Recently proposed new minimum financial eligibility requirements for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac seller/servicers – including net worth, capital ratio and liquidity criteria – appear to be less restrictive than expected but may give an edge to large nonbanks over smaller players and new entrants, analysts say.Announced Jan. 30 by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the eligibility requirements consist of three primary components. In terms of minimum net worth, the proposed requirement for all seller/servicers is a base of $2.5 million plus 25 basis points of unpaid principal balance for total loans serviced. As far as minimum capital ratio is concerned, the proposed requirement for all non-depository seller/servicers is to have tangible net worth/total assets greater than 6 percent. “Depository institutions ...