AHFC Jumps Back Into Bond Market.

• Position: Real Estate

Alaska Housing Finance Corp. recently completed a $137.2 million sale of tax-exempt bonds to provide financing for more than 1,300 first-time home buyers in Alaska. The sale to an underwriting group led by George K. Baum & Co. had been postponed due to the Sept. 11 attacks on the East Coast.

AHFC decided to re-enter the market despite few other sellers and edgy buyers.

"We felt it was critical for us to forge ahead, return to business as...