News & Commentaries

Fannie Mae Extends Temporary Policies in Response to the COVID-19 Emergency
Fannie Mae updated two Lender Letters today to its single-family servicers communicating temporary policies in response to the COVID-19 emergency.

Fannie Mae to Begin Securitizing Reperforming Loans with Principal Forbearance
Fannie Mae has added four new prefixes that provide the flexibility to pool reperforming loans (RPL) with principal forbearance.

Fannie Mae Publishes Loan Performance Data Migration to Data Dynamics^® Transition Guide

Fannie Mae Prices $1.07 Billion Multifamily DUS REMIC (FNA 2021-M4) Under Its GeMS Program
Fannie Mae priced a $1.07 billion Multifamily DUS® REMIC under its Fannie Mae Guaranteed Multifamily Structures (Fannie Mae GeMS™) program on February 10, 2021.

Fannie Mae Extends Temporary Policies in Response to the COVID-19 Emergency
Fannie Mae updated four Lender Letters today to its single-family sellers and servicers communicating temporary policies in response to the COVID-19 emergency.

Commentaries

Fannie Mae Benchmark CPR™ Commentary – Feb 2021
The January 30-year Benchmark CPR3 (BCPR3) for the Fannie Mae cohort decreased 5.7% to 31.6 CPR – from 33.5 CPR in December – which marks the third straight month the metric has declined.

Fannie Mae Benchmark CPR™ Commentary – Jan 2021
The December 30-year Benchmark CPR3 (BCPR3) for the Fannie Mae cohort decreased slightly, coming in at 33.5 CPR – a 1.5% decrease from the 34.0 CPR observed in November.

Celebrating 30 years of the Fannie Mae DUS Program
Thirty years ago in 1988, Fannie Mae began purchasing multifamily loans through its DUS program and holding these loans in portfolio. In August 1994, the company began securitizing DUS loans and created DUS Mortgage-Backed Securities (DUS MBS). DUS MBS offer Fannie Mae’s guaranty of timely payment of principal and interest, lower spread volatility relative to many comparable products, liquidity enhanced by the large number of dealers engaged in market making, stable cash flows that are easy to model, and superior call protection.