In a video posted on arriving at Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte showed that no one was in the Fannie Mae office buildings.

True: a video that Bill Pulte posted around his arrival at Fannie Mae (as FHFA director or chairman) exists and shows Fannie Mae office buildings that are empty or essentially unoccupied. Mostly true: the video exists and shows largely empty offices, but a minor detail differs (for example, it was posted shortly after arrival, shows only part of the buildings, or a few people appear). Mixed: the video exists and depicts low occupancy, but it does not clearly support 'no one was in the buildings', or it was about another agency's buildings. Mostly false: the video exists but shows meaningful occupancy, or the empty-office claim came only from his words, not the footage. False: no such video by Pulte exists, or it shows clearly occupied offices.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 Fannie, Freddie face uncertain futures, potential jobs cuts Scotsman Guide · 24 March 2025

   “On a Fox News segment that aired March 17, newly confirmed Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte takes a Fox crew on a tour of Fannie Mae headquarters.”

2. E2 Fannie, Freddie face uncertain futures, potential jobs cuts Scotsman Guide · 24 March 2025

   ““We’ve got this big, beautiful area where employees are supposed to work. Nobody’s here,” Pulte says as he knocks on the window of an empty office.”

3. E3 Will Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac get the DOGE treatment? HousingWire · 18 March 2025

   “Footage from the Fannie Mae offices did not appear in the segment.”

4. E4 Will Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac get the DOGE treatment? HousingWire · 18 March 2025

   “Following a clip of Musk appearing on a podcast hosted by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that discusses government computer systems, the focus turned to Pulte’s recent filming of the “second headquarters” of Freddie Mac.”

E1 and E2 (Scotsman Guide) describe Pulte giving a Fox crew a tour of Fannie Mae headquarters, saying "Nobody's here" and knocking on the window of an empty office. HousingWire (E3, E4) reports that footage from the Fannie Mae offices did not appear in the segment, and that the segment discussed Pulte's filming of Freddie Mac's "second headquarters". The sources differ on whether Fannie Mae footage appeared in the Fox segment, and they do not say exactly when the video was posted, though E1 describes Pulte as newly confirmed at the time. The empty-building claim rests on his statement "Nobody's here" and on the empty office he knocks at, as described in E2, rather than on footage shown to cover the whole buildings. Low occupancy is shown, but the evidence does not clearly support the claim as stated.