Fannie Strives for Kinder, Gentler Loan Buybacks
March 15, 2013
Fannie Mae is having internal discussions regarding how it might change the way it holds mortgage seller/servicers responsible for losses when a deficiency is discovered on a delivered loan. A spokesman for Fannie told Inside The GSEs that under one scenario, a lender might take the credit loss on a mortgage with Fannie agreeing to keep the loan as opposed to forcing a buyback. A deficiency might include a mistake made during the underwriting process, such as borrower information being incorrectly punched into a computer. If data were punched in wrong, there might be a pricing change, said the spokesman.