Selling Policy Communications
Access a list of Selling Announcements, Lender Letters, Notices, and related communications.
Selling Guide updates typically are published on the first Wednesday of the month.
| Lender Letter LL-2020-04 – Impact Covid-19 Appraisals | December 10, 2020-This Lender Letter provides temporary guidance on appraisal requirements and completion reports, including allowing exterior-only and desktop appraisals for many transactions. |
| Lender Letter LL-2020-14 – Confirmation of Conventional Loan Limits for 2021 | November 24, 2020-Loan limits in 2021 are increasing. The new loan limit for most of the country will be $548,250 — a 7.42% increase over the 2020 limit — and is effective for whole loans delivered to Fannie Mae and loans in MBS pools with issue dates on or after Jan. 1, 2021. |
| Lender Letter LL-2020-06 – COVID-19 Selling Loans Forbearance | November 13, 2020-This Lender Letter provides temporary liquidity options for certain loans in forbearance after loan closing. |
| Announcement SEL-2020-06 – Selling Guide Updates | October 7, 2020-October’s Selling Guide update includes changes to remote online notarizations; clarifications to project standards requirements; the removal of validation of employment and income using manual verification reports from the Desktop Underwriter® (DU®) validation service; changes to how variances will reflect HomeReady® eligibility; and updates clarifying cash-out refinance vesting requirements when there are multiple borrowers and that gifts of equity are permitted as down payment or toward closing costs. |
| Lender Letter LL-2020-12 – New Adverse Market Refinance Fee | September 24, 2020-This Lender Letter provides information about a new adverse market refinance fee (loan-level price adjustment) that will apply to most refinances. |
| Announcement SEL-2020-05 – Selling Guide Updates | September 2, 2020-September’s Selling Guide update includes changes related to accessory dwelling units, the removal of references to refinanced or modified balloon loan policies, and clarifications regarding non-occupant borrowers. |
| Announcement SEL-2020-04 – Selling Guide Updates | August 5, 2020-The August Selling Guide update clarifies solar panel policies based on different financing structures, revises the representations and warranties framework for loans in forbearance to align the Guide with LL-2020-06 (Selling Loans in Forbearance Due to COVID-19), and removes references to Master Agreements. |
| Lender Letter LL-2020-10 – Usage of Redesigned Form 1003 | July 1, 2020-This Lender Letter provides information about the use of the redesigned Form 1003. |
| Announcement SEL-2020-03 – Selling Guide Updates | June 3, 2020-June's Selling Guide update includes changes to lease review requirements, provides additional flexibility to lenders to choose the late charge amount identified in the note, clarifies project standards policies on horizontal property regimes and environmental hazard assessments, clarifies HomeStyle® Energy debt pay-off policies, and other miscellaneous updates. |
| Selling Notice – HomeReady Income Limits 2020 | June 3, 2020-Area Median Income estimates (AMIs) are provided to Fannie Mae by our regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency. These AMIs are used in determining borrower eligibility for HomeReady mortgage loans. |
| Announcement SEL-2020-02 – Selling Guide Updates | April 1, 2020-April’s Selling Guide update includes additional details about the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) ARM products we will begin to accept as of Aug. 3; property tax and escrow clarifications; and other miscellaneous updates. |
| Selling Notice – List of Approved Mortgage Insurance Forms Updated | February 12, 2020-As noted in Lender Letter LL-2019-08 dated November 20, 2019, Fannie Mae worked with approved mortgage insurers to update their master primary policies and related endorsements and other forms (Forms). |
| Lender Letter LL-2020-01 – Important Updates to Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (ARM) Products | February 5, 2020-We've issued a Lender Letter to help prepare our customers for a successful transition from LIBOR ARMs to new SOFR ARM products. Lender Letter LL-2020-01 provides details on updated ARM instruments, retirement of LIBOR ARMs, SOFR ARMs, and the future retirement of CMT ARMs. |
| Announcement SEL-2020-01 – Selling Guide Updates | February 5, 2020-February’s Selling Guide update revises our policies on liabilities related to rental housing payment and calculating monthly qualifying rental income; delays a previously announced policy change related to calculating monthly real estate tax payments; and more. |
