Volume 10 - Number 29
February 10, 2012
FHFA to Drop Servicer Pay Rule Changes
Industry insiders are cautiously expressing optimism about widespread reports that the Federal Housing Finance Agency is having second thoughts about implementing its proposed overhaul of mortgage servicing compensation in the face of massive lender pushback.
Numerous published reports have fueled the industry’s expectation that the FHFA is working to tactfully back away from proposed alternatives for a government-sponsored enterprise compensation model intended to benefit servicers, consumers and investors.
The Finance Agency’s September discussion paper set out two alternatives for changing the current 25 basis-point minimum fee compensation method for mortgage loan servicers. One alternative would reduce the minimum-servicing fee to as low as 12.5 bps payment with a 5 bps reserve fund, and the second alternative would institute a fee-for-service method whereby the loan servicer would be compensated with a flat fee per month for each performing loan they service.
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