Fannie Seeks Permission to Sell $2.6 Billion in Tax Credits

Nov 5th, 2009 - Bloomberg

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Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Fannie Mae, operating under a federalconservatorship, reached an agreement to sell about $2.6 billionin unused low-income housing tax credits to unidentified buyersand is waiting on the U.S. Treasury to approve the transaction.

The company entered an agreement prior to Sept. 30 to sellthe credits at a premium, Washington-based Fannie Mae said in afiling today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. FannieMae’s regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, didn’tobject to the sale, the company said. The Treasury Departmenthasn’t given its approval yet, Fannie Mae said.

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