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Given the lack of a private secondary mortgage market, FHA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are pretty much the only game in town.

Robert Story, chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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Lead Story

Assistance Limited for HFAs

By Peter Schroeder

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Treasury Department officials are warning state and local housing finance agencies that the Obama administration's recently unveiled temporary bond purchase program is oversubscribed and that agencies will likely receive less assistance than they requested as a result.

The officials issued the warning late last week and asked the HFAs to identify their peak years of issuance from 2004 to 2008 for both single-family and multifamily issues to help determine how much they should receive under the relief program.

The scale-back comes after Michael Barr, Treasury assistant secretary for financial institutions, last month declined to put a dollar amount on the program and instead told reporters it would be sized to "meet demand."

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