The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Wednesday issued a notice to investors interested in buying government-owned REOs in bulk for use as rental properties, encouraging them to register with Fannie Mae in order to pre-qualify as an eligible bidder.
FHFA says the first pilot transaction will be announced in the “near-term.” During the pilot phase, Fannie Mae will sell off pools of various types of assets, including rental properties, vacant properties, and nonperforming loans, with a focus on the hardest-hit areas.
These pilot sales represent the initial stage of the government’s Real-Estate Owned (REO) Initiative announced in August 2011, when FHFA issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input on options for selling single-family REO properties held by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). The agency received more than 4,000 responses from industry stakeholders.
The REO Initiative will allow qualified investors to purchase pools of foreclosed properties from government housing agencies with the requirement that the properties be rented out for a specified number of years.
Read more...FHFA Solicits Investors for REO-to-Rental Sales via DSnews.com
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