DesperateHouseWise.com » taxpayers http://desperatehousewise.com Housing and Real Estate Musings. Desperate Times call for Desperate Relief. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:45:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Treasury Dept says ‘no deal’ for Fannie http://desperatehousewise.com/treasury-dept-says-no-deal-for-fannie/ http://desperatehousewise.com/treasury-dept-says-no-deal-for-fannie/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:30:12 +0000 DHW http://desperatehousewise.com/?p=254 Citing a loss too great for taxpayers, the US Treasury Department blocked Fannie Mae’s nearly $3 billion sale of unused low-income housing tax credits to Goldman Sachs Group and Berksire Hathaway.

DHW asks: Do you agree with the Treasury’s decision?

]]> http://desperatehousewise.com/treasury-dept-says-no-deal-for-fannie/feed/ 0 Fannie Mae strikes deal to sell $2.6 billion in unused tax credits http://desperatehousewise.com/fannie-mae-strikes-deal-to-sell-2-6-billion-in-unused-tax-credits/ http://desperatehousewise.com/fannie-mae-strikes-deal-to-sell-2-6-billion-in-unused-tax-credits/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:56:20 +0000 DHW http://desperatehousewise.com/?p=177 In a deal that still needs Treasury Department approval, government run Fannie Mae reached an agreement with unnamed buyers to sell approximately $2.6 billion in unused low-income housing tax credits. The Treasury Department said it would approve the sale “if it was clearly in the interest of taxpayers.”

DHW asks: Do you think this deal is in the best interest of taxpayers?

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