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Fannie Mae may seek more aid; tax credit decision could cost $5.2B

USA Today - Mon Nov 9, 6:55 pm ET

Fannie Mae said Monday it may have to ask the government for more financial assistance because the company cannot sell $5.2 billion in tax credits.

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Fannie Mae’s Sale of Tax Credits Is A Bad Deal, Treasury Says
Bloomberg - Sat Nov 7, 1:38 am ET
Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Fannie Mae’s request to sell $2.6 billion in low-income housing tax credits would be a bad deal for taxpayers and won’t be allowed, the U.S. Treasury said.
Q&A: Past and future real estate
The Cambrian - Mon Nov 9, 4:44 am ET
When the housing market tumbled, Jim Liptak could have adopted a woe-is-me attitude.
Freddie Mac Posts Loss, Says It Doesn’t Need Aid (Update1)
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 6, 6:11 pm ET
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Freddie Mac , the mortgage-finance company in government conservatorship, posted a narrower $5 billion third-quarter loss and said it has no immediate need for more U.S. Treasury aid as the value of its securities improved.
Tom Gregory: Goldman Sachs: Man Bites Dog, Americans Bleed
The Huffington Post - Sun Nov 8, 4:24 pm ET
Goldman executives had argued that the deal would provide much-needed capital to Fannie Mae, which it could use to finance additional low-income housing.
US-BUSINESS Summary
Washington Post - Sun Nov 8, 2:59 am ET
Stocks eye retailers as jobless ranks swell NEW YORK (Reuters) - As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer. Comments from Wal-Mart Stores Inc , the world's...
RidgewaterEquity.com Free Fundamental Sector & Market Research on FNM, KGC, HCN, SD, MVL and INO
Marketwire - Mon Nov 9, 7:03 am ET
NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by Ridgewater Equity (RWE).
Fannie Mae Posts $18.9 Billion Loss
New York Times - Fri Nov 6, 5:41 am ET
Fannie Mae , the largest provider of funding for U.S. home loans, said on Thursday bad mortgages and a federal foreclosure prevention program left it with a $18.9 billion loss, forcing it to tap the Treasury again to plug a hole in its net worth, Reuters reported.
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Mon Nov 9, 6:36 am ET
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Digest: Goldman blocked from buying Fannie Mae assets
Washington Post - Sat Nov 7, 12:00 am ET
MORTGAGE FINANCE The Obama administration on Friday denied Goldman Sachs's offer to buy millions of dollars in assets from struggling mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae.
Local Digest: Tax decision could cost Fannie Mae $5.2 billion
Washington Post - Tue Nov 10, 12:00 am ET
MORTGAGE FINANCING Fannie Mae might have to ask the government for more financial assistance because it cannot sell $5.2 billion in tax credits, the District-based mortgage financier said Monday.
Fannie Mae tax credit decision could cost $5.2 bln
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 5:52 pm ET
Fannie Mae said Monday it may have to ask the government for more financial assistance because the company cannot sell $5.2 billion in tax credits.
Treasury denies Fannie Mae tax credit plan
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Nov 9, 2:35 pm ET
Government controlled mortgage provider Fannie Mae said Monday the U.S. Treasury has blocked its plans to sell more than $2.5 billion in low-income housing tax credits.
Fannie Mae Reviewing Treasury Decision on Credit Sale (Correct)
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 10:56 am ET
(Corrects to indicate Treasury’s position on sale in first paragraph.) Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Fannie Mae is evaluating whether it will have to write down the value of its low-income housing tax credits after the U.S. Treasury Department rejected a plan to sell them, the mortgage-finance company said today.
Fannie Mae tax credit decision could cost $5.2 bln
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay - Mon Nov 9, 4:08 pm ET
Fannie Mae could need $5.2 billion in more aid after gov't thwarts tax credit sale plan
Treasury denies Fannie Mae tax credit plan
INO News - Mon Nov 9, 2:43 pm ET
(AP:WASHINGTON) Government controlled mortgage provider Fannie Mae said Monday the U.S. Treasury has blocked its plans to sell more than $5 billion in low-income housing tax credits.