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Fannie says IndyMac has $1 bln in mortgage obligations: report      (Reuters)
Fannie says IndyMac has $1 bln in mortgage obligations: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Fannie Mae , the largest U.S. home funding company, believes that failed mortgage lender IndyMac has obligations to repurchase around $1 billion of home mortgages that failed to meet Fannie's standards, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation.
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Fannie says IndyMac has $1 bln in mortgage obligations: report (Reuters)
Yahoo! News: Personal Finance News — ... Reuters - Fannie Mae , the largest U.S. home funding company, believes that failed mortgage lender IndyMac has obligations to repurchase around $1 billion of home mortgages that failed to meet Fannie's standards, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation. ...

FDIC says it will sell IndyMac (Reuters)
Newsback — ... ) Reuters - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, in a statement on its Website, says it signed a letter of intent to sell Indymac Federal bank operations to thrift holding company controlled by IMB Management Holdings LP. Read the full story here . ...

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