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Expert: FHFA’s First Bulk REO an ‘Aberration?’

September 21, 2012
Although all of Fannie Mae’s nearly 700 real estate-owned properties sold earlier this month as part of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s first announced REO pilot transaction moved at near or above market value, a market analyst says it remains to be seen whether this deal is the shape of things to come. San Diego-based Pacifica Companies LLC was the winning bidder of 699 Fannie properties throughout Florida. The firm paid $12.3 million for a share in a joint venture with Fannie, resulting in an estimated transaction valuation to the GSE of $78.1 million or nearly 96 percent of the properties’ estimated value, according to the transaction summary.
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