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* This Fact Sheet was updated June 22, 2023. Please see Non-Performing and Re-performing Loan Sales page for latest version.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) requires sales of non-performing loans (NPLs) and re-performing loans (RPLs) by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (the Enterprises) to meet specific requirements. Drawing on the Enterprises' experience with NPL and RPL sales, FHFA continues to enhance the NPL and RPL sales requirements, including enhanced requirements announced in 2021.
FHFA's goal is to achieve more favorable outcomes for borrowers and communities by providing alternatives to foreclosure wherever possible. Reporting on borrower outcomes is required for servicers of loans sold as NPL and RPL. FHFA periodically publishes the Enterprise Non-Performing Loan Sales Report and posts the report to the FHFA public website. These reports can be found by clicking on the link below:
www.fhfa.gov/PolicyProgramsResearch/Policy/Pages/Non-Performing-Loan-Sales.aspx
FHFA and the Enterprises have established requirements to protect borrowers with loans sold as NPL or RPL.
Servicers must apply a waterfall of resolution tactics that first includes evaluating borrower eligibility for a loan modification, then a short sale or a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure.
Modifications must provide a benefit to the borrower and the potential for a sustainable modification and may include principal and/or arrearage forgiveness. Foreclosure must be the last option in the waterfall.
Servicers are encouraged to sell properties that have gone through foreclosure and entered Real Estate Owned (REO) status to individuals who will occupy the property as their primary residence or to non-profits.
Buyers must agree they will not “walk away" from vacant properties or enter into “contract for deed" agreements on REO properties, unless the purchaser is a non-profit.
NPL buyers and servicers, including subsequent servicers, are required to report loan resolution results and borrower outcomes to the Enterprises for four years after the NPL sale. Additional provisions for RPL reporting can be found below.
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