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    <title><![CDATA[Preparing for the Phase 2 ULDD ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Learn about the first steps to prepare for the Phase 2 ULDD; access helpful tools, including a month-by-month calendar to help you get ready.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[New Activity Thresholds, Low Activity Fee, and Other Updates in Guide Bulletin 2013-8 ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Read about our new Seller/Servicer activity thresholds and the Low Activity Fee assesed to Seller/Servicers that do not meet at least one of the thresholds. Today&rsquo;s Guide Bulletin also includes other selling and servicing requirement updates and additional information you need to be familiar with to do business with Freddie Mac.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Announces Single Family Loan-Level Dataset Update]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac's Single Family Loan-Level Dataset will reflect updated credit scores for loans originated between 1999 and 2002. The credit scores now will be determined using a methodology more consistent with the methodology used to populate credit scores for loans originated after 2002.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Update Loan Prospector May 12 Release ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The Loan Prospector&reg; May 12 release enhancements were successfully implemented as scheduled. The Loan Prospector implementation date reflecting revised qualification requirements for ARM products with initial adjustment periods of five years or less has changed from July 1, 2013, to July 14, 2013.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Guide Bulletin 2013-7 Implements Streamlined Modification Immediately and Changes Property Valuation Requirements ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[You may immediately offer eligible borrowers the new Freddie Mac Streamlined Modification. Also, changes to our property valuation requirements enable you to more quickly evaluate certain borrowers for modifications and long-term forbearance.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Your March Scorecard Includes New Information ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 18:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[When you access your March Servicer Success Scorecard, you will find a new report and enhanced Investor Reporting criteria.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Issues Industry Letter on ATR/QM Rule Following FHFA Directive]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 18:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We issued an Industry Letter announcing that, as directed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, we will be limiting our future purchases in support of the final rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Be Prepared for New Default Legal Services requirements before June 1 ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 19:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Act now to prepare for June 1 implementation of new default-related legal services requirements.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Identify Purchase Eligibility Issues Using Our New Loan Quality Advisor Tool ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Loan Quality Advisor<sup><small>SM</small></sup> (LQA) is our newest Web-based risk and eligibility assessment tool that gives you an automated way to identify credit, data, and purchase eligibility issues before you deliver loans to Freddie Mac.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Positioning Your Business for Success with Greater Purchase Certainty ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Our new <em>Greater Purchase Certainty</em> initiative is one way we&rsquo;re providing our customers with greater certainty and comprehensive support.     ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Introduces Modification Comparison Job Aid]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The new At-A-Glance: Freddie Mac Modification Comparison job aid helps Servicers understand key differences among the modification options available to borrowers.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Freddie Mac will be at the Upcoming MBA National Secondary Conference & Expo 2013]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Visit us at our Customer Information Center at the MBA National Secondary Conference & Expo 2013 in New York. Find out how we are making it easier to do business in today&rsquo;s housing market. ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Loan Prospector June 23 Release ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On June 23, 2013, we will update Loan Prospector to provide specific details in our purchase eligibility feedback messages. ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[April 2013 UCDP Release Notification and UAD Update ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We are providing you with the April 2013 Uniform Collateral Data Portal&reg; (UCDP&reg;) Release Notification and Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) Update to announce the June 22, 2013, implementation of the first phase of the conversion of current UAD compliance warning edits to fatal UAD edits in the UCDP.  ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Guide Bulletin 2013-6 Announces Changes to Servicing Requirements ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Guide Bulletin 2013-6 updates and revises a number of Servicing requirements, including updates that reflect new requirements for default-related legal services associated with Freddie Mac mortgages , clarification on Servicer reporting requirements during Trial Period Plans as provided under our mortgage modification offerings, and more.]]></description>
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