Fannie Mae Servicing Guide F-1-14 — Processing a Fannie Mae Short Sale

Fannie Mae Servicing Guide F-1-14 — Processing a Fannie Mae Short Sale

Effective 2023-05-10 · publisher's stamp for this provision

F-1-14, Processing a Fannie Mae Short Sale (05/10/2023) Introduction This Servicing Guide Procedure contains the following: Calculating the Borrower’s Housing Expense-to-Income Ratio Obtaining a Property Valuation Calculating the Borrower’s Housing Expense-to-Income Ratio The servicer must determine the borrower’s housing expense-to-income ratio as outlined in Evaluating a Borrower’s Ability to Make a Cash Contribution in D2-3.3-01, Fannie Mae Short Sale. The borrower’s monthly gross income is defined as the borrower’s monthly income amount before any payroll deductions and includes the following items, as applicable: wages and salaries; overtime pay; commissions; fees; tips; bonuses; housing allowances; other compensation for personal services; Social Security payments (including Social Security received by adults on behalf of minors or by minors intended for their own support); and monthly income from annuities, insurance policies, retirement funds, pensions, disability or death benefits, rental income, and other income such as adoption assistance. Note: The servicer must not consider unemployment insurance benefits or any other temporary sources of income related to employment (such as severance payments), as part of the monthly gross income for mortgage loans. The servicer must then divide the borrower’s monthly housing expense on the property securing the mortgage loan, which includes the following items (as applicable), by the borrower’s monthly gross income: P&I; property and flood insurance premiums; real estate taxes; ground rent; fees paid in accordance with a resale restriction agreement or a shared equity transaction agreement, as applicable; special assessments; HOA dues (including utility charges that are attributable to the common areas, but excluding any utility charges that apply to the individual unit); co-op corporation fee (less the pro rata share of the master utility charges for servicing individual units that is attributable to the borrower’s unit); and any escrow shortage currently included as part of the full monthly contractual payment. Note: The servicer must exclude monthly mortgage insurance premiums from the monthly housing expense-to-income calculation. Obtaining a Property Valuation The servicer must obtain a property valuation in accordance with Obtaining a Property Valuation in D2-3.3-01, Fannie Mae Short Sale. The property valuation must be dated or have been refreshed by Fannie Mae within 90 calendar days of the short sale approval. The following table provides additional requirements for all property valuations for a short sale. ✓ The servicer must… Request the property valuation order through Fannie Mae's servicing solutions system. ✓ The servicer must… Include the cost of the property valuation order in the MI claim, when applicable. Obtain the results of the property valuation order through Fannie Mae's servicing solutions system within 10 calendar days from the date the servicer submits the request. Note: Property valuation results may take longer in the event of unusual conditions or if access to the property is delayed.

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