Fannie Mae Selling and Servicing Policy Archives

The Fannie Mae Selling and Servicing policy archives allow you to quickly access current and past policy materials.  

Our archives allow you to search for Selling and Servicing policy communications by year and/or by communication type which include:

  • announcements 
  • guides
  • lender letters
  • notices 

In addition, you can find our In Case You Missed It job aid, which summarizes Selling Guide, Servicing Guide and other policy communications for years 2012 to present. 

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Fannie Mae requires lenders have prudent processes and controls in place that support their ability to fully assess the borrowers financial circumstances and ability to successfully repay the loan

Selling Guide Updates

Fannie Mae announces Miscellaneous Servicing Policy Changes

Fannie Mae announces updates to the Reporting and Validation of Mortgage Insurance Coverage

Selling Guide Updates and Additional Guidance on Appraisal-Related Policies

Fannie Mae announces updates to the requirements for evaluating borrowers for Fannie Mae's Standard Mortgage Modification

Fannie Mae is now modifying the waiting period that must elapse before a borrower is eligible for a new mortgage loan after a foreclosure.

Selling Loans during Lapse of National Flood Insurance Program Authority

Fannie Mae Introduces Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program (HAFA) Program that simplifies and streamlines the use of short sales and deed-in-lieu (DIL)

Extension to Fannie Mae's Alternative Modification to the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP)

Selling Guide Update

Fannie Mae issues guidance to lenders on property assessed clean energy loans (PACE).

Selling Guide Updates

April 2010 Servicing Guide Update Part VII, Delinquency Management and Default Prevention; and Part VII, Foreclosures, Conveyances and Claims, and Acquired Properties

Fannie Mae is updating several policies regarding the future eligibility of borrowers to obtain a new mortgage loan after experiencing a preforeclosure event

Selling Loans during lapse of National Flood Insurance Program Authority.

Fannie Mae announces updates and clarifications to several miscellaneous servicing policy changes

Selling Guide Updates for Lender Quality Controls Standards

Selling Guide updates incorporating miscellaneous changes

Fannie Mae introduces an alternative to the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).

Selling Guide Updates for the Loan Quality Initiative

Fannie Mae announce reclassifying home affordable modification program (HAMP) MBS mortgage loans; expedited reimbursements and executing modification agreements

Selling Guide Updates incorporating miscellaneous clarifications or omissions.

Loan Quality Initiative (LQI) to implement policy, process, and technology enhancements to improve the compliance with underwriting and eligibility guidelines and mitigate repurchase risk.

New Fannie Mae-approved mortgage insurers to provide mortgage insurance for conventional first mortgage loans.