Fannie, Freddie, And FHFA Sever Ties With Anthropic AI

Plus: The most expensive homes ever sold in the U.S.

March 09, 2026

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1. Fannie, Freddie, And FHFA Sever Ties With Anthropic AI

President Donald Trump directed all federal agencies to immediately cease using artificial intelligence tools from Anthropic, with the president accusing the creator of the Claude platform of trying to “strong-arm” Department of Defense officials during negotiations.

Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), announced Monday that his agency, along with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are halting all use of the products.

“U.S. Federal Housing, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are terminating all use of Anthropic products, including the use of its Claude platform,” Pulte wrote on the social media platform X, using his favored term for the FHFA. The housing chief included a screenshot of Trump’s Truth Social directive.

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🧯 To cut housing costs, some states are easing fire safety rules. (NYT)

3. The most expensive homes ever sold in the U.S.

Mark Zuckerberg paid $170 million earlier this month for a megamansion on Miami’s Indian Creek Island, a purchase widely hailed as the most expensive residential real estate transaction ever recorded in Miami-Dade County.

But, as realtor.com recently revealed, the deal ranks only as the second most expensive home sale in Florida and just the seventh priciest private residence ever sold in the United States.

Here are the most expensive homes ever sold in the U.S.:

  1. Ken Griffin's New York penthouse: $239.96 million

  2. Waterfront Naples mansion: $225 million

  3. Oakley founder James Jannard's Malibu mansion: $210 million

  4. Beyonce and Jay-Z's Malibu mansion: $190 million

  5. Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai's New York penthouse: $188 million

  1. Marc Andreessen's 7-acre Malibu compound: $177 million

  2. Mark Zuckerberg's Billionaire Bunker mansion: $170 million

  3. Jeff Bezos' Beverly Hills estate: $165 million

  4. Tarpon Island in Palm Beach: $152 million

  5. Investor Daren Metropoulos' Palm Beach mansion: $148 million

4. Negative jobs report keeps mortgage rates calm

The number of jobs in the US economy fell last month, an unexpected contraction that has renewed questions about whether the labour market in the US might be starting to crack.

Payrolls in the US dropped by 92,000 and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4%, according to the latest official figures, surprising analysts who had expected hiring to remain stable.

It marked the biggest monthly job loss since October, when the US government shut down, and came amid concerns that a jump in oil prices sparked by the US-Israel war in Iran could threaten growth.

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