GSEs to Purchase Only Qualified Mortgages in 2014
May 10, 2013
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will no longer purchase loans that are interest-only, loans with 40-year terms or loans with points and fees exceeding the thresholds of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus ability to repay rule, the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced this week. The FHFA said it is directing the GSEs to limit their future mortgage acquisitions to loans that meet the requirements for a qualified mortgage, including those that meet the special or temporary qualified mortgage definition, and loans that are exempt from the CFPBs ability to repay requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.