U.s. Fha Faces "considerable Risks" to Its Finances - Shaun Donovan

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• The U.S. Federal Housing Administration faces "considerable risks" and Obama's administration will continue to scale back the agency's presence in the mortgage market - Donovan
• He told congress that the efforts to safeguardFHA's dwindling capital reserves were not only important in their own right, but that they could open the door to more private mortgage funding.
• FHA currently backs about a third of all new mortgages in 2006, its share of the new loan market was just 5 pct.
• The agency's capital reserve hit a record low $2.6 bln in 2011 and is likely to face challenges even taking into account recent steps to raise cash.

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 "Despite the unprecedented efforts of the (Obama) administration to alter the trajectory of FHA, considerable risks remain."

Shaun Donovan , US housing Secretary