Fannie Maes and Freddie Macs home retention activity declined for the most part during the first quarter of 2013, according to a new analysis of Federal Housing Finance Agency data by Inside The GSEs. Total loss mitigation activity total home retention efforts and foreclosure alternatives combined declined 1.3 percent during the first quarter of the year to 183,689 and was down 14.5 percent from year-ago levels. Total home retention efforts came to 98,728 in the first quarter, an increase of 1.1 percent from the fourth quarter but down 11.6 percent from the same period a year before.