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    <title><![CDATA[Important Reminder for Doing Business in Areas Affected by Tornadoes and Severe Storms ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[When unforeseen circumstances cause unexpected borrower hardship, Freddie Mac policies allow you to proactively offer temporary relief to borrowers who are trying to honor their mortgage obligations in good faith.]]></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[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[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[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 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[HARP Extended by Another Two Years to December 2015]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The Federal Housing Finance Agency has directed Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to extend the Home Affordable Refinance Program by two years to December 31, 2015.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[New CreditSmart® Online Training Course for Consumers ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac has launched a new <a href="http://www.freddiemac.com/creditsmart/consumer_training.html">CreditSmart consumer web-based training course. </a>]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[National Mortgage Insurance Approved as Mortgage Insurer]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Effective April 1, Sellers can deliver mortgages insured by National Mortgage Insurance]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Loan Prospector May 12 Release]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[To provide you with greater purchase certainty that the loans you sell to Freddie Mac will meet our eligibility requirements, Loan Prospector&reg; will be updated on May 12, 2013.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Update: Loan Prospector February 10 Release]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The Loan Prospector February 10 release enhancements were successfully implemented as scheduled. After the release was implemented, the decision was made to remove the following new authorized user account feedback message from Loan Prospector due to inconsistencies in the way the authorized user information is being displayed on credit reports.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Revised Relief Refinance Mortgage Requirements and ULDD Transition Period Announced in Guide Bulletin 2013-2]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Learn more about our revised delivery date requirement and new guidance on lender contribution for Relief Refinance Mortgages. Plus we announced a Phase II ULDD transition period that begins in May 2014.]]></description>
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