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FANNIE_MAE
High Confidence
Guidance
Announcement SVC-2025-05 – Servicing Guide Update
Updates to Fannie Mae servicing requirements for buydown plans and borrower notification procedures
MODERATE
Impact Level
Top: Compliance (3)
Classification
- Regulatory Program
- Fannie Mae Servicing Guide
- Doc Type
- Guidance
- Effective Date
- 2025-11-01
- Days to Action
- -257
- Comment Deadline
- —
- Published
- 2025-08-13
Urgency Basis
Effective dates have already passed (Nov 1, 2025 and Dec 1, 2025) relative to current date of June 2, 2026. Document is now historical and implementation should already be complete.
Operational Context
Flags
Consumer Harm Risk
Affected Functions
Compliance
Operations
Customer Facing
Institution Applicability
All
Impact by Category
Compliance
3
Operational
3
Data Governance
0
Model Risk
0
Reporting & Disclosure
2
Capital & Liquidity
0
Consumer Protection
2
Third-Party Risk
0
Key Requirements
- Apply interest rate buydown funds to reduce arrearages in Fannie Mae Flex Modifications per buydown agreement terms
- Send borrower notification 90 days prior to interest rate increases for buydown plan loans
- Send payment reminder notices by the 20th day of month instead of 17th day
- Update Loan Modification Agreement forms to include buydown fund provisions
- Ensure borrower waives reimbursement of buydown funds in mortgage releases
Scoring Rationale
This is a Fannie Mae servicing guide update with moderate operational impact requiring process changes across multiple servicing functions. The updates affect buydown fund handling, borrower notifications, and payment processing workflows. While the effective dates have passed, this represents typical servicing guidance complexity requiring coordination between compliance, operations, and customer-facing functions.
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Effective dates, applicability determinations, impact assessments, and any recommended actions should be
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personnel before taking compliance action. This output does not constitute legal or compliance advice.