I have a short sale with an approved Fannie Mae first loan giving Citi $6,000.  We had a Citi approval for $6,000, but our buyer walked. 

We got the new Fannie Mae approval on 9/28, again giving Citi $6,000 because that's the max allowed under Fannie Mae HAFA guidelines.  Then I found out that Citi had charged off the loan (our Citi negotiator never bothered to mention that little detail although I was in contact with him and Citi while we were waiting for the approval and Citi even called me several times asking for updates).  I resubmitted the short sale to the recovery department and they sent it back to Citi for approval.  Today, I received an e-mail that said that Citi wanted $8,500 and their reason for wanting $8,500 instead of $6,000 was because their records show that the loan was not originated by Fannie Mae.  They don't dispute that Fannie Mae became the investor after the loan closed, but they claim that the Fannie Mae HAFA guidelines only apply to Fannie Mae originated loans.

Has anybody out there ever encountered this same problem???