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Volume 28 - Number 43

November 11, 2011

Downloads Available: Repurchases by Seller/Servicers - 3Q11


GSE Buybacks Still Plague Lenders in 3Q11, Huge Inventory of Unresolved Cases Lingers

Despite buying back some $5.4 billion in mortgages during the third quarter of 2011, mortgage lenders made only a small dent in the huge number of unresolved disputes with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over representations and warranties. According to third-quarter financial reports from the government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie and Freddie still had a whopping $12.2 billion of outstanding repurchase claims as of the end of September. That was down only slightly from the $12.7 billion in unresolved buybacks at the midway point in the year. The GSEs reported that seller-servicers...(Includes one data chart)

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