Financial Guarantees - Financial Guarantees and Maximum Recovery (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Financial Guarantees and Maximum Recovery [Line Items]
Contractual terms of our guarantees	29 years
Maximum Exposure	$ 12,192	$ 12,712
Guaranty Obligation	81	94
Maximum recovery	4,778	5,070
Unconsolidated Fannie Mae MBS \| Unconsolidated VIEs
Financial Guarantees and Maximum Recovery [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure	2,880	3,139
Guaranty Obligation	14	15
Maximum recovery	2,811	3,058
Other guaranty arrangements \| Unconsolidated VIEs
Financial Guarantees and Maximum Recovery [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure	9,312	9,573
Guaranty Obligation	67	79
Maximum recovery	1,967	2,012
Agency securities \| Unconsolidated VIEs
Financial Guarantees and Maximum Recovery [Line Items]
Single security, Freddie Mac issued securities backing unconsolidated Fannie Mae securities	$ 219,300	$ 234,000

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Portion of Freddie Mac securities backing commingled Fannie Mae-issued structured securities.

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Guarantor Obligation, Contractual Term

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Represents the maximum amount we could recover through available credit enhancements and recourse with third parties on guarantees recognized in our on and off balance sheets. Recoverability of such credit enhancements and recourse is subject to, among other factors, our mortgage insurers' and financial guarantors' ability to meet their obligations to us.

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The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (c)
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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482425/460-10-50-4

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