A proposed radical shift in how lenders are paid for servicing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages would make the business less feasible and skew the competitive landscape even more than it is, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. In a comment letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the MBA said the regulator and the two government-sponsored enterprises ought to shelve their controversial plan to reform servicing compensation. The FHFA and the GSEs have focused on two alternatives: a fee-for-service model favored by the agencies, and an industry proposal to reduce the...