The time frames for servicers to complete routine foreclosures will expand in 17 states and shorten in four others.

Updates will automate parts of the voluntary partial-cancellation process that are currently manual. This tool will be available through Freddie’s Gateway portal.

Fannie seller/servicers must now have information security programs that meet NIST or ISO standards.

No more tabbing back and forth between Loan Advisor and Servicing Gateway to find the tools you need. All Freddie’s single-family technology will now be available through its new Gateway portal.

MBA revisits complaints about a new regulation that requires the GSEs to certify that third-party service providers are compliant with FTC rules covering unfair or deceptive acts or practices.

Industry trade groups want FHFA to rescind recently issued GSE guidelines and related surveys, and instead use the request-for-input process to make policy changes.

Industry trade groups noted that the increase comes on top of a 400% price hike over the past two years. They also argued that the credit re-porting bureaus will inevitably add additional price hikes.

Appraisers will now have to cite the market analysis they used to support their overall market trend assumptions.

Freddie is adding loan mod functions to its Resolve system and retiring Workout Prospector. The GSE is also setting new fraud reporting requirements for lenders and servicers.

The mortgage giant has implemented a requirement that seller/servicers maintain and share records of the types of fraud they see as well as any specific fraud cases they’re aware of.