Fannie Mae setting a record.

Fannie Mae predicted that it would buy or securitize more than $200 billion of mortgages this year, far exceeding last year's record $139 billion.

The agency, formally known as the Federal National Mortgage Association, made the prediction while disclosing that its third-quarter earnings jumped 18% from a year earlier, to $412.9 million.

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