If the merger of Rocket Mortgage and Mr. Cooper had been completed in time to include third-quarter numbers, the resulting company would have had a GSE servicing portfolio approaching $1.0 trillion.

Fannie modifies how it treats income from ADUs; Freddie requires large servicers to undergo annual AICPA security examinations.

Freddie board member jumps to Fannie board; a week of CAS and STACR tender offers; and seller/servicer guidance for the shutdown.

Regulatory approval of the merged company creates the second-largest GSE seller and by far the largest GSE servicer.

Although total GSE servicing remained almost unchanged as of the end of the second quarter, some large servicers — mostly nonbanks — experienced disproportionate year-over-year gains in volume. (Includes two data tables.)

By some estimates, the average short sale or a foreclosure costs the GSEs $19,000 more than putting the borrower through a home-retention program.

Fannie and Freddie both issued sellers guide updates alerting lenders to upcoming changes to UAD 3.6 and URAR. Other updates affect quality control procedures, measurement standards and attorney fees.

All insurance policies related to multifamily mortgage applications must now include the borrower as a “named insured” party.

Servicers can get a head start on data reconciliation by taking advantage of a waiver of compensatory fees for servicing data requests.

Mortgage professionals can use a free online tool from Fannie to get more accurate income calculations and benefit from rep and warrant relief for the loans they sell to the GSE.