Fannie Mae reports $19 billion loss and asks feds for another $15 billion loan
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Fannie Mae
The news just keeps getting worse at embattled mortgage finance company Fannie Mae (FNM). The Washington, D.C.-based company, which buys up mortgages from banks, posted on Thursday a staggering $18.9 billion loss -- its ninth consecutive deficit -- as it incurred more expenses stemming from foreclosed properties. The news forced the outfit, which already has a $200 billion credit facility with the U.S. government, to hit up the feds for another $15 billion, the company said in a statement.On the plus side, Fannie Mae, which has been under government receivership since last year, said its third-quarter revenue rose 6 percent to $5.9 billion from $5.6 billion in the previous quarter, as net interest income rose.
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The government has essentially been running Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since September 2008 after it moved to keep the mortgage lenders from going bankrupt. The $5 trillion in home loans they're responsible for made them too big to fail, according to many experts.
The third-quarter's $3.47 per share loss was nevertheless narrower than the $13 per share loss in the year-ago quarter. The results, however, forced Fannie Mae into a net worth deficit of $15 billion, causing the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which runs it, to request a loan of that amount from the U.S. Department of Treasury. According to Bloomberg, Fannie has already taken $44.9 billion in federal aid since April.
Fannie shares fell nearly 10 percent in after-hours trading.



























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11-05-2009 @ 8:30PM
dennis r platt said...
Galleon insider trading case widens, 14 people charged ---
How will this help the common man?
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11-06-2009 @ 12:44AM
DAMIAN said...
ANOTHER SIGN THE ECONOMY IS GROWING.....(SMILE)
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11-06-2009 @ 5:52AM
Scott said...
Another shining example of government oversight led by Barney Frank, who orchastrated the concept of requiring banks to lend money to people who could not verify their income or employment (thereby becoming the progenerator of "Liar Loans"), and who wants to be bringing you the "public option" for health care. Fasten your financial seatbelts because the damage Barney and friends can do to healthcare and financial overruns associated therewith will make this look like a drop in the bucket!!
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11-06-2009 @ 6:47AM
Hank said...
As long as you have Barney Frank, Chirs Dodd, and Chuch Schummer involved with Fannie & Freddie they will loose money - These (3) individuals had more to do to with this recession that nything else. They are all looers and should be voted out of office as soon as possible . Take some time and investigate for yourself . Don't give these incompetetant politicians any more $$$$$$$$$$$$$.
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11-06-2009 @ 12:25PM
Bill said...
You left out one other person on your list, Obama. He filed lawsuits against banks for not lending to unstable borrowers forcing them to give loans that the banks knew could not be repayed. But he still wants to blame Bush for all of it. Fannie and Freedie should have been put out of business. The loans that could not have been repaid the forcloser should have been instituted and the properities put up for auction. But then Barney Frank could not have been raking in the cash. Remember now, he and Guitiner are the new bank killers. They will chose who survives and who doesn't. Corrupt power idiots that should be impeached.
11-06-2009 @ 7:03AM
Steve said...
How much salary does the mangement team get at Fannie
Mae? Is Obamas banking czar putting the lid on? Democratic insiders were running it before and took out huge salaries and bonuses.
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11-06-2009 @ 7:12AM
DAVO said...
ALL THEY ARE DOING IS EATING THE SEED CORN FOR THE NEXT GENERATION . THE REAL ESTATE HAS CRASHED THIS WHY THEY HAVE THEIR HAND OUT EVERY WEEK LOOKING FOR MONEY . ONLY WHEN THE GOVERNMENT LETS THE VALUES CRASH WILL WE GET BACK TO REALITY . STOP TRYING TO SHORE UP HOME OWNERS WHO GAMBLED AND LOST.
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11-06-2009 @ 7:15AM
DICK JENSEN said...
It sure is queer how Barney(Elmer Fudd) Frank gets away with his bull. Could a straight, honest person in that position survive? Could a straight get away with raping a Page? Could astraight get away the way Barney has amassed wealth as a Representitive?
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11-06-2009 @ 7:31AM
Chris said...
And wqe have a president who is sooo ???? (use your own analogy :) that he will be sure and write the check .......
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11-06-2009 @ 8:17AM
Steve said...
This should go to a public national vote..... Im tired of senators, reresentatives, and the executive branch making $hitty decisions for our country. Let the people decide, a direct popular vote. Yes or No.
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11-06-2009 @ 8:20AM
Steve said...
This should go to a public national vote..... Im tired of senators, reresentatives, and the executive branch making $hitty decisions for our country. Let the people decide, a direct popular vote. Yes or No.
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11-06-2009 @ 8:36AM
Blade said...
Another fine example of how our Government can not run anything to make a profit. I have to agree,as long as Dodd and Frank have their slimmy crooked hands in something it will not evolve into anything good. No more money for any business. Give it to the people, that is the right way to stimulate the economy. OH by the people I mean those that actually work for a living, not those that sit on their backs side on my dime.
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11-06-2009 @ 8:34AM
NOENERGYFUTURES said...
15 BILLION=ONE MONTH IN IRAQ...WHAT IS WRONG WITH HELPING AMERICANS FIND SHELTER??????
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11-06-2009 @ 8:55AM
jim said...
thanks to barney frank and his idots
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11-06-2009 @ 10:25AM
Condley said...
This entire mess was first created by the socialist CRA legislation under Jimmy Carter and enforced under Clinton all in the name of "afordable housing" for the "Common Man" B.S. It's only going to get worse under the Obama administration. When is the human race ever going to learn from history? Socialism in the USSR, East Germany, North Korea, Cuba, and many other nations lack the incentive in the sociaist model to keep the economy going. China has three stck markets and has embraced capitalism. They are moving along quite nicely now. While the US enjoys a 10.2% and rising unemployment, the SEIU, ACORN, and other socialist special interests just keep pushing us in a deeper hole.
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11-06-2009 @ 12:50PM
wake up time said...
Let's give billions and billions more to help people that can't (and never could) afford those 4 bedroom homes with pools stay in them. That is what is happening in California.
Fannie Mae is buying them (with our money) and renting them back to them at a small fraction of the cost of their mortgage. You had to really dig to find that story yesterday.
You only qualify if you haven't been paying your mortgage. Seriously. Who knew we could have all owned big, beautiful homes that were out of our price range.
Barnie Frank, Chris Dodd, and TaxCheat Geithner need to be in jail, not Washington!
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11-06-2009 @ 1:30PM
dang1067 said...
HEADLINE: "Fannie Mae reports $19 billion loss and asks feds for another $15 billion loan"
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AUDIT Fannie Mae to find out if Fannie actually lost $19-Billions and if they did, find out where and to what gambling casino of Wall Street they lost it to... And then, gather all of their CEO's, confiscate every million dollars homes, jets, yachts, billion dollar bank accounts, every possessions they have and put every single one of them in the meat grinder!!!!
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11-06-2009 @ 8:09PM
ucefcu1 said...
The politicians have to realize that they are not helping less privileged citizens by getting them into houses they can't afford. These poor folks end up in foreclosure, put out on the street or substandard public housing and with a ruined credit score. When they go for credit later, they end up paying 15 to 20 percent more in interest, further diminishing their purchase power. Get them into rational programs, educate them on how building good credit and savings will increase what they may afford in the future by, sometimes, 50 percent or more.
Putting them in bad positions is not helping them. It is further ruining their lives and self esteem. Give them a hand up but don't catapult them into oblivion.
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11-06-2009 @ 5:40PM
david50now said...
screw fannie and fredie they bought into the bundled morgages as well as the other crooks .... they bought my mortgage which is current. I tryed to do the modicifaction started in june. now after 5 months and $8500 more I'm told it has taken too long to process my mod. and i must resubmit all my paper work again.... lmao.... they killed me... I came to the realisation i must put my house on the market.... well you know what that means... competing agaisnt forcloseures.... yep sure enough so now priced at forcloser price i walk away with nothing after 6 years... $77,000 in interest paid and $16,000 down and a price $10,000 less than i paid in 2004..... oh i had to give the buyer $7,000 at closing and about $12,000 to the realitor and state fees.... ouch....NO double ouch! I wanted to do forclosure, short sale, bankruptcy, but the wifey is worried we would lose our exelent credit rating... hahahahahahaha. Well she may be right we worked our entire lifes building it to the 0% interest we enjoy now with 0% offers coming almost daily. BUT without a job and the chances being pretty slim of getting one i will be homeless shortly with excelent credit WTF let em go down i could give a f*** less!
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11-06-2009 @ 6:07PM
Unemployed said...
Listen up people, DO NOT sign over your deed to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac just so you can stay in your home for a couple more months! This is the GREEDIEST thing I have ever heard! You sign over your deed to them, in turn they let you RENT your home on a month to month basis only till they feel the market is doing better and then tell you to HIT THE ROAD because now they can sell your house and make a profit! If the Government lets this happen, SHAME ON THEM! This is totally OUTRAGEOUS! Just another way to slap the American people in the face! The government should make them MODIFY loans thats the answer, NOT sign over your deed so later they can kick you out and make a profit on your lose!
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