Fannie Mae is offering a new custodial bank account management application that impacts submissions of various forms to the GSE. Freddie Mac has adjusted the definitions of “change of control” and “senior management” at mortgage companies.

The GSE beefed up requirements for smaller multifamily properties and inexperienced owners.

Banks and other depository institutions regained a little market share in GSE servicing during the first quarter of 2026 after 11 consecutive quarters of losing share to nonbanks. (Includes two data tables.)

Fannie Mae belatedly joined Freddie Mac in establishing ground rules for seller/servicers that deploy or manage artificial intelligence or machine learning tools while doing business with the enterprise.

Servicers will now have some leeway in how they execute flex loan modifications.

FHFA greenlights the use of actual cash value insurance to cover the roofs of condos; all other elements of the project will still require replacement value policies, though.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac assured lenders that mortgages will not become ineligible for delivery solely because of the shutdown, temporarily relaxing employment verification and available reserve requirements for impacted borrowers.

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The Government Accountability Office said FHFA can’t accurately gauge the accuracy of the data it uses to monitor nonbanks and overlooks key risks associated with warehouse lending. FHFA agreed to address the issues.

The enterprise expanded eligibility for one-time-close loan options and aligned disaster-related forbearance terms with Fannie Mae.