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Friday, August 07, 2009

Freddie Mac: House Price Improvement "Largely Seasonal"

by Calculated Risk on 8/07/2009 04:22:00 PM

Freddie Mac Press Release:

Freddie Mac had a positive net worth of $8.2 billion at June 30, 2009. As a result, no additional funding was required from Treasury under the terms of the Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Purchase Agreement) for the second quarter.
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Provision for credit losses was $5.2 billion for the second quarter of 2009, compared to $8.8 billion for the first quarter of 2009. The decrease was driven by a reduced rate of growth in the company's loan loss reserve due to the recent modest national home price improvements, which the company believes to be largely seasonal.
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No mention of the amount of nonperforming loans.