Fannie Mae lost $1.4 billion in the third quarter, reducing profits for the first nine months of 2007 by more than half, as credit losses and mounting mortgage delinquencies sour its outlook into 2008, the company said Friday.

Shares of Fannie Mae, the largest U.S. buyer and backer of home loans, sank more than 9 percent in morning trading.

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