<title>Fannie and Freddie Reports Offer Positive Sign for Housing</title>
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<description><p>Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two mortgage-finance giants, this week reported some of their best quarterly results since the real estate collapse. On Wednesday, Fannie Mae posted second-quarter net income of $5.1 billion. That is up from $2.7 billion in the first quarter of this year and an improvement from a net loss of $2.9 billion in the second quarter of last year. Fannie requested no additional money from the Treasury and said it would pay a $2.9 billion dividend to taxpayers.</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:38:25 -0400</pubDate>
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