Fannie Mae's Multifamily MBS Issuance Jumped 45 Percent in 2011

`` Fannie Mae today announced that the company issued $7.2 billion multifamily MBS(1) in the fourth quarter of 2011, the highest quarterly issuance since Fannie Mae began reinvigorating its multifamily MBS business in 2009. '' -- Fannie isn't "reinvigorating" anything -- there's just more multifamily demand because the exurbs are dying and demand is shifting to condos and other non-standalone units.