A1-3-03, Repurchase Obligations Related to Bifurcated Mortgage Loans (02/15/2017)

A bifurcated mortgage loan is a mortgage loan or property for which the current servicer is not the responsible party for the selling representations and warranties and/or for the prior servicing responsibilities or liabilities. A bifurcated mortgage loan that has not been foreclosed upon is referred to as an active bifurcated mortgage loan. A bifurcated mortgage loan that has been through foreclosure or Mortgage Release but has not been sold by Fannie Mae is referred to as an acquired bifurcated property.

Subject to the origination defect remedies framework outlined in the Selling Guide and Servicing Defect Remedies Framework in A1-3-02, Fannie Mae-Initiated Repurchases, Indemnifications, Make Whole Payment Requests and Deferred Payment ObligationsA1-3-02, Fannie Mae-Initiated Repurchases, Indemnifications, Make Whole Payment Requests and Deferred Payment Obligations, when Fannie Mae identifies a selling or servicing defect on a bifurcated mortgage loan that results in Fannie Mae electing a repurchase, a make whole payment, or an indemnification payment as the remedy for the breach, Fannie Mae will issue the notice of servicing defect or a demand for a servicing remedy to the party Fannie Mae believes is the breaching responsible party.

If the responsible party is not the current servicer, the responsible party is obligated to promptly notify the current servicer of Fannie Mae’s notice of servicing defect. The servicer of a bifurcated mortgage loan is responsible for cooperating with the responsible party to correct a servicing defect. As outlined in A2-1-01, General Servicer Duties and ResponsibilitiesA2-1-01, General Servicer Duties and Responsibilities, the servicer must pay all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in performing its servicing obligations, notably those related to property preservation and protection, enforcement of judicial proceedings, and handling of acquired properties.

If Fannie Mae declines to pre-approve or reimburse the servicer for such servicing advances because Fannie Mae believes that the unapproved costs and expenses are the result of a servicing violation, the servicer must still perform its servicing obligations and preserve and protect the security property, move to enforce the judicial proceedings, and manage and dispose of the acquired properties as required by the Lender Contract.

If the servicer believes that it is not the party responsible for the servicing violation and that the servicing advances it incurred should be reimbursed by a prior servicer or other third party, the servicer may demand reimbursement from such third party pursuant to the terms of any agreement it may have with such prior servicer or other third party.

If Fannie Mae requests an indemnification payment on a bifurcated mortgage loan, the responsible party must remit the indemnification funds directly to Fannie Mae.

If Fannie Mae determines that the appropriate remedy is a repurchase or make whole payment on a bifurcated mortgage loan, the current servicer will be responsible for

• managing the repurchase of an active bifurcated mortgage loan or acquired bifurcated property,

• receiving the repurchase funds or make whole payments from the responsible party, and

• promptly remitting all funds to Fannie Mae in accordance with the Servicing Guide on this topic.

The servicer that services a bifurcated mortgage loan must comply with all of the terms of the Servicing Guide, except as provided in this topic.

The responsible party for a bifurcated mortgage loan that is subject to a demand for a servicing remedy can appeal by following the appeal process described in Servicer Responses to a Demand in A1-3-02, Fannie Mae-Initiated Repurchases, Indemnifications, Make Whole Payment Requests and Deferred Payment ObligationsA1-3-02, Fannie Mae-Initiated Repurchases, Indemnifications, Make Whole Payment Requests and Deferred Payment Obligations. No additional time will be granted for the appeal or for the remittance of payments because the request involves a bifurcated mortgage loan.

If the seller/servicer believes it is not the responsible party, it must promptly notify Fannie Mae that it disputes being the responsible party for the bifurcated mortgage loan. Fannie Mae’s determination of responsible party is final. See E-3.2-14, Addressing Title Defects for Bifurcated Mortgage LoansE-3.2-14, Addressing Title Defects for Bifurcated Mortgage Loans for information on the servicer’s responsibilities related to title defects.

All servicers of bifurcated mortgage loans must establish and communicate a unique email address that is designated for responsible parties to use to request a repurchase statement.

Make Whole Payment or Acquired Bifurcated Property Transactions: Prior to paying the bifurcated repurchase price, as defined below, the responsible party must obtain a loss statement from Fannie Mae. The loss statement issued on a bifurcated mortgage loan is a statement of the partial amount due to Fannie Mae for a make whole payment or purchase of an acquired bifurcated property, since it does not include the servicer repurchase portion, as defined below. The loss statement is obtained by accessing Fannie Mae’s Loan Quality Connect. If the loss statement is not available on Loan Quality Connect or the responsible party does not have Loan Quality Connect access, it may be obtained by submitting a request to the Centralized Repurchase Team (see F-4-02, List of ContactsF-4-02, List of Contacts).

The responsible party must promptly contact the servicer at its designated email address to request a statement of the full amount due to Fannie Mae (a repurchase statement).

When it requests the repurchase statement from the servicer, the responsible party must provide the servicer with a copy of a current loss statement.

Active Bifurcated Mortgage Loan Transactions: The servicer must calculate the bifurcated repurchase price for an active bifurcated mortgage loan from its books and records. The responsible party must promptly contact the servicer at its designated email address to request the repurchase statement. No loss statement will be available from Fannie Mae for an active bifurcated mortgage loan.

The servicer must forward an accurate and complete repurchase statement for the bifurcated mortgage loan at issue to the responsible party within ten business days of Fannie Mae’s or the responsible party’s request, once the responsible party has indicated that it will pay the full amount due. It is the responsible party’s duty to notify the servicer that it has agreed to pay the full amount due. The current servicer is authorized and directed to issue the repurchase statement to sellers/servicers that are identified either by the seller/servicer or by Fannie Mae as the responsible party for an outstanding payment obligation on a bifurcated mortgage loan.

Calculation of Bifurcated Repurchase Price for a Bifurcated Mortgage Loan: The sum of the “Fannie Mae repurchase portion” (defined below) and the “Servicer repurchase portion” (defined below), less credits for the “PMI payment credits” and “Fannie Mae payments” (each defined below) will equal the “bifurcated repurchase price” for a bifurcated mortgage loan. The amount quoted by the servicer on the repurchase statement must equal the bifurcated repurchase price.

The bifurcated repurchase price for a bifurcated mortgage loan is calculated in accordance with the steps outlined in the following table.

“Fannie Mae payments” are defined as any amount that Fannie Mae or the servicer may have received from

• the sale of the acquired bifurcated property;

• any escrow proceeds, net rental, or other income; and

• a third party as compensation for amounts that are directly related to the risk of owning the relevant mortgage loan, such as certain compensatory fees or indemnification amounts that Fannie Mae, in its sole discretion, has assessed against and collected from a party other than the responsible party.

Note: “Fannie Mae payments” do not include any loan level price adjustments or risk fees collected at delivery or post-delivery of the mortgage loan.

“PMI payment credits” are defined as

• the amount of any rescinded MIPs that were refunded by the primary MI company on a lender-paid or borrower-paid MI policy that were not due to the borrower as a result of the fact that they were paid to the borrower covering the time following payoff of the mortgage loan (the “investor premium refunds”);

• any amounts received from borrowers following the rescission or cancellation of MI that the servicer collected under the terms of the mortgage loan from the borrower for MI payments which the servicer will hold as loss reserve payments; and

• any other payments that have been received by the servicer or Fannie Mae from the primary mortgage insurer, including any payments made on claims filed.

Fannie Mae will not pay the servicer a termination fee when there is a repurchase of an active bifurcated mortgage loan or acquired bifurcated property. The servicer must not assess late charges or other fees to the responsible party due to any possible delay by the responsible party in remitting the bifurcated repurchase price to the servicer.

Credits on Repurchase Statements: The repurchase statement must include credits for “PMI payment credits,” and for any “Fannie Mae payments,” both as defined above, that the servicer is aware of plus any credits Fannie Mae reports to the servicer that it has received via the loss statement or such other method as determined by Fannie Mae.

Active Bifurcated Mortgage Loan Repurchases: When the current servicer for an active bifurcated mortgage loan will continue to service the mortgage loan for the responsible party following the repurchase, the responsible party must pay the servicer the bifurcated repurchase price in sufficient time so that the servicer can remit the bifurcated repurchase price to Fannie Mae within 60 days of the repurchase request (or with its next scheduled remittance following the completion of the 60–day period) unless a proper appeal is made by the responsible party, or a proper impasse or management escalation or IDR process is pending, in which event payment will be due, if applicable. The appeal process for a repurchase request on an active bifurcated mortgage loan in which the servicing is not being transferred is described in Servicer Responses to a Demand in A1-3-02, Fannie Mae-Initiated Repurchases, Indemnifications, Make Whole Payment Requests and Deferred Payment ObligationsA1-3-02, Fannie Mae-Initiated Repurchases, Indemnifications, Make Whole Payment Requests and Deferred Payment Obligations.

When the current servicer will not continue to service the bifurcated mortgage loan following the repurchase, the responsible party must notify Fannie Mae as described in A2-7-03, Post-Delivery Servicing TransfersA2-7-03, Post-Delivery Servicing Transfers that there will be a servicing transfer on an active bifurcated mortgage loan. The responsible party must work with the new servicer to provide all necessary legal notices to the borrower. All servicing transfers due to the repurchase of an active bifurcated mortgage loan must occur at month end as quickly as reasonably possible following Fannie Mae’s repurchase request or reaffirmation of the repurchase request.

When the bifurcated repurchase price is remitted by the responsible party to the servicer on an active bifurcated mortgage loan with a scheduled/scheduled or scheduled/actual remittance schedule, the responsible party is required to remit the bifurcated repurchase price to the servicer no less than two business days prior to the end of the month.

Acquired Bifurcated Property Repurchases: A responsible party must pay the servicer the bifurcated repurchase price in sufficient time so that the servicer can remit the bifurcated repurchase price to Fannie Mae within 60 days after the responsible party’s receipt of the repurchase request on an acquired bifurcated property, unless a proper appeal is made by the responsible party, or a proper impasse or management escalation or IDR process is pending, in which event payment will be due, if applicable. See Servicer Responses to a Demand in A1-3-02, Fannie Mae-Initiated Repurchases, Indemnifications, Make Whole Payment Requests and Deferred Payment ObligationsA1-3-02, Fannie Mae-Initiated Repurchases, Indemnifications, Make Whole Payment Requests and Deferred Payment Obligations.

For acquired bifurcated properties, the servicer must identify for the responsible party the days on which it will accept the remittance of the bifurcated repurchase price and transfer the acquired bifurcated property to the responsible party. These repurchase days must be scheduled to occur at least twice a month and no less than every 15 days. Once a servicer has issued a repurchase statement on an acquired bifurcated property, the responsible party is required to remit the bifurcated repurchase price to the servicer on the date that is no less than two business days prior to the day in which the servicing of the acquired bifurcated property will change from the servicer servicing the acquired bifurcated property for Fannie Mae to the current or new servicer servicing the acquired bifurcated property on behalf of the responsible party or its successor or assigns.

Make Whole Payment: A responsible party must pay the servicer for remittance to Fannie Mae the bifurcated repurchase price (which in this instance is equal to the make whole payment) within 60 days after receipt of the make whole payment request unless a proper appeal is made, or a proper impasse or management escalation or IDR process is pending, in which event payment will be due, if applicable. See Servicer Responses to a Demand in A1-3-02, Fannie Mae-Initiated Repurchases, Indemnifications, Make Whole Payment Requests and Deferred Payment ObligationsA1-3-02, Fannie Mae-Initiated Repurchases, Indemnifications, Make Whole Payment Requests and Deferred Payment Obligations.

Responsible Party and Servicer’s Obligation: The responsible party is also responsible for any interest that accrues as part of the bifurcated repurchase price if it elects to remit the bifurcated repurchase price to the servicer earlier than two business days prior to month end for an active bifurcated mortgage loan, or on the dates specified by the servicer for the transfer of the acquired bifurcated property. The servicer must take no longer than two business days from the date the servicer receives the bifurcated repurchase price from the responsible party to remit the Fannie Mae repurchase portion to Fannie Mae for an acquired bifurcated property or make whole payment. The effective date of the repurchase is the date that the servicer receives the bifurcated repurchase price from the responsible party.

Application of Bifurcated Repurchase Price: The servicer must first retain the servicer repurchase portion (as described above) of the bifurcated repurchase price to reimburse itself for amounts due it by Fannie Mae that are reimbursable under the Lender Contract, but which have not been reimbursed. In the event the responsible party remits an amount less than the bifurcated repurchase price to the servicer, the servicer must deduct the servicer repurchase portion and remit any remaining funds to Fannie Mae as a partial payment of the Fannie Mae repurchase portion. Fannie Mae will seek the balance of the bifurcated repurchase price from the responsible party.

The servicer must handle DPOs in accordance with A1-3-02, Fannie Mae-Initiated Repurchases, Indemnifications, Make Whole Payment Requests and Deferred Payment ObligationsA1-3-02, Fannie Mae-Initiated Repurchases, Indemnifications, Make Whole Payment Requests and Deferred Payment Obligations.

In the event the servicer fails to issue the repurchase statement within ten business days of the responsible party’s request for the repurchase statement (provided that the responsible party has provided the servicer with a loss statement for an acquired bifurcated property or make whole payment), and/or the servicer exceeds the required time frame in remitting the bifurcated repurchase price to Fannie Mae, the servicer will be responsible for any delinquent or imputed interest assessed by Fannie Mae for the number of days the servicer exceeds the designated time frames, and for any additional fees or costs that may be incurred due to the delay. The servicer must add its own funds in the remittance of the Fannie Mae repurchase portion to Fannie Mae to make up for any interest, fees, or costs assessed due to its failure to comply with the designated time frames.

It is the obligation of the responsible party as the new owner of the bifurcated mortgage loan or acquired bifurcated property to either service the mortgage loan or bifurcated property itself following the effective date of repurchase, or to hire an entity to service the mortgage loan. The current servicer is not permitted to service the active bifurcated mortgage loan or acquired bifurcated property for the responsible party under the terms of the Lender Contract following repurchase, as the servicing contract between Fannie Mae and the servicer for such mortgage loan terminates with the repurchase.

The responsible party must at all times keep the best interests of the borrower in mind when transferring the servicing of a bifurcated mortgage loan. For example, this might include delaying the servicing transfer a month at its own expense in the event all steps necessary to assure a smooth transfer of the servicing have not been completed at the time the RESPA notices are required to be mailed to the borrower, if applicable.

Promptly after asking the servicer for a repurchase statement for an active bifurcated mortgage loan or an acquired bifurcated property, the responsible party must advise the servicer of the name of the legal entity that will be servicing the active bifurcated mortgage loan or acquired bifurcated property following its payment of the amount due. This notification must include the name of a contact at the new servicer that the current servicer can work with to properly complete the servicing transfer.

The servicer must deposit the Fannie Mae repurchase portion in one or more P&I custodial accounts that it has established for Fannie Mae in accordance with A4-1-02, Establishing Custodial Bank AccountsA4-1-02, Establishing Custodial Bank Accounts. All funds related to the bifurcated repurchase price that are received for a bifurcated mortgage loan must be credited to the custodial account no later than one business day after they are received.

In the event the servicer receives any PMI payment credits or DPO payments following its receipt and remittance of the bifurcated repurchase price from the responsible party, the servicer must promptly remit these funds directly to the responsible party within 15 business days of their receipt. The servicer must remit these custodial funds to the responsible party on behalf of Fannie Mae and must not reduce the amount of the PMI payment credits or DPO payments by any amounts the responsible party may owe the servicer outside of the Lender Contract.

In the event Fannie Mae has, in its sole discretion, assessed any compensatory fees or made any demands for indemnification from a party other than the responsible party in connection with the mortgage loan and the amount assessed is considered an investor loss that would have reduced the bifurcated repurchase price if it had been paid prior to Fannie Mae’s receipt of the bifurcated repurchase price, Fannie Mae agrees to use reasonable efforts to forward such amounts it has collected directly to the responsible party upon receipt. Fannie Mae is not obligated to pursue collection of such amounts following receipt of the bifurcated repurchase price.

The servicer and responsible party must cooperate with each other in promptly sharing information necessary to substantiate the amounts identified on the repurchase statement. The servicer must provide the responsible party with documentation reasonably necessary to support all amounts included on the repurchase statement within ten business days of the responsible party’s written request.

If the repurchase or make whole payment request involving a bifurcated mortgage loan is based exclusively on a breach of a selling representation or warranty, the servicer is not authorized to share with the responsible party any of the servicing records including collection notes, other than data/documents needed to substantiate the bifurcated repurchase price. For example, payment histories to validate the LPI or copies of mortgage loan modification documents needed to validate the mortgage loan modification terms or preliminary servicing transfer data reasonably necessary to transfer servicing if the servicing is to be transferred may be shared. Once the parties have agreed to the servicing transfer date for an active bifurcated mortgage loan, the current servicer is authorized to provide the responsible party, or its designee, the information it needs to meet all time-critical deadlines such as the dates of scheduled mediation or litigation hearings, tax sales, foreclosure sale dates, etc., that are scheduled to take place shortly after the transfer date.

The servicer and the responsible party must maintain the original documents related to the origination and servicing of the mortgage loans. The fact that a bifurcated mortgage loan is involved does not change the servicer’s obligation as servicer to maintain the complete mortgage loan servicing file and all other documents related to the servicing of the bifurcated mortgage loan.

The servicer and the responsible party must keep

• all of the individual mortgage loan records, including, but not limited to those identified in Post-Closing Loan File Document Checklist, (Form 1032);

• any and all servicing records for the time it serviced the bifurcated mortgage loan;

• the servicing records for the time any prior servicer serviced the bifurcated mortgage loan; and

• the servicing records for a bifurcated mortgage loan for at least four years from the date Fannie Mae is paid in full unless applicable law requires longer retention or Fannie Mae specifies that the records must be retained for a longer period. The responsible party must make copies of the mortgage loan records available to Fannie Mae upon its request.

The servicer and the responsible party must be able to retrieve and reproduce a complete, accurate, and clear copy of the individual mortgage loan file and servicing documentation in its original format for the time it may have serviced the bifurcated mortgage loan upon request by Fannie Mae, in accordance with the requirements of the Selling and Servicing Guides regarding retention and storage of records. Following the repurchase of the active bifurcated mortgage loan, the acquired bifurcated property, or the remittance of the make whole payment, the servicer and responsible party agree to make available to Fannie Mae or its designee at no cost to Fannie Mae, information, data, or documents related to the active bifurcated mortgage loan, the liquidation of the acquired bifurcated property, or the remittance of the make whole payment as may reasonably be requested or required by Fannie Mae any time prior to four years following the date Fannie Mae is paid in full.

Following Fannie Mae’s receipt of the bifurcated repurchase price, the responsible party is entitled to receive a copy of the records related to the origination and servicing of the bifurcated mortgage loan or the acquired bifurcated property, upon its request. The responsible party must advise the servicer which records, if any, it wishes to receive. The servicer must use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver all requested records to the responsible party or its designee.

Once Fannie Mae has received the bifurcated repurchase price for the active bifurcated mortgage loan or acquired bifurcated property, the current servicer will no longer be servicing the active bifurcated mortgage loan or acquired bifurcated property for Fannie Mae. The current servicer’s obligations to indemnify Fannie Mae, to maintain records, and to comply with the relevant terms of the Servicing Guide post-transfer will survive the repurchase or make whole payment.

The servicer is not permitted to use its relationship as a servicer with Fannie Mae as an opportunity to collect from the responsible party any amounts that may be independently due the servicer from the responsible party. To the extent the servicer and the responsible party have separate contracts outstanding between them in which other fees are due the servicer, such as servicing release premiums, excess fee amounts, etc., those amounts must be separately billed by the servicer to the responsible party and must not be tied in any way to the bifurcated repurchase price due Fannie Mae. Any attempt by the servicer to combine the amounts due or to refuse to accept any payment that does not also include other amounts which may be due from the responsible party to the servicer outside of the Lender Contract, will violate the policy described in Selling Guide A3-4-01, Confidentiality of Information.

Any disputes between the servicer and the responsible party about amounts due between them under separate contracts must not delay or interfere with the responsible party’s obligation to Fannie Mae to promptly repurchase the bifurcated mortgage loan, acquired bifurcated property, or remit the make whole payment. In the event the responsible party has a good faith dispute about the calculation of the bifurcated repurchase price, even after the servicer has provided documentation to support the amount due, the servicer and responsible party must work together to resolve the dispute and remit the bifurcated repurchase price within the time frame required in Remittance of Bifurcated Repurchase Price and Appeal Process.