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July 16, 2024
Beyond the Close: Collaborating for Post-Purchase Borrower Education
The entire housing finance ecosystem benefits when homeowners remain in their homes. Borrowers who are engaged sooner and educated more fully have a better experience and achieve more successful outcomes. This is the key to sustainable homeownership.
By The Single-Family Team, Freddie Mac
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Technology Updates | December 15, 2021
December Loan Product Advisor Releases and Training Opportunities
The December 2021 Loan Product Advisor (LPA) releases include updates to Freddie Mac 2022 conforming loan limits, credit reporting companies, technical affiliate updates and more.
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News Articles | December 13, 2021
New Loan Coverage Advisor Release Enhances R&W Relief Offerings Section
The latest Loan Coverage Advisor® release delivers updates to the Loan Advisor R&W Relief Offerings section of the Loan Risk Details page.
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News Articles | December 6, 2021
Multifactor Authentication: Ensuring Your Data Is Safe and Secure
Freddie Mac is committed to continuously enhancing and improving our security standards. To further protect data, we’re implementing Multifactor Authentication (MFA) as an additional layer of security on all Freddie Mac tools and technology applications in early 2022.
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Technology Updates | November 16, 2021
November Loan Product Advisor Releases and Training Opportunities
Check out November updates designed to help you streamline the way you work so you can assist more borrowers. Register for a new Loan Product Advisor training opportunity to learn more about the latest releases, enhancements included in LPA specification v5.1.00 and helpful information with your needs in mind.
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Technology Updates | November 2, 2021
November UCD and URLA/ULAD Announcements
Today, we published two GSE joint announcements. Read about the finalized timeline for the UCD critical edits transition for Phases 2-4. The URLA/ULAD joint announcement provides the industry with our implementation timeline for the updated AUS specifications.
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Technology Updates | October 29, 2021
What’s New with Loan Closing Advisor and Loan Selling Advisor?
Here’s a reminder about Loan Closing Advisor critical feedback message updates and details about new and upcoming enhancements in Loan Selling Advisor.
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News Articles | October 26, 2021
The Supplemental Consumer Information Form Has Been Published
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (the GSEs) have published the Supplemental Consumer Information Form (SCIF Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac 1103). Although the GSEs do not require the SCIF, we are making it available for industry use for those who may find value in collecting borrower homeownership education, housing counseling and language preference information.
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News Articles | October 20, 2021
True Lies: Allies in the Fraud Fight
Our QC and SFFR teams work together closely to identify fraud and reduce the risk it poses. Here, we look at one real-world example.
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News Articles | October 20, 2021
Newly Expanded Eligibilities: Freddie Mac Refi Possible℠
With newly expanded eligibility requirements for Freddie Mac Refi Possible℠, you will soon be able to help even more low- and moderate-income borrowers refinance their existing mortgages.
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Technology Updates | October 7, 2021
New Loan Closing Advisor APR and APOR Warning Feedback Messages
We’ve expanded on our October 5, 2021 Loan Closing Advisor® release by adding two new warning feedback messages to help you prepare for changes to requirements for APR and APOR data points on October 28, 2021.