FHFA: Lenders To Cover Just 4 Months Of Missed Payments
The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced Tuesday that mortgage lenders will only have to cover four months of missed payments from borrowers under forbearance during the coronavirus pandemic. The change applies to all mortgage lenders managing Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae backed loans. FHFA, which had been under intense pressure to provide relief to lenders, said that mortgage servicers with Fannie and Freddie loans will have “no further obligation to advance scheduled payments” to creditors after four loan payments have been missed. In short, the announcement means the loans in forbearance due to the coronavirus can be kept in mortgage-backed security pools as long as they are in forbearance. “The four-month servicer advance obligation limit for loans in forbearance provides…