April 21, 2020

Fannie and Freddie to Relax Servicer Advance Requirements for Loans in Forbearance

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Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) announced an eagerly awaited policy allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the “Agencies”) to address one aspect of the liquidity crisis for mortgage servicers facing mounting advance obligations due to forbearances. Going forward, once a servicer of single-family mortgage loans pooled into an Agency mortgage-backed security has advanced four months of missed payments on a loan in forbearance, it will have no further obligation to advance scheduled payments of principal and interest. The FHFA reports that this applies to all Agency servicers.

Continue reading on Mayer Brown’s Consumer Financial Services Review blog.

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