ADVISORY/A Conversation with Franklin D. Raines Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fannie Mae.

News Editors/Assignment Desks

ADVISORY...Wednesday (July 30)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM)

WHO:            Franklin D. Raines
                Fannie Mae

WHAT:           Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM), the
                nation's largest source of home mortgage funds will
                take questions from reporters on a host of subjects.

WHERE:          Fannie Mae
                3900 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
                Executive Meeting Room
                Washington, D.C.

WHEN:           Wednesday, July 30, 2003
                11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
                Press briefing with light refreshments to follow

RSVP:           Jason Lobo: 202-752-1692
                [e-mail]

Fannie Mae is a New York Stock Exchange company and the largest non-bank financial services company in the world. It operates pursuant to a federal charter and is the nation's largest source of financing for home mortgages. Fannie Mae is working to shrink the nation's "homeownership gaps" through a $2 trillion "American Dream Commitment" to increase homeownership rates and serve 18 million targeted American families by the end of the decade. Since 1968, Fannie Mae has provided $4.8 trillion of mortgage financing for more than 52 million families. More information about Fannie Mae can be found on the Internet at www.fanniemae.com. organizations are asked to refer to the company exclusively as "Fannie Mae."