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FANNIE_MAE
High Confidence
Guidance
Announcement SVC-2026-03 – Servicing Guide Update
Updates to GSE servicing guide procedures for investor reporting and borrower workout options
MODERATE
Impact Level
Top: Operational (3)
Classification
- Regulatory Program
- GSE Servicing Standards
- Doc Type
- Guidance
- Effective Date
- 2026-07-01
- Days to Action
- 23
- Comment Deadline
- —
- Published
- 2026-04-08
Urgency Basis
Primary effective date of July 1, 2026 is 23 days from today (June 8, 2026), but secondary provisions already effective May 1, 2026
Operational Context
Flags
Retroactive Provision
Affected Functions
Compliance
Operations
Customer Facing
Institution Applicability
All
Impact by Category
Compliance
2
Operational
3
Data Governance
2
Model Risk
0
Reporting & Disclosure
3
Capital & Liquidity
0
Consumer Protection
2
Third-Party Risk
0
Key Requirements
- Eliminate loan reactivation requests for payoff reporting errors discovered after reporting period closure effective July 1, 2026
- Implement updated forbearance plan term structuring procedures for all new plans after May 1, 2026
- Apply revised disaster-related foreclosure proceedings policy to all disaster-impacted properties
- Update investor reporting processes to reflect new payoff error handling procedures
- Ensure servicer staff training on revised Flex Modification evaluation criteria
Scoring Rationale
Moderate operational impact due to process changes across multiple servicing functions including investor reporting, forbearance planning, and foreclosure procedures. The elimination of loan reactivation procedures represents a significant workflow change. Multiple effective dates create implementation complexity with some provisions already effective since May 1, 2026.
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