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Fannie Mae Increases HAMP Incentives for Early Borrower Assistance

Fannie Mae is bolstering the incentive fees paid to servicers modifying the GSE's loans through the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). The new incentives apply to all HAMP mods with a trial period effective date of October 1, 2011 or later. In a servicing policy update, Fannie Mae explained that it will begin paying servicers based on a tiered incentive structure that coincides with the number of days the mortgage loan has been delinquent when the trial plan starts.

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FHFA vs. Mortgage Powerhouses: What Does It Mean for the Market?

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is suing 17 financial institutions in an attempt to recover losses incurred by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from mortgage bonds purchased between 2005 and 2007. Based on initial reports, FHFA is looking to recoup as much as $45 billion. At least one financial analyst believes the matter will end in a settlement significantly south of that amount. Others say a more long-lasting impact may come in the form of higher mortgage costs for consumers.

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StreetLinks Assures Lenders of UMDP Appraisal Compliance

StreetLinks Lender Solutions says the company can ensure compliance with phase one of the Uniform Mortgage Data Program (UMDP) for appraisals ordered through both its full-service AMC solution, LenderPlus, and self-managed appraisal software platform, LenderX. All appraisals on loans destined for Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac are now required to comply with new Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) requirements. StreetLinks requires that appraisers provide their assessments in the UAD-compliant format.

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MountainView Taking Bids on $485M Fannie Mae Servicing Portfolio

MountainView Servicing Group announced Wednesday that it has been retained as the exclusive sale advisor for a $485 million Fannie Mae servicing portfolio. Ninety-nine percent of the portfolio consists of fixed-rate loans, primarily located in Illinois. The delinquency rate of the portfolio is 2.21 percent. MountainView is also marketing a $45 million portfolio of Ginnie Mae servicing rights.

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FHFA Files with Court Considering BofA Proposal to Mortgage Investors

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is the second regulatory body to file a petition with the New York federal court that is reviewing Bank of America's $8.5 billion settlement proposal to Countrywide mortgage investors. FHFA has filed a Notice of Appearance and Conditional Objection in order to obtain additional information related to the proposal, but the agency says it sees ""no basis"" to raise a substantive objection to the settlement at this time.

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GCC Servicing Systems Assists Clients With Specialty Servicing Needs

GCC Servicing Systems, a provider of mortgage servicing technology and solutions, has announced the availability of a new investor accounting and reporting component through the company's professional services suite. This new offering enables servicers to meet the accounting and reporting requirements of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), and the USDA's Rural and Community Development loan program. It also agency default reporting.

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Radar Logic to Propose Plan to Address Government REOs

Radar Logic plans to publish a response to the government's proposal to sell pools of foreclosed homes to investors to rent. In its RPX Monthly Housing Market Report for August, the company expressed concerns that the plan could negatively affect home prices in the broader market. Radar Logic believes the REOs sold in bulk to investors will come at lower prices than if they were sold individually - prices much lower than non-distressed sales, and these low prices could lead to low appraisals for other homes on the market.

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Government Officials Weigh New Refi Program

Word on the street is the administration is sizing up a new program that would provide millions of homeowners with new, lower interest, lower payment mortgages. The initiative would allow borrowers with loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to refinance at today's rates, even if they are in negative equity or have bad marks on their credit. Two Columbia business professors say such a move would save homeowners an average of $350 a month and pump an extra $118 billion into the economy.

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Government to Spend Significantly Less on GSEs This Year

In its August 2011 Budget and Economic Outlook update, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts the government will spend $35 billion less on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2011 than in 2010. The CBO estimates it will spend $5 billion on the GSEs in 2011 after having spent $40 billion last year. The CBO says the decrease is mostly due to lower projections in losses for the GSEs in upcoming years. This updated 2011 estimate is $6 billion lower than the CBO's previous estimate.

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Prices of Homes Backing GSE Mortgages Fell 0.6% in Second Quarter

Home prices were 0.6 percent lower in the second quarter than in the first quarter of 2011, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). The agency's index is calculated using purchase price information on homes backing mortgages that have been sold to or guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Looking at this data over the past year, home prices have fallen 5.9 percent. That's the biggest annual drop recorded by FHFA since the second quarter of 2009.

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