digital assets.

Are financial publication Earlier this year, Holdings will show between $ 500.001 and $ 1,000,000 in both Bitcoin and Solana.

He also owns shares in Mara, formerly Marathon Digital Holdings, a large Bitcoin mining company.

In addition to Crypto, he also held so-called meme shares such as Gamestop and Bed Bath & Beyond. He has invested in Tesla, Palantir and various companies that are owned by the creator of YouTube content MRBEAST.

Pulte was introduced in 2019 in 2019, the Crypto market, publicly unveiling That he had bought 11 BTC and announced that he would give Crypto away to his followers on X.

According to OpenPulte donated $ 6,600 to the re -election campaign of Donald Trump in 2024, as well as contributions to Trump’s Save America Pac and the Republican National Committee.

Edited by Sebastian Sinclair