Fannie's Loan Purchases Rebound

Loan acquisitions by Fannie Mae rose 8% from March to $77.3 billion in April and commitments to purchase new loans rose 4% in April to $87.5 billion, according to the secondary market agency.

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Fannie also reported Friday afternoon that the serious delinquency rate on its single-family loan portfolio fell below 3% for the first time since February 2009.

The percentage of Fannie-guaranteed loans that are 90 days or more past fell 9 basis points from March to 2.93% in April. Freddie recently reported its serious delinquency rate fell below 3% in April.

Fannie’s monthly report also shows that it issued $73.5 billion in mortgage-backed securities in April, up 8.8% from the month prior.


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