Freddie is working to move servicers to the new Resolve system while Fannie set new standards for use of mortgage assistance funds.

Beginning in March 2023, GSE servicers will have to retain fair lending data. FHFA set the requirement, citing lessons learned during the pandemic.

Mortgage fraud has gone beyond borrowers simply falsifying income and employment information.

The gap in GSE servicing volume between Chase Home Finance and Wells Fargo continued to narrow in the second quarter of 2022. (Includes two data charts.)

The number of loans in Fannie and Freddie portfolios that are less than two years delinquent nearly tripled in 2021, courtesy of COVID.

Thirty-nine states have programs that provide victims of domestic violence or sexual abuse with substitute mailing addresses to help hide their physical location.

The Ocwen subsidiary will purchase MSRs through the FHLBank of Indianapolis’ mortgage purchase program. PHH will also offer subservicing to banks and nonbank lenders that are members of the bank.

FHFA and Treasury haven’t discussed how to make the 2021 changes to the PSPAs permanent or whether to ease the capital requirements for the GSEs.

Industry groups take sides in debate over FHFA’s treatment of nonbank servicers.

Freddie disclosed that prepayments on mortgages in 50,000 pools were sometimes not passed through to bondholders.