News & Insights
February 10, 2025
Servicing Excellence: Our Charge, Your Challenge
Servicing Excellence is a multi-year initiative to strengthen the Servicing industry through reciprocal top-quality performance from Freddie Mac and our servicing stakeholders. It’s our strategy to deliver more—and to expect more.
By The Single-Family Team, Freddie Mac
Industry trends, marketplace dynamics and much more.
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News Articles | November 20, 2024
December 2024 Loan Product Advisor Release
Learn more about the December LPA updates for feedback messages, government loan calculations and more.
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News Articles | November 13, 2024
Q4 2024 and Q1 2025 Loan Quality Advisor® Releases
The Q4 2024 and Q1 2025 Loan Quality Advisor releases include a salability/early eligibility message, bi-annual credit reporting companies (CRCs) and technical affiliates (TAs) updates, new and updated risk assessment messages for incomplete and Caution loans, and Loan Product Advisor (LPA) data compare message rewrite.
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News Articles | November 13, 2024
Updated URLA and SCIF Instructions
The GSEs have updated the Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA) Instructions and the Supplemental Consumer Information Form (SCIF) Instructions. New FAQs have also been published. Learn more.
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News Articles | October 17, 2024
Loan Selling Advisor October 2024 Updates
Enhancements to Loan Selling Advisor October 28 through November 2024 plus other delivery requirement updates.
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News Articles | October 16, 2024
November 2024 Loan Product Advisor Release
Our newest AIM enhancement provides more opportunity for R&W relief eligibility so you can close loans smoothly and with confidence. Learn more about this enhancement and other LPA updates coming in November.
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News Articles | October 14, 2024
LPA Choice: Identify Opportunity to Get to Accept
New feedback messages provide unprecedented information, so you don’t miss opportunities to get to Accept.
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News Articles | September 30, 2024
Tip Referral Tool and Resources Now Available
Starting September 30, 2024, Seller/Servicers and industry participants will report mortgage fraud and suspicious activity and adverse self reporting through the Tip Referral Tool (TRTSM) – our latest tool created to assist you in submitting information in a more centralized, convenient and secure manner.
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News Articles | September 26, 2024
Changes to Adverse Self Reporting in Quality Control Advisor
The adverse self reporting functionality in Quality Control Advisor® will be disabled on September 30. You will need to report adverse findings in our new Tip Referral Tool (TRT℠).
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News Articles | September 24, 2024
UCD v2.0 Spec Announcement and Supporting Resources
A GSE Announcement about the Uniform Closing Dataset (UCD) v2.0 Specification, Quick Start Guide and Updated FAQs
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News Articles | September 23, 2024
Start Using the Tip Referral Tool on September 30
The Tip Referral Tool (TRTSM) will be available on September 30, 2024. TRT was created to streamline the way you report mortgage fraud or suspicious activity and adverse self reporting. Learn how you’ll access the tool and help us hold the line against fraud.