Learning Center Glossary
This glossary is provided as an educational tool for the Seller/Servicers to use. In the event there is a conflict between terms defined in this glossary and identical or substantially similar terms defined in the glossaries to the Freddie Mac Single-Family Guide, Freddie Mac Multifamily Seller/Servicer Guide or the Freddie Mac Selling System User Guides, the terms defined in the Freddie Mac Single-Family Guide, Freddie Mac Multifamily Seller/Servicer Guide and the Freddie Mac Selling System User Guides shall prevail. For specific information governing the use of material presented on this web site, see our Terms & Conditions.
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ABANDONMENT
OF PROPERTY Servicing: Default Management Either,
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| ABILITY
TO PAY RATE Servicing: Balloon/Resets The maximum interest rate the borrower can afford at the current level of income and expenses and the new term maturity of the modified mortgage. |
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REMITTANCE CYCLE (ARC) Servicing: Investor Accounting A remittance option where funds are due to Freddie Mac on a contract specified business day. If the date is not specified, use the third business day following the accounting cutoff. |
| ACCELERATION Servicing: Default Management The exercise of the clause in the mortgage which gives the lender the right to declare the entire amount of the mortgage due prior to the maturity date under certain specified conditions, typically payment default or due-on-transfer violation. |
| ACCEPT
MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Loan Prospector® Mortgage that receives a Risk Class of Accept. |
| ACCEPTABLE
NET WORTH The Guide glossary Generally defined as GAAP capital but Freddie Mac may make adjustments to GAAP net worth when Freddie Mac deems it appropriate. |
| ACCOUNTING
CYCLE Servicing: Investor Accounting A one-month period that begins on the 16th of each month, and ends at the close of business on the 15th of the following month, or the previous business day if the 15th falls on a non-business day. The last day of the accounting cycle is the accounting cutoff. Example: If the March cycle starts on February 16th, it will cutoff, or end on March 15th. The 15th is commonly referred to as the “cutoff,” but the actual cutoff date for a given month is different if the 15th is a non-business day. If the 15th happens to be a non-business day then the actual cutoff is the previous business day. |
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ACCOUNTING
METHODS Servicing: Investor Accounting The four accounting methods are: The amount of principal and interest reported and remitted for mortgage activity is determined by the contract-specified accounting method selected at the time the mortgage was sold to Freddie Mac. |
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ACCOUNTING
NET YIELD (ANY) The Guide glossary The ANY is the net yield rate that the Servicer uses to report and remit interest to Freddie Mac each month. The ANY for each Mortgage is equal to Note Rate less the Servicing Spread of the Mortgage. The ANY for Mortgages purchased through RNY Cash or ARM Cash equals the Required Net Yield (RNY) except for Mortgages sold to Freddie Mac at a discount. |
| ACCRUED INTEREST
Servicing: Investor Accounting Interest earned, but not yet paid, for the period of time that has elapsed since the borrower made the last payment. |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
AGREEMENT The Guide glossary An agreement between Freddie Mac, a Servicer and a third party designated by the Servicer in which Freddie Mac consents to and acknowledges a Servicer's grant to a third party of a security interest in the Servicer's conditional, nondelegable contract right to service Home Mortgages for Freddie Mac. |
| ADDITIONAL
SUPPLEMENT The Guide glossary An Additional Supplement is a disclosure document containing information solely provided by the Seller that supplements the information contained in the PC Offering Circular or the Pool Supplement concerning the Mortgages in a PC Pool as of Settlement Date. |
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ADJUSTED BANK BALANCE Servicing: Investor Accounting The bank balance from the principal and interest Custodial Account bank statement, as of the accounting cutoff date (usually the 15th of the month), minus any outstanding drafts and plus deposits in transit. |
| ADVANCES Servicing: Default Management Monies paid from the Servicer’s funds for real estate taxes, property insurance premiums, and other expenses necessary to protect the mortgagee’s interest under the mortgage. |
| AFFILIATE The Guide glossary Any entity related to a Seller that is subject to common operating control and that is operated as part of the same system or enterprise. The Seller typically owns less than a majority of the voting stock or the Seller and the entity are subsidiaries of a third party. For purposes of the definitions of Correspondent, Mortgage Broker, Retail Mortgage and Wholesale Mortgage, Affiliate means: Any entity that is related to another party as a consequence of the entity, directly or indirectly, controlling the other party, being controlled by the other party, or being under common control with the other party. |
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AFFILIATED PERSONS The Guide glossary Affiliated Persons of a Servicer include the following:
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AFFILIATES The Guide glossary Freddie Mac's term "Affiliates" encompasses all of the following as defined in GAAP FAS No. 57: Affiliates A party that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the enterprise Management Persons who are responsible for achieving the objectives of the enterprise and who have the authority to establish policies and make decisions by which those objectives are to be pursued. Management normally includes:
Owners of record or known beneficial owners of more than 10% of the voting interests of the enterprise Related parties
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AFFORDABLE SECOND The Guide glossary Subsidized secondary financing or other financial assistance, evidenced in the land records, that is provided by An Agency and that meets the requirements of Section 25.1(g): An Affordable Second is not eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| AGED TRANSACTIONS IN ERROR Servicing: Servicer Performance Profiles For Servicer Performance Profiles, the total number of all aged applied transactions in error (60, 90 or 90+ days) on the Loan Reconciliation Difference Report for each month in the most recent three-month period. |
| AGENCY The Guide glossary The sponsor or provider of financial assistance through an agency grant, Affordable Second® , IDA or unsecured loan, as applicable. An agency must be one of the following:
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| AGENCY-APPROVED CONVENTIONAL LENDER Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices An entity approved to sell conventional home mortgages to Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae. |
| AGENT The Guide glossary For Wholesale Home Mortgages, an Agent is an entity or individual that is not an employee of a Seller and that acts for and on behalf of the Seller in originating Mortgages or in taking or processing a Mortgage application or underwriting or funding a Mortgage. |
| ALIMONY OBLIGATION Loan Prospector® For FHA borrowers, the monthly amount of alimony that the lender chooses to treat as a reduction in the borrower's monthly gross income, rather than as a debt obligation, per the Liabilities section of HUD Handbook 4155. |
| ALLONGE The Guide glossary An addendum attached to a Note that can be used for endorsements. |
| ALTERATIONS IMPROVEMENTS & REPAIRS Loan Prospector ® The cost of any alterations, improvements, repairs and rehabilitation to be made on the subject property. |
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ALTERNATIVE
ACCOUNTING METHOD (ACTUAL/ACTUAL) Servicing: Investor Accounting An investor reporting accounting method used for partial reinstatements.
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| ALTERNATIVE FIRST NAME Loan Prospector® An additional first name under which the borrower may have been granted credit. |
| ALTERNATIVE LAST NAME Loan Prospector® An additional last name under which the borrower may have been granted credit (e.g., maiden name). |
| ALTERNATIVE TO FORECLOSURE Servicing: Default Management Reinstatements, relief and workout options that, when used, result in the resolution of a mortgage delinquency without foreclosing on the property. |
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A-MINUS MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Loan Prospector® Mortgage that:
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| AMENITIES The Guide glossary Amenities are a portion or type of Common Elements that enhance project attractiveness and owner enjoyment even though the feature is not essential to the project's use. Examples include, but are not limited to swimming pools, spas, gardens, beach access, golf courses or golf club memberships, and ski areas or ski passes. |
| AMORTIZATION Servicing: Servicing System Repayment of a mortgage debt with periodic payments of both principal and interest, calculated to retire the obligation at the end of a fixed period of time. |
| AMORTIZATION MONTHS Loan Prospector® Term of the loan in months. |
| AMORTIZING PERIOD The Guide glossary For Initial InterestSM Mortgages, the Amortizing Period is the period (expressed in months) when monthly payments are fully amortizing principal and interest payments; the Amortizing Period begins on the First Amortizing Payment Date and ends at the end of the Mortgage term. Initial Interest Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE Servicing: Servicing System A schedule that shows the amount of principal and interest due at regular intervals and the unpaid principal balance of the mortgage after each payment is made. |
| AMORTIZATION TYPE Loan Prospector® An indication of whether the interest rate payable under the note is subject to change over the life of the loan. |
| AMOUNT DUE Servicing: Investor Accounting An institution's liability to Freddie Mac calculated and reported each accounting cycle. (A liability is a financial obligation for which one business owes another). |
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AMOUNT EXISTING LIENS Loan Prospector® Outstanding balance of the mortgage(s) to be paid off by this loan, including second trusts and Home Equity Lines of Credit, recorded against the subject property to be paid off by this loan. For example, if the borrower's current first mortgage has an unpaid principal balance of $90,000, and the current second mortgage on the same property has an unpaid principal balance of $10,000, the amount existing liens would = 100,000. |
| AMOUNT OF MORTGAGES AND LIENS Loan Prospector® Total of all mortgages and liens against the individual property referenced in real estate owned (REO). |
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AN AGENCY The Guide glossary The sponsor or provider of financial assistance through an agency grant, Affordable Second, IDA or unsecured loan, as applicable. An agency must be one of the following:
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| ANY Accounting Net Yield. |
| APPLICATION RECEIVED DATE The Guide glossary The date on which receipt of the Borrower's financial information first triggers federal Truth-in-Lending disclosure requirements to the Borrower in connection with the Mortgage. |
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APPRAISAL Servicing: Default Management An opinion or estimate of value performed by a state-licensed or certified real estate appraiser in the state in which the property is located. Also refers to the process by which a value estimate (factual analysis) is obtained. |
| APPRAISAL IDENTIFIER The Guide glossary The unique identifier assigned by the Uniform Collateral Data Portal® (UCDP®) to the appraisal data delivered to the UCDP for the subject Mortgage. |
| APPRAISAL TYPE/MAF (Minimum Assessment Feedback) Loan Prospector® Indicates the minimum appraisal or inspection form required, if any, to meet Freddie Mac's purchase guidelines. |
| APPRAISED VALUE OF PROPERTY Loan Prospector® A statement of the property's value from a valid property valuation source. |
| ARC Servicing: Investor Accounting Accelerated Remittance Cycle. |
| ARM The Guide glossary An ARM is an adjustable-rate Mortgage. |
| ARM ADJUSTMENT TYPE Loan Prospector® An indication of the type of ARM adjustment product. |
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ARM QUALIFYING PITI Loan Prospector ® For Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) products, this is the principal, interest, taxes and insurance (PITI) based on the interest rate that must be used for qualifying the borrower per the ARM calculation rules as indicated in the product guidelines. |
| ARM QUALIFYING RATE Loan Prospector® The interest rate used in calculating the borrower's PITI to qualify the borrower for the subject property mortgage. |
| ARM SUBSEQUENT ADJUSTMENT PERIOD Loan Prospector® Number of months between subsequent rate or payment adjustments after the first initial change date. |
| ARREARAGE Servicing: Default Management The amount past due on a mortgage, excluding any amounts that become due through acceleration. |
| ASSET AMOUNT Loan Prospector® Total dollar value of a given asset category for all borrower(s). |
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CATEGORY Loan Prospector® Summary-level name given to an asset to distinguish it from other types of assets. |
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TYPE Loan Prospector® Specifies the general names (type) of items commonly listed as financial assets of the borrower(s) in a mortgage loan transaction. Assets may be either liquid or fixed and are associated with a corresponding asset amount. |
| ASSIGNED MSP Loan Prospector® The mortgage service provider (MSP) selected for loan data assignment. |
| ASSIGNED/RELEASED BY Loan Prospector® The organization that assigned or released the loan data. |
| ASSIGNMENT STATUS Loan Prospector® An indication of the assigned or released status for a specific loan transaction. |
| ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT Servicing: Default Management A written agreement by a buyer to assume the obligation under an existing note, originally incurred by another. |
| AUS Loan Prospector® Automated Underwriting System. |
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RISK CLASS Loan Prospector® Also Known As: Risk Class. The category listed on the Full Feedback Certificate that defines the level of underwriting required, any special underwriting provisions and, if applicable, relief from certain representations and warranties. |
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STATUS Loan Prospector® Indicates if the data received for a loan application was adequate for Loan Prospector® risk assessment. |
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TRANSACTION NUMBER Loan Prospector® Also Known As: Transaction No. A unique number assigned to a loan by Loan Prospector each time the loan is submitted for assessment. Use this number to identify the transaction when you contact Freddie Mac Customer Service. |
| AUTOMATED VALUATION MODEL (AVM) The Guide glossary An Automated Valuation Model (AVM) is a mathematically based software program that produces a value or value range for a subject property. |
| AVERAGE DAYS,
EXCLUDING DELAYS Servicing: Servicer Performance Profiles For Servicer Performance Profiles, foreclosure timeline criteria that measure and assess the Servicer's actual performance on average to the performance that has been capped for the "designated counsel credit." It captures all loans that have been acquired through foreclosure sale (reverted to REO) without delays and compares your performance to our state standards. The measurement captures the length of time from the Due Date of the Last Paid Installment until the foreclosure sale date. |
| AVERAGE DAYS,
INCLUDING DELAYS Servicing: Servicer Performance Profiles For Servicer Performance Profiles, foreclosure timeline criteria that measure and assess the Servicer's actual performance on average to the performance that has been capped for the "designated counsel credit." It captures all loans that have gone to foreclosure sale (reverted to REO), regardless of whether they were impacted by a delay and compares your performance to our state standards. The measurement captures the length of time from the Due Date of the Last Paid Installment until the foreclosure sale date. |
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AVERAGE NUMBER
OF DAYS TO REPORT PAYOFFS Servicing: Servicer Performance Profiles For Servicer Performance Profiles, a metric that calculates the average number of days in which a Servicer reports all of the payoffs per accounting cycle. |
| BALLOON LOAN MODIFICATION The Guide glossary The Balloon Loan Modification is the Mortgage document executed by the Borrower to evidence the Borrower's election to reset and the terms of the Reset Mortgage. Two original Balloon Loan Modifications must be executed by the Borrower. The current version of this Mortgage document is the Freddie Mac Multistate Balloon Loan Modification — Single-Family (Form 3293). Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
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BALLOON MATURITY DATE The Guide glossary For a Balloon/Reset Mortgage, the Balloon Maturity Date is the maturity date of the Balloon Note.
Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| BALLOON NOTE The Guide glossary For a Balloon/Reset Mortgage, the Balloon Note is the Note executed by the Borrower which provides for a Balloon Payment on the Balloon Maturity Date. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
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NOTE ADDENDUM The Guide glossary For a Balloon/Reset Mortgage, the Balloon Note Addendum is an addendum to the Balloon Note that sets forth the terms of the Reset Option. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| BALLOON PAYMENT The Guide glossary For a Balloon/Reset Mortgage, the Balloon Payment is the sum of the unpaid principal balance (UPB), accrued but unpaid interest through the Balloon Maturity Date, and all other sums required to pay the Balloon/Reset Mortgage in full on the Balloon Maturity Date. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
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BALLOON/RESET
MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Balloon/Reset Mortgage is a fixed-rate, level-payment Home Mortgage with the following characteristics:
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RIDER The Guide glossary For a Balloon/Reset Mortgage, the Balloon Rider is the rider to the Security Instrument that sets forth the terms of the Reset Option and that must be recorded with the Security Instrument. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| BALLOON TERM Loan Prospector® A field in LP for the month at which the balloon payment occurs. For instance, if the loan balloons after seven years, enter 84 in this field (7 years x 12 months). For non-balloon loans, leave this field blank. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| BANK
STATEMENT Servicing: Investor Accounting A summary of all of the investors’ share of cash receipts and cash disbursements. |
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BANKRUPTCY Servicing: Default Management A judicial proceeding whereby a person’s creditors are allowed to have his or her estate administered for their benefit. This action affects the borrower’s personal liability for the debt, but does not affect the lien or the mortgage. |
| BASE EMPLOYMENT
INCOME Loan Prospector® Borrower's gross monthly income from all verifiable sources that can reasonably be expected to continue for at least the next three years. Can also include secondary income as described in Guide Section 37.13. |
| BASE LOAN AMOUNT Loan Prospector® Amount to be financed by the borrower excluding financed PMI, MIP or Funding Fee financed. |
| BEST EFFORTS CONTRACT The Guide glossary A Best Efforts Contract is an agreement between the Seller and Freddie Mac for the purchase of a specified Mortgage with respect to which the Seller's obligation to deliver the Mortgage becomes mandatory only when and if the Mortgage is closed and funded. |
| BIDDING INSTRUCTIONS Servicing: Default Management The opening price for a property at the foreclosure sale, which could also be the closing price if there is no competitive bidding. |
| BIF The Guide glossary BIF is the abbreviation for the Bank Insurance Fund. |
| BIWEEKLY MORTGAGE Servicing: Investor Accounting A mortgage where the borrower makes a principal and interest payment every two weeks pursuant to either the terms of the note, a rider, or a separate agreement. Each payment received is applied as a P&I payment. The biweekly payment schedule cannot be changed. |
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PLAN Servicing: Investor Accounting A plan where the borrower’s account is debited every two weeks, but a principal and interest payment is applied once a month pursuant to the terms of the note. The biweekly payments may be stopped at any time. |
| BONUSES Loan Prospector® The income derived from optional compensation paid out by the employer that is linked to the employers overall performance and/or individual employee performance. |
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BOOK-ENTRY FORM The Guide glossary A PC or Giant PC that is issued in Book-Entry Form is:
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BOOK-ENTRY RULES The Guide glossary The Book-Entry Rules are provisions in effect from time to time that:
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BORROWER The Guide glossary The Borrower is the party obligated to repay the indebtedness secured by the Mortgaged Premises. For a Home Mortgage, the Borrower must be one of the following:
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| BORROWER CONTRIBUTION The Guide glossary The total amount contributed by the Borrower to the down payment, Closing Costs, Financing Costs and Prepaids/Escrows. |
| BORROWER EVALUATION NOTICE The Guide glossary The notice a Servicer must send to a Borrower once the Servicer completes its evaluation of the Borrower for an alternative to foreclosure. |
| BORROWER FINANCIAL
STATEMENT (Form 1126) Servicing: Default Management A form containing information supplied by the borrower about his or her assets, liabilities, income and expenses. The form also includes a section for you to document servicing information about the mortgage and property. |
| BORROWER FUNDS The Guide glossary All funds paid by the Borrower in connection with the property purchase or Mortgage financing, comprised of Borrower Personal Funds and Other Borrower Funds. |
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BORROWER INTENTION/REQUEST
STATEMENT Servicing: Balloon/Resets The sample statement designed by Freddie Mac for a Servicer to use with a Required Notice to a Borrower whose Balloon/Reset Mortgage is maturing. The statement is used to help determine if the Borrower:
Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| BORROWER'S LETTER Servicing: Default Management A letter signed by the borrower containing a description of the circumstances preventing the borrower from making mortgage payments (involuntary inability to pay). The letter also reveals whether the borrower wants to retain ownership of the property and whether he or she has a course of action to resolve the delinquency. |
| BORROWER PERSONAL FUNDS The Guide glossary Funds derived from eligible sources, as described in Section 26.2(a), and paid by the Borrower in connection with the property purchase or Mortgage financing. |
| BORROWER RESPONSE PACKAGE The Guide glossary The documents that must be submitted by a Borrower in order to be evaluated for certain alternatives to foreclosure. |
| BORROWER SOLICITATION PACKAGE The Guide glossary The documents that must be sent to a delinquent Borrower informing him or her of alternatives to foreclosure and the process and documentation required to be submitted to a Servicer in order to be evaluated for an alternative to foreclosure. |
| BPO Servicing: Default Management The abbreviation for Broker’s Price Opinion (BPO). |
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BRANCH NUMBER Loan Prospector® The lenders' branch identification code for the branch associated with the loan. Loan Prospector AUS does not validate. Change this field if you assign to a different Seller/MSP requiring a different branch number. |
| BROKER/TPO NAME Loan Prospector® Name of the Broker's Company. Also Known As: Broker Company Name, Broker Name. |
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BROKER/TPO NUMBER
Loan Prospector® Freddie Mac-assigned Third-Party Originator (TPO) number for TPOs (e.g., brokers) accessing Loan Prospector® directly. |
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BROKER'S
PRICE OPINION (BPO) The Guide glossary A Broker's Price Opinion (BPO) is a broker's written estimate of the probable sale price of the property. Servicing: Default Management A written estimate of the probable sales price of the property, including front, rear, and street scene photographs, completed by a Freddie Mac-approved broker/vendor. The BPO must be ordered from our vendor network, must be completed on Form 1092, and must identify any known hazardous substances or conditions that affect the habitability, safety, value, or occupancy of the property. |
| BUILDING STATUS Loan Prospector® Physical status of the structure. |
| BULLETIN The Guide glossary A publication that is issued by Freddie Mac and amends, supplements, revises or terminates a provision of the Guide. |
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BUSINESS
DAY The Guide glossary A Business Day is a day other than:
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| BUYDOWN
CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT A Buydown Custodial Account is a Custodial Account into which the Servicer deposits buydown funds. |
| BUYDOWN TERM (months) Loan Prospector® Total number of months over which the buydown applies. For instance, if the interest rate changes over a period of two years, the buydown term is 24 (12 months in a year x 2 years). |
| BUYER CLOSING COSTS
Loan Prospector® Dollar amount of closing costs paid by the borrower on the subject property excluding discount points and prepaid items. Identifies buyer-paid closing costs that will be counted toward the Statutory Investment Requirement. |
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REMAINING MATURITY Servicing: Servicing System The calculation that determines the number of months remaining to maturity for a mortgage based on the unpaid principal balance divided by the principal and interest payment. |
| CANCELLATION RATE Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices The percentage of wholesale mortgage applications submitted by a mortgage broker or correspondent to a Seller that are subsequently canceled by the mortgage broker or correspondent. |
| CAPITALIZATION Servicing: Default Management The addition of certain allowable amounts to the outstanding principal balance (applicable in completing loan modifications). |
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(CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT RECONCILIATION) REVIEW Servicing: Investor Accounting For Servicer Performance Profiles, an analysis Freddie Mac performs on your principal and interest and escrow custodial account reconciliations to determine compliance with our requirements. The process not only ensures our funds are safeguarded but can also help you better manage cash flow activities. |
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CASH (or
Market Value) Loan Prospector® The dollar amount of the cash or market value of the borrower's applicable asset type. The market value is the price at which an asset is transferred between a willing buyer and a willing seller, each of whom has a reasonable knowledge of all pertinent facts and neither being under any compulsion to buy or sell. Market value and cash value tend to be equal. |
| CASH ADJUSTMENT Servicing: Investor Accounting Adjustments that clear only after you make an adjustment (deposit or withdrawal) to your bank account. |
| CASH DISBURSEMENT Servicing: Investor Accounting Anything that reduces your bank balance and may be individually designated as a debit, journal entry (JE), manual adjustment, check transfer GPI EFT/ACH debit, reversal or something similar. |
| CASH DISBURSEMENT
VARIANCE Servicing: Investor Accounting Variances that occur during the accounting cycle when the amount of funds withdrawn from the principal and interest custodial account are different from the amount of cash made available to us as stated on the Remittances Made line of the Monthly Account Statement. |
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CASH MANAGEMENT Servicing: Investor Accounting The process of:
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CASH MANAGEMENT
REPORTS Servicing: Investor Accounting Outputs of the cash management process that help you when completing your custodial account reconciliation process, including the following: |
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CASH OUT
AMOUNT Loan Prospector® For a cash-out refinance mortgage, the amount of the proceeds that:
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CASH PURCHASE
CONTRACT The Guide glossary A Cash Purchase Contract may be any one of the following Purchase Contracts:
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CASH RECEIPT Servicing: Investor Accounting Any transaction that increases your bank balance, and may include:
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| CASH RECEIPTS
VARIANCE Servicing: Investor Accounting Variances that occur when your deposits do not equal the Amount Due that Freddie Mac processed as shown on the MAS. The total amount due us is comprised of loan-level transactions and other billings we processed. |
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CASH STATEMENT
(or the Seller/Servicer Remittance Analysis) Servicing: Investor Accounting A summary report Freddie Mac sends you that can help you manage and monitor your remittance process. The report summarizes:
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| CAUTION MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Loan Prospector® Mortgage that receives a Risk Class of Caution. |
| CHARGEOFF Serving: Default Management Cessation of collection efforts on a mortgage when the debt is deemed to be uncollectable. A chargeoff does not cancel the note or release the lien on the property. |
| CITIZENSHIP
STATUS Loan Prospector® Specifies the borrower's current Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) status. |
| CLOSELY HELD CORPORATION Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices A corporation whose ownership of common stock is by a single individual, a family, or a few holders. The stock is not publicly traded. |
| CLOSING COSTS The Guide glossary Application fees, appraisal and credit report fees, transfer taxes, tax stamps, attorney fees, survey costs or fees, title insurance and any other fees associated with the Mortgage closing. |
| COFI (COST
OF FUNDS INDEX) Servicing: Default Management The monthly average cost of savings, borrowings and advances made available by 11th District members of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (applies to adjustable rate mortgages). |
| COLLATERAL Servicing: Default Management Any property that serves as security for the discharge of a debt (for example, the real estate pledged as security for a mortgage). |
| COMMISSIONS Loan Prospector® Borrower income that is based upon a percentage of the goods or services the borrower sells. |
| COMMON ELEMENTS The Guide glossary Common Elements are any portion of a project not included in the units and are used by unit owners who share in their expense, maintenance and operation. Common Elements are defined in the Project Documents, and may include but are not limited to parking, walkways, lighting, elevators, boilers, hallways, foyers, and legal ingress and egress to individual units. The term includes reference to any Amenities and to Limited Common Elements. |
| COMMUNITY
SAVINGS SYSTEM The Guide glossary A savings system to which members of a community make regular contributions and from which members are entitled to a distribution of funds in accordance with a specified plan. A nonprofit community organization must administer the savings system. |
| COMPLETE
LOAN PROSPECTOR® EVALUATION The Guide glossary A Loan Prospector evaluation is complete if Loan Prospector returns a Risk Class of Accept or Caution and a Documentation Level of Streamlined Accept Documentation or Standard Documentation. |
| CONCURRENT
TRANSFER OF SERVICING The Guide glossary A Concurrent Transfer of Servicing means Servicing is transferred at the same time Freddie Mac purchases the transferring Mortgages. |
| CONDOMINIUM CONSTITUENT DOCUMENTS The Guide glossary The declaration of condominium, master deed or similar instrument, the bylaws and regulations, and other documents pertaining to a particular Condominium Project. |
| CONDOMINIUM
HOTEL The Guide glossary See Hotel/Resort Project |
| CONDOMINIUM PROJECT The Guide glossary A Condominium Project is a project that is legally established as a Condominium Project in compliance with the applicable State law in which the project is located. |
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UNIT The Guide glossary A Condominium Unit is a one-unit dwelling located in a Condominium Project. |
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UNIT MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Mortgage secured by a unit in a Condominium Project. |
| CONFIDENCE LEVEL Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices A statistical term that indicates the reliability of the result of a sample review. It is usually expressed as a percentage. If a result were said to be "at a 95 percent confidence level," the same result would be found in 95 out of 100 samples of the same size selected from the same population. |
| CONSTANT
MATURITY TREASURY (CMT) INDEX The Guide glossary For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARMs), the CMT Index is the weekly average yield on United States Treasury securities adjusted to a specified constant maturity, such as one, three or five years, as made available by the Federal Reserve Board. |
| CONSTRUCTION CONVERSION MODIFICATION AGREEMENT The Guide glossary The agreement executed by the Borrower that modifies the terms of the Interim Construction Financing (the Note and/or Security Instrument) to state the terms of the Permanent Financing. |
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CONSTRUCTION CONVERSION MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Mortgage, the proceeds from which are used for Permanent Financing that replaces the Interim Construction Financing obtained by the Borrower to:
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CONTAMINATED
SITES The Guide glossary A Contaminated Site is any real property that has been identified:
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CONTRACT See Purchase Contract. |
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CONTRACT
COMMITMENT AMOUNT The Guide glossary For the Guarantor and MultiLender Swap programs, the Contract Commitment Amount is the dollar amount of Mortgages that Freddie Mac agrees to purchase, as specified in the applicable Purchase Contract. |
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CONTRACT
NON-COMPLIANCE FEE or CHANGE FEE Servicing: Investor Accounting An amount Freddie Mac assesses based on the following circumstances: (a) $100 per mortgage per occurrence when you request us to:
(b) $100 per mortgage or transaction up to $10,000 maximum per occurrence if:
If the 11th calendar day is a non-Business Day, then the documents must be received by DCS the last Business Day prior to the 11th calendar day, or Form 1034b, Custodial Certification Schedule (and the unrecorded Balloon Loan Modification, Form 3293, if you use Freddie Mac's Document Custodial Services (DCS) as your note holder) is not received and certified by DCS by the second Business Day prior to the accounting cycle cutoff in the month following the Balloon Maturity Date. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| CONTRIBUTOR Loan Prospector® Specifies the source of the temporary subsidy buydown funds. |
| CONTROLS Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices Standards and procedures adopted within a seller's organization to manage risk. |
| CONVERSION
DATE The Guide glossary The Conversion Date is the date on which the interest rate applicable to a Convertible ARM changes from an adjustable interest rate to a fixed interest rate. The Conversion Date is the first day of the second month after the month in which the Borrower exercises the option to convert. For example, if the option to convert is exercised at any time during the month of January, then March 1 is the Conversion Date. Convertible ARMs are not eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| CONVERSION
FORMULA The Guide glossary For Convertible ARMs, the Conversion Formula is the methodology, set forth in the Note, for establishing the Note Rate upon conversion of the adjustable interest rate to a fixed interest rate. The Conversion Formula refers to a published required net yield plus a specified number of basis points. Convertible ARMs are not eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| CONVERSION
WINDOW The Guide glossary For Convertible ARMs, the Conversion Window is either a specified period of time or specific dates, as stated in the Note, during which the Borrower can exercise the option to convert the adjustable interest rate to a fixed interest rate. Convertible ARMs are not eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| CONVERTED
MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Converted Mortgage is a conventional, fully amortizing, level payment, fixed-rate Mortgage, originated as a Convertible ARM, that had an adjustable interest rate until the Borrower exercised the option to convert to a fixed interest rate. See also Freddie Mac-Owned Converted Mortgage and Seller-Owned Converted Mortgage. Convertible ARMs are not eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
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CONVERTIBLE
ARM The Guide glossary A Convertible ARM is an adjustable-rate Mortgage (ARM) as to which the Borrower has the option, exercisable during a Conversion Window, to convert the adjustable interest rate to a fixed interest rate pursuant to a Conversion Formula. Convertible ARMs are not eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
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CORPORATION Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices A legally defined form of business ownership. The business entity is owned by a group of stockholders who share in the profits but may or may not share in the liabilities. A corporation is legally defined as a person and must file corporate tax returns. |
| CORRESPONDENT
The Guide glossary An entity that typically sells the Mortgages it originates to other lenders. The Correspondent performs some or all of the loan processing functions such as taking the Mortgage application; ordering credit reports, appraisals, and title reports; and verifying the Borrower's income and employment. The Correspondent may or may not have delegated underwriting and typically funds the loans at settlement. The Mortgage is closed in the Correspondent's name and the Correspondent may or may not service the Mortgage. The Correspondent may use a Mortgage Broker to perform some of the processing functions or even to fund the Mortgage on its behalf; however under such circumstances, such a Mortgage will be considered, and should be delivered as, a Mortgage Broker third party origination Mortgage and not as a Correspondent third party origination Mortgage. (See the definition of Affiliate and Mortgage Broker.) |
| CREDIT ENHANCEMENT
Servicing: Default Management An agreement between Freddie Mac and a Seller/Servicer and-/or a third party, defining risk sharing responsibility for covering losses, usually resulting from a borrower defaulting on a mortgage obligation and/or a Seller/Servicer’s institutional practices. |
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CREDIT
SCORE The Guide glossary A number summarizing an individual's credit profile that indicates the likelihood that a Borrower will repay future obligations. |
| CS/LTV FEE
LEVEL Loan Prospector® A delivery fee based on credit score and loan-to-value as identified on Exhibit 19 and paid in accordance with the provisions in Section 17.2 of the Guide. |
| CUMULATIVE
BALANCE Servicing: Investor Accounting The cumulative difference between what you have remitted to Freddie Mac and what we are posting due (or how well you are managing your remittance process). Your goal is to maintain a zero balance by remitting amounts due in a timely manner and maximizing your float. |
| CUMULATIVE
VARIANCE LOG Servicing: Investor Accounting A record of all variances outstanding (i.e. unresolved) as of the accounting cutoff regardless of the cycle it originated. Take corrective action to remedy all outstanding variances to manage your principal and interest custodial account(s). |
| CURRENT CYCLE
VARIANCE LOG Servicing: Investor Accounting A record of all causes of variances. Complete a separate log for each type of variance (cash receipts and cash disbursements). Identify and record all causes of a variance identified at each step of the process, including any variances which are offset by cash receipts or disbursements variances. |
| CUSIP
NUMBER The Guide glossary A CUSIP Number is a unique nine-digit alphanumeric designation assigned by the CUSIP Service Bureau to each PC Pool and Giant PC Pool. The CUSIP Number is used to identify the PC Pool or Giant PC Pool on the books and records of the Federal Reserve Bank's book-entry system. All PCs in Book-Entry Form and all Giant PCs are identified by a CUSIP Number. |
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CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT The Guide glossary A Custodial Account is a Demand Deposit Account or Interest-Bearing Deposit Account established and maintained by a Servicer at an Eligible Depository, into which Principal and Interest Payments, Escrow Funds and other monies due to Freddie Mac or held on behalf of Freddie Mac Mortgages are deposited. The types of Custodial Accounts are:
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ACCOUNT REVIEW SCORE Servicing: Servicer Performance Profiles For Servicer Performance Profiles, criteria that measure compliance with our custodial account reconciliation requirements. |
| CUSTODIAL
RECONCILIATION Servicing: Investor Accounting The process of ensuring that your cash management and investor reporting systems are in balance with our loan-level accounting records. |
| CUSTODIAN The Guide glossary The Custodian is an institution that verifies and maintains the original Notes and assignments of the Security Instruments. A Custodian must satisfy the eligibility requirements described in Section 18.2 and must enter into the Form 1035, Custodial Agreement, described in Section 18.3. The definition of Custodian includes both a third-party Custodian and a Seller/Servicer acting as its own Custodian, as described in Section 18.2. |
| CUT-OFF DATE Servicing: Default Management The date up to which loan collections are included in reports and remittances to Freddie Mac. |
| DAILY
COLLECTIONS REPORT Servicing: Investor Accounting A report that summarizes the investors’ share of collections received on a given day. |
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EDIT REPORT Servicing: Investor Accounting A report that Freddie Mac sends to notify you of any discrepancies or “edits” with your loan-level transactions. |
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DATE &
TIME (Assigned, Assessed or Requested) Loan Prospector® The date and time the following action occurred:
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SELLER'S OFFER The Guide glossary The Date of Seller's Offer is the date the Seller accepts the applicable Purchase Contract in the Freddie Mac Selling System. |
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| DEBT RATIO Loan Prospector® Borrower’s monthly debt payment-to-income ratio (Total Debt/Total Income). |
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TRUST Servicing: Default Management A type of security instrument in which the borrower conveys a trust to hold property to a third party (trustee) as security for the lender, with the condition that the trustee will reconvey the title upon payment of the debt and conversely, will sell the property and pay the debt in the event of a default by the owner. |
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| DEED Servicing: Default Management A written document (signed, delivered and usually recorded) conveying (transferring) title to real estate from one owner to another. |
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DEFECT RATE Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices The portion of mortgages from an entire portfolio that are not of investment quality and would not meet the requirements of the Seller, investor or mortgage insurer. When referring to Freddie Mac, this rate would be the proportion of mortgages which we would require to be repurchased due to contract violations. |
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DEFICIENCY Servicing: Default Management The difference between the balance outstanding on a loan and proceeds from the foreclosure sale of the property. |
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JUDGMENT Servicing: Default Management A court order obtained by a lender to pay the balance owed on a loan when the proceeds from the foreclosure sale are insufficient to pay off the loan. |
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| DEFICIENCY
RIGHTS Servicing: Default Management The rights of the note holder to recover from the borrower through subsequent legal action the portion of the total debt secured by a mortgage that is not satisfied by the proceeds from the foreclosure sale. |
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DELINQUENCY The Guide glossary Delinquency occurs when all or part of the Borrower's monthly installment of principal, interest and, where applicable, Escrow is unpaid after the due date.
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| DELINQUENT Servicing: Default Management The borrower has failed to make timely payments of principal, interest, or escrow in accordance with the terms of the mortgage agreement. |
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INTEREST AMOUNTS Servicing: Investor Accounting Aggregate figures consisting of uncollected interest reported to us for the current cycle, and uncollected interest reported to us in previous cycles that remains uncollected as of the current cutoff. |
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| DELINQUENT
INTEREST PAYMENT Servicing: Default Management The portion of scheduled interest payments that contractually past due on the existing mortgage (with interest being accrued at the existing note rate). |
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DELIVERY DATE The Guide glossary With respect to the sale of Mortgages to Freddie Mac, "Delivery Date" means the date when all of the following have been completed:
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| DEMAND DEPOSIT
ACCOUNT The Guide glossary For Custodial Accounts, a Demand Deposit Account is a deposit account from which funds may be withdrawn by the Servicer/depositor immediately and without any advance notice of intended withdrawal or any restrictions on the frequency of withdrawals. |
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| DETACHED
CONDOMINIUM PROJECT The Guide glossary A Condominium Project comprised solely of detached, 1-unit dwellings. |
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| DESIGNATED CUSTODIAN The Guide glossary The Document Custodian with which Freddie Mac has contracted to provide custodial services for Seller/Servicers that do not have a Form 1035 Custodial Agreement executed with another Document Custodian, or for Seller/Servicers selling Mortgages to Freddie Mac under the Servicing Released Sales Process. The Designated Custodian is The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. Freddie Mac has verified that the Designated Custodian meets the eligibility requirements for Document Custodians described in Section 18.2. |
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DETAILED
ADJUSTMENT REPORT Servicing: Investor Accounting Examples of other billings: RTC minority principal interest billings; SCRA; chargeoffs. You will not receive this report if you did not incur adjustments or other billings this accounting cycle. |
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| DISASTER,
MAN-MADE Servicing: Default Management A catastrophe of man-made origin, such as a flood caused by a broken dam, a nuclear power plant accident or toxic waste spill. |
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| DISASTER,
NATURAL Servicing: Default Management A catastrophe of natural origin, such as a earthquake, hurricane, tornado, or flood. |
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DISCREPANCY Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices The state when information in a file or set of documents does not show internal consistency or some information is lacking. |
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| DISTRIBUTED
SOFTWARE The Guide glossary Distributed Software is software or software-related documentation that is not specifically covered by the terms of a separate agreement between Freddie Mac and the Seller/Servicer. |
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| DIVIDENDS/INTEREST Loan Prospector® Funds paid to owners of stocks or bonds by issuer of stock or bond. |
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| DOCUMENT
CHECKLIST Loan Prospector® Checklist that lists the minimum documents to be included in the loan file. This list is specific to the loan data. If you change the loan data, the Doc. Checklist may change after you resubmit. |
DOCUMENT CUSTODIAN An institution that accepts delivery of, verifies and maintains the original Notes and assignments of the Security Instruments. A Document Custodian must satisfy the eligibility requirements described in Section 18.2 and must enter into the Form 1035, Custodial Agreement: Single-Family Mortgages, described in Section 18.3 with the Seller/Servicer and Freddie Mac. A Seller/Servicer may act as its own Document Custodian, as described in Section 18.2, or a Document Custodian may be an Affiliate of the Seller/Servicer or an independent third-party entity, including the Designated Custodian. |
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DOCUMENT PREPARATION Quality Control and Fraud Best Practices The process of creating documents that will be used to legally transfer title and/or perfect a lien position. |
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DOCUMENTATION LEVEL Loan Prospector® The category listed on the Full Feedback Certificate that defines the minimum level of documentation that must be obtained for the mortgage. Documentation Levels are:
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DOCUMENTATION
LEVEL The Guide glossary The Documentation Level shown on the Feedback Certificate indicates the minimum level of documentation acceptable for a Loan Prospector® Mortgage. |
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DOWN PAYMENT Loan Prospector® Cash paid at the time of purchase towards the full purchase price of the property. |
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DUE DATE The Guide glossary The Due Date is the date on which the Borrower's monthly installment of principal, interest and where applicable, Escrow, is due as stated in the Note. For Initial InterestSM Mortgages during the Interest Only Period, it is the date on which the Borrower's monthly installment of interest and where applicable, Escrow, is due. Initial Interest Mortgages are not eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
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DUE
DATE OF LAST PAID INSTALLMENT (DDLPI) The Guide glossary The Due Date of Last Paid Installment (DDLPI) is the Due Date of the last fully paid monthly installment of principal, interest and Escrow (if any) (not the date on which such payment was credited or the date of the next scheduled installment). The related ULDD Data Point name is Last Paid Installment Due Date. |
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DUE-DILIGENCE REVIEW Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices A type of review in which the quality of a mortgage portfolio is assessed. |
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CLAUSE Servicing: Default Management A type of acceleration clause calling for a debt under a mortgage or deed of trust to be due in its entirety upon an unauthorized transfer of ownership of the security property. |
| EARLY
COLLECTIONS Servicing: Servicer Performance Profiles For Servicer Performance Profiles, criteria that measure the percentage of your active and 30-day delinquent loans that become 60 days delinquent at any point over a six month period. |
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| EARLY DELINQUENCY
COUNSELING The Guide glossary Counseling provided to a delinquent Borrower by a nonprofit third-party homeownership-counseling agency or eligible Servicer, that involves identifying the reason(s) a Borrower did not make a Mortgage payment on time and working with the Borrower to resolve any financial problems so that future Mortgage payments can be made on a timely basis. The counseling includes a personal and interactive relationship with the Borrower that deals with money management, budgeting and debt management counseling. |
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| EFFECTIVE DATE
FOR DELIVERY The Guide glossary The date identified in either a Master Agreement or Master Commitment upon or after which a Seller may begin delivery of Mortgages to Freddie Mac under the terms of the Master Agreement or Master Commitment. |
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EFFECTIVE DATE
OF PERMANENT FINANCING The Guide glossary The date of the closing on the Permanent Financing and the date the term of the Permanent Financing begins; or, for Construction Conversion Mortgages and Renovation Mortgages, the date when the Interim Construction Financing is deemed to be paid off or converted or modified to, and replaced by the Permanent Financing. The Effective Date of Permanent Financing is as follows:
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EFFECTIVE
DATE OF TRANSFER The Guide glossary For a Concurrent Transfer of Servicing, the Effective Date of Transfer is the applicable Funding Date or Settlement Date For a Subsequent Transfer of Servicing, the Effective Date of Transfer is the requested transfer date set forth on Form 981, Agreement for Subsequent Transfer of Servicing of Single-Family Mortgages, unless the Transferor and Transferee are otherwise advised by Freddie Mac. This date must be the first Business Day following the cutoff date for a Freddie Mac accounting cycle. |
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| ELIGIBLE DEPOSITORY The Guide glossary An Eligible Depository is a depository institution in which a Servicer must establish a Custodial Account or invest monies deposited into a Custodial Account, that meets the institutional requirements and rating requirements as found in Sections 77.9 and 77.10. |
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| ELIGIBLE BORROWER The Guide glossary For a Balloon/Reset Mortgage, an Eligible Borrower is a Borrower who meets all the Reset Conditions stated in the Balloon Note Addendum and Balloon Rider and who has elected to exercise the Reset Option. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
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| ELIGIBLE VETERAN Loan Prospector® An indication if any borrower qualifies as Veteran under VA guidelines. |
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| EMINENT DOMAIN Servicing: Default Management The taking of real estate, generally through condemnation proceedings, for the public's use. |
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| EMPLOYER ASSISTED
HOMEOWNERSHIP (EAH) BENEFIT The Guide glossary Financial assistance provided to an employee from the employer pursuant to an established, ongoing and documented employer benefit program, provided (i) the employer is not an interested party (as described in Section 25.3) and (ii) the funds were not obtained from an interested party either directly or through a third party. See Section 26.6.2 for additional requirements. |
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| EQUITY The Guide glossary The difference between the value of the Mortgaged Premises and the total dollar amount of all Mortgages and other liens secured by the Mortgaged Premises. |
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ERRORS AND OMISSIONS INSURANCE (E&O INSURANCE) Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices A liability insurance coverage for loss caused by errors, omissions and negligence committed by persons covered by the policy in the usual activities of a lender. Fraudulent behavior is not included. |
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| ESCROW
The Guide glossary Escrow includes all funds collected to cover expenses to be paid under the Mortgage including, but not limited to, taxes, special assessments, ground rents and other charges that are or may become First Liens on the Mortgaged Premises, as well as property insurance premiums and mortgage insurance premiums. |
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ESCROW AGENTS Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices The person or organization having a fiduciary responsibility to both the buyer and property seller (or lender and borrower) to see that the terms of the purchase/sale (or mortgage) are carried out. Also called escrow company or escrow depository. |
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| ESCROW CUSTODIAL
ACCOUNT The Guide glossary An Escrow Custodial Account is a Custodial Account into which the Servicer deposits Escrow Funds. |
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| ESCROW DISBURSEMENT
CLEARING ACCOUNT The Guide glossary An Escrow Disbursement Clearing Account is a deposit account established by a Servicer, at its option, specifically for the payment of all expenses payable from Escrow Funds with respect to Mortgages serviced for Freddie Mac and for others. |
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| ESCROW FUNDS The Guide glossary For Custodial Accounts, Escrow Funds are any and all funds deposited by a Servicer on a Borrower's behalf (such as buydown funds) or any and all funds remitted by a Borrower to a Servicer, to be used by the Servicer to pay, with respect to a Mortgage in which Freddie Mac has an ownership interest (either a whole loan or a participation interest), such expenses as property insurance premiums, mortgage insurance premiums, property taxes, special assessments, ground rents and any other charge that is or may become a prior lien on the Mortgaged Premises. |
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ESTABLISHED CONDOMINIUM PROJECT The Guide glossary An Established Condominium Project is a Condominium Project in which:
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| ESTIMATED CLOSING
COSTS Loan Prospector® The dollar amount of the estimated loan fees, title fees, appraisal fees and other closing costs associated with the subject transaction excluding discount points and prepaids. |
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| ESTIMATED PREPAID
ITEMS Loan Prospector® The dollar amount of the escrow/impound that is to be held by the lender and is to be collected at closing for future payment of taxes, insurance or other obligations on the subject property. |
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| ESTIMATED VALUE
OF PROPERTY Loan Prospector® Borrower's statement of the subject property's value or appraised amount if available. |
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| EXCEPTION ACTIVITY Servicing: Investor Accounting Any exception to the regular monthly principal and interest payments that changes the status of the mortgage. Example: A borrower paying off their loan or a borrower reinstating their loan to an active status from foreclosure. |
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| EXCEPTION INTEREST Servicing: Investor Accounting Interest calculated at the ANY based on the current accounting cycle’s beginning UPB. Exception Interest is due for exception activity (reinstatements, payoffs, REOs and third-party foreclosure sales). There are two types of exception interest: daily and monthly. |
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| EXISTING CONDOMINIUM
PROJECT The Guide glossary A Condominium Project that has been completed, and at least 90% of the total number of units have been conveyed or are under contract to the unit purchasers. "Project completed" means that all units and common elements in the project and any master association are complete, and the project is not subject to additional phasing or annexation. |
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EXTENDED
BUYDOWN MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Mortgage with a temporary subsidy buydown plan for which:
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| FACE
VALUE Loan Prospector® The dollar amount of the face value of the applicable borrower's Asset Type. The face value is the par value or actual selling price of the asset or the amount the issuer contracts to repay. |
| FAIR MARKET
VALUE Servicing: Default Management The estimated market value of the mortgaged premises as determined by a Broker’s Price Opinion (BPO, Form 1092) or by an appraisal report that meets the standards and requirements of the Guide. |
| FDIC; FDIC-INSURED DEPOSITORY The Guide glossary FDIC is the abbreviation for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The FDIC administers the BIF and the SAIF. An FDIC-Insured Depository is a depository institution whose deposits are insured by the FDIC. |
| FEDERAL RESERVE
BANK The Guide glossary The Federal Reserve Bank means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and/or such other Federal Reserve Bank(s) as may from time to time maintain Freddie Mac PCs and Giant PCs on their books and records. |
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FEEDBACK
CERTIFICATE The Guide glossary The printed or printable document returned by Loan Prospector® that details the results of the Loan Prospector submission. The Feedback Certificate may include, but is not limited to:
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FEES Servicing: Investor Accounting Fees occur when there is:
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| FEMA Servicing: Default Management The Federal Emergency Management Agency. |
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FHA
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| FHA;
FHA MORTGAGE The Guide glossary FHA is the Federal Housing Administration. An FHA Mortgage is a Home Mortgage that is fully insured by the FHA under Sections 203(b), 203(h) or 203(i) [Home Unsubsidized], 222 [Servicemen] or 234 [Individual Condominium Unit] of the National Housing Act, as amended. |
| FHA LENDER
ID Loan Prospector® Number assigned by FHA to lender or broker when approved to originate FHA mortgages. |
| FHA SPONSOR
ID Loan Prospector® The FHA Lender ID of the lender who is acting as the sponsoring wholesaler of the mortgage. |
| FHA/VA FORECLOSURE/CONVEYANCE
(exception code 72) Servicing: Investor Accounting A property with an FHA or VA mortgage goes into foreclosure and is not sold to a third party at the foreclosure sale. |
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FIDELITY INSURANCE Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices A liability insurance coverage for loss caused by dishonest or fraudulent acts committed by persons covered by the policy. |
| FINAL ASSIGNMENT Loan Prospector® Assignor (usually a broker, but sometimes a lender) selects a wholesaler or wholesaler/MSP pair to receive exclusive Modify access on the current loan transaction. The assignor's Modify access is changed to View capability for the current and all future versions of the loan transaction. |
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FINAL
DELIVERY DATE The Guide glossary For Mortgages sold to Freddie Mac using the Freddie Mac Selling System (Selling System) under the fixed-rate Guarantor, WAC ARM Guarantor and MultiLender programs, Final Delivery Date is the date set forth in the Selling System by which all of the following must be completed:
See Section B15.11, C15.11 or D15.11 regarding additional instructions and requirements for wire transfer instructions and delivery of the Form 996E, Warehouse Provider Release and Transfer (for use only through the Selling System), when applicable. The Final Delivery Date is also referred to as the Final Delivery Due Date in the Selling System, and the two terms can be used interchangeably. |
| FINAL LTV Loan Prospector® The final loan-to-value (LTV) ratio is provided by Loan Prospector by dividing the First Lien Mortgage amount by the lesser of the property's purchase price or appraised value. |
| FINALING THE
ACCOUNTING CYCLE Servicing: Investor Accounting The time period when Freddie Mac “closes its books” (or finals the accounting cycle), approximately two to three business days before the end of the month after processing a loan-level transaction for every mortgage you service for us. After we "final," we send you monthly reconciliation reports that summarize the activity processed at Freddie Mac for your portfolio. |
| FINANCED DISCOUNT
POINTS Loan Prospector® The dollar amount of discount points to be financed on FHA no cash-out refinance. |
| FINANCED FUNDING
FEE (Also Known As: VA Funding Fee Financed) Loan Prospector® Dollar amount of the VA Funding Fee that is financed as part of the loan amount. |
| FINANCED MIP
(Also Known As: MIP Funding Fee Financed) Loan Prospector Dollar amount of the FHA up-front Mortgage Insurance Premium that is financed as part of the loan amount. |
| FINANCED PERMANENT
BUYDOWN MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Mortgage for which the Borrower has permanently reduced the interest rate by financing discount points in the loan amount. |
| FINANCING COSTS The Guide glossary Discount points, loan fees, commitment fees, origination fees and/or similar fees associated with a Mortgage transaction. |
| FIRST
AMORTIZING PAYMENT DATE The Guide glossary For Initial InterestSM Mortgages, the First Amortizing Payment Date is the date stated in the Initial Interest Note of the first monthly amortizing principal and interest payment. It is determined by adding the number of months of the Interest Only Period to the Due Date of the first monthly payment stated in the Initial Interest Note. Initial Interest Mortgages are not eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
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FIRST
LIEN The Guide glossary A First Lien is any lien that meets both of the following requirements:
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| FIRST-OF-THE-MONTH
DUE DATE Servicing: Investor Accounting A mortgage with payments that are due on the first day of the month. The majority of mortgages originated have a payment due date on the first of the month. |
| FIRST PAYMENT
DUE DATE Servicing: Investor Accounting Usually the first payment due is on the first day of the calendar month two months after the origination month. The maximum number of days allowed between mortgage origination and the first payment due date is 62.
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FIRST-TIME
HOMEBUYER The Guide glossary An individual who meets all of the following requirements:
In addition, a displaced homemaker or a single parent may also be considered a First-Time Homebuyer if the individual had no ownership interest in a residential property during the preceding three-year period other than an ownership interest in the marital residence with a spouse. If a displaced homemaker or a single parent solely owned the marital residence, or solely or jointly owned a second home or Investment Property, the individual may not be considered a First-Time Homebuyer. |
| FIXED-RATE GUARANTOR
CONTRACT
The Guide glossary A Fixed-Rate Guarantor Contract is an optional Purchase Contract entered into by the Seller to sell eligible Mortgages to Freddie Mac under the fixed-rate Guarantor program. |
| FLOOR RATE
Servicing: Balloon/Resets For Balloon/Resets, the lowest Note Rate acceptable to Freddie Mac. The floor rate is utilized when analyzing a borrower’s eligibility for a Loan Modification or a Step Rate Balloon Loan Modification. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| FORECASTED
MONTHLY PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST Servicing: Servicing System For loans serviced through the Freddie Mac Servicing application, Freddie Mac's forecast or estimate of the next monthly principal and interest payment due based on the Mortgage’s unpaid principal balance and amortization schedule. |
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FORECLOSURE
Servicing: Default Management A legal procedure in which collateral property is sold in an attempt to satisfy the outstanding debt of a mortgage. |
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FRAUD Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices Intentional misrepresentation of the truth to deceive another person or entity. |
| FREDDIE
MAC-OWNED CONVERTED MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Convertible ARM that is owned by Freddie Mac and that was converted to a fixed interest rate after Freddie Mac purchased the Mortgage. See also Converted Mortgage. Convertible ARMs are not eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| FULL PAYMENT The Guide glossary Full Payment if the monthly payment of principal and interest sufficient to amortize fully the remaining principal balance of the adjustable-rate Mortgage (ARM) at the then applicable Note Rate over the remaining Mortgage term. |
| FULL RELEASE Loan Prospector® Final Assigned wholesaler or MSP relinquishes the ability to View or Modify the loan data. Assignor (usually a broker) receives the loan data as originally assigned and can assign to another wholesaler or wholesaler/MSP pair. |
| FUNDING
DATE The Guide glossary The Funding Date is the date when Freddie Mac disburses payment to the Seller for a Mortgage Freddie Mac purchased. For warehouse lending arrangements, the Funding Date is the date when Freddie Mac disburses payment to the Warehouse Lender or the Seller for a Mortgage purchased by Freddie Mac. |
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FUNDING
DETAIL REPORT Servicing: Investor Accounting A loan-level backup record of the purchase summaries. For each sale you receive one or more Funding Detail report(s). |
| GAAP Servicing: Investor Accounting Abbreviation for Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. |
| GENERAL PARTNER Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices The co-owner of a venture who is liable for all debts and other obligations of the venture and/or the management and operation of the partnership. The general partner controls the business and can take actions that are binding on other partners. |
| GIANT OFFERING
CIRCULAR SUPPLEMENT The Guide glossary A Giant Offering Circular Supplement is a disclosure document that supplements the Giant PC Offering Circular and contains information about the PCs and/or Giant PCs in a Giant PC Pool as of its Settlement Date. |
| GIANT
PC The Guide glossary A Giant PC is a single-class security issued pursuant to the Giant PC Agreement that receives principal and interest from its underlying assets, which are PCs or other Giant PCs. |
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GIANT PC OFFERING
CIRCULAR The Guide glossary The Giant PC Offering Circular is the offering circular in effect on the Date of Seller's Offer that relates to the Mortgage being purchased and the Giant PC being sold in the MultiLender Swap. The Giant PC Offering Circular is the Offering Circular for Giant and other Other Pass-Through Certificates. Each Giant PC Offering Circular incorporates any supplements to that offering circular, as well as supplements to the PC Offering Circular for each underlying PC, in effect on the Date of Seller's Offer. |
| GIANT
PC POOL The Guide glossary A Giant PC Pool is a discrete group of PCs, backed by Mortgages and/or other Giant PCs, that is identified by a CUSIP Number and a PC Pool Number in the records maintained by Freddie Mac. |
| GOLD PC® The Guide glossary A Gold PC is a PC security, with an investor payment delay of 45 days, that is backed by fixed-rate Mortgages or Balloon/Reset Mortgages. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
GPI Servicing: Investor Accounting Global Payments Incorporated. |
| GROSS MORTGAGE
MARGIN (Also Known As: Margin) Loan Prospector® The number of percentage points added to the current index value to establish the new note rate at each interest change date. |
| GUARANTEE FEE
(Required Spread, Guarantee Fee) Servicing: Investor Accounting The fee Freddie Mac keeps for guaranteeing payment to our investors. It is the difference between the ANY due and the PC rate we pay out. The required spread will be stated in your contract. The required spread is only used in calculating the new ANY for mortgages in the ARM Guarantor Program. |
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GUARANTEED
TIMELY PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ACCOUNTING
METHOD Servicing: Investor Accounting An accounting method where remittances are due either on the ARC day specified in the purchase contract, or on the First Tuesday of the month. Interest and principal is calculated the same using either the Scheduled/Scheduled or the Guaranteed Timely P& I method.
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| GUIDE PLUS ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS The Guide glossary Written amendments or supplements to the Guide provided to Seller by Freddie Mac through AllRegs® and amended by Freddie Mac from time to time. |
| IAM Servicing: Investor Accounting Abbreviation for Investor Accounting Manager |
| IMMINENT DANGER OF DEFAULT Servicing: Default Management A circumstance where if, based upon the facts and circumstances of the particular mortgage and using prudent business judgment, it appears more than likely than not that the borrower will default on his or her mortgage payments within the next 12 months. |
| INACTIVATION Servicing: Investor Accounting Discontinues reporting and remitting interest to Freddie Mac on mortgages in foreclosure. |
| INDEBTEDNESS The Guide glossary Indebtedness is, with respect to any Pledged Mortgage, the amount or obligation under the Mortgage Warehousing Agreement to be paid to the Warehouse Lender by or on behalf of the Seller. |
| INDEBTEDNESS-TO-VALUE
RATIO (LTV) Servicing: Default Management The unpaid principal balance, accrued interest, escrow advances and expenses, divided by the probable sales price (“as-is” value with a 90-day marketing time frame) of the property as established by a broker’s price opinion (BPO) from an approved Freddie Mac vendor. |
| INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices Provisions that provide for the obligation or duty of one party to compensate the insured for any loss or damage a second party has incurred or may incur by acting at the request or for the benefit of the first party. |
| INDEX
(Index Code) The Guide glossary, For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARMs), an Index is a fluctuating economic indicator specified in the Note, the value of which is used to adjust the Note Rate periodically. |
| INDEX CODE
(Also Known As: Index) Loan Prospector® For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARMs), a fluctuating economic indicator specified in the Note, and the value of which is used to adjust the Note rate periodically. |
| INDICATOR SCORE The Guide glossary The one Underwriting Score identified to represent the eligibility of the Mortgage for the product offering. The related ULDD Data Point names are Loan Level Credit Score Selection Method Type and Loan Level Credit Score Value. |
| INDIVIDUAL
DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT (IDA) The Guide glossary A savings account designated by the Borrower for the purpose of purchasing a residence and into which the Borrower has regularly deposited funds which are matched by funds from An Agency. If the Agency matching funds are to be used as a source of funds, the objective for which the IDA was established and the vesting requirements must be satisfied. |
| INELIGIBLE
BORROWER The Guide glossary For a Balloon/Reset Mortgage, an Ineligible Borrower is a Borrower who cannot meet all the Reset Conditions stated in the Balloon Note Addendum and Balloon Rider, and who cannot pay off the Balloon/Reset Mortgage. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| INFILE (Also
Known as: Infile Credit Report) Loan Prospector® An infile credit report is issued by a credit repository and contains "as is" information, which is information that has not been updated or reverified as a result of a credit inquiry. Loan Prospector® AUS uses infile credit reports in its assessment. The infile credit report is not stored by Loan Prospector® AUS. It is recommended that you print the infile credit report immediately after a credit assessment by selecting Credit Infiles from the results list. Then activate the screen for printing by clicking in the infile report area and selecting Print. |
| INITIAL ADJUSTMENT
PERCENTAGE Loan Prospector® For Loan Prospector®, the percentage by which the temporary subsidy buydown rate adjusts at the initial payment adjustment. For instance, if the interest rate will increase one percent after the first year and a half, enter 1 in this field. |
| INITIAL ASSIGNMENT Loan Prospector® Assignor selects a wholesaler to receive View access to current loan data and future transactions. Assignor exclusively retains Modify access to the loan data. |
| INITIAL
CAP The Guide glossary For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARMs), the Initial Cap is the maximum increase or decrease in the Note Rate on the first Interest Change Date, expressed in percentage points. The related ULDD Data Point names are Per Change Maximum Decrease Rate Percent and Per Change Maximum Increase Rate Percent. |
| INITIAL INDEX
VALUE Loan Prospector® Value of the applicable index as of the Note date or as of Loan Prospector AUS submission date if loan is not yet closed. |
| INITIAL
INTERESTSM MORTGAGES The Guide glossary Initial Interest Mortgages are Mortgages that require (i) interest only payments for a specified period of time beginning with the first monthly payment after the Note Date, and (ii) principal and interest payments on a fully amortizing basis for the remainder of the Mortgage term. Initial Interest Mortgages are not eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| INITIAL LTV Loan Prospector® The ratio of the First Lien Mortgage amount to the property's purchase price or appraised value as provided by Loan Prospector. |
| INITIAL PERIOD The Guide glossary For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARMs), the Initial Period is the period from the Note Date of the Mortgage until the first Interest Change Date, expressed in months. The related ULDD Data Point name is Initial Fixed Period Effective Months Count. |
| INSURANCE,
MAINTENANCE, TAXES and MISCELLANEOUS Loan Prospector® The total insurance, taxes, maintenance, and miscellaneous expenses for the referenced property in Real Estate Owned. |
| INTEGRATED CONSTRUCTION CONVERSION DOCUMENTATION (INTEGRATED DOCUMENTATION)
The Guide glossary Documentation of the Construction Conversion Mortgage or Renovation Mortgage when the lender providing the Permanent Financing is the construction lender, the loan instruments stipulate the terms of the Interim Construction Financing and the Permanent Financing, and the Mortgage automatically converts to Permanent Financing upon completion of construction with no change in any of the terms of the financing (except that the principal balance may be reduced). A new Note, Security Instrument or Construction Modification Agreement is not executed. |
| INTEREST-BEARING
DEPOSIT ACCOUNT The Guide glossary For Custodial Accounts, an Interest-Bearing Deposit Account is a deposit account that pays short-term interest rates on the deposited balance, such as savings accounts or money market deposit accounts. This definition does not include money market mutual fund accounts. |
| INTEREST
CHANGE DATE The Guide glossary For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARMs) the Interest Change Date is each date, as established in the Note, on which any adjustment in the Note Rate is effective. The related ULDD Data Point names are Per Change Rate Adjustment Effective Date and Next Rate Adjustment Effective Date. |
| INTEREST ONLY
PERIOD The Guide glossary For Initial InterestSM Mortgages, the Interest Only Period is the period (expressed in months) for which the monthly payments are interest only. The Interest Only Period begins on the date of the first monthly (interest only) payment stated in the Initial Interest Note and ends on the last day of the month before the First Amortizing Payment Date. Initial Interest Mortgages are not eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
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INTEREST RATE
(Also Known As: Initial Interest Rate) Loan Prospector® The initial interest rate payable under the Note. |
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INTEREST RATE
RANGE Selling System The number of days between the date you take out a cash contract and the date you must completely fulfill the contract including delivery of all documentation as well as funding. You may enter any 51 basis point range as long as the beginning and ending interest rates are divisible by one-eighth. |
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INTERIM CONSTRUCTION FINANCING The Guide glossary For Construction Conversion Mortgages and Renovation Mortgages, Interim Construction Financing is the short term financing that provides the Borrower with funds to:
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| INTERIM PROCESSING Servicing: Investor Accounting Event driven reporting and remitting that is completed throughout the month in response to certain mortgage activities, such as payoffs and third-party foreclosure sales. |
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INTERVENING
ASSIGNMENT The Guide glossary An Intervening Assignment is an assignment of a Security Instrument:
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| INVENTORY PAST
STANDARD SEVERITY Servicing: Servicer Performance Profiles For Servicer Performance Profiles, criteria that measure the average aging of loans in your delinquency inventory in days (not by percentage) based on Freddie Mac standards. |
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INVESTMENT
PROPERTY The Guide glossary A 1- to 4-unit residential property, other than a Primary Residence or second home, that is:
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PROPERTY MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Mortgage secured by an Investment Property. |
| INVESTMENT-QUALITY MORTGAGE Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices A mortgage that is made to a borrower from whom repayment of the debt can be expected, is adequately secured by real property and is originated in accordance with the requirements of the purchase documents. |
| INVESTOR Servicing: Investor Accounting Someone who buys whole or part interest in a mortgage. The investor is entitled to their share of the cash flow over the life of the mortgage. Freddie Mac is the final investor if we purchase a mortgage and then hold it in our portfolio. However, the majority of our mortgages are packaged into securities and sold to outside investors. In this case, we are not the final investor. |
| INVESTOR ACCOUNTING Servicing: Investor Accounting The process of accounting for mortgages that you service for Freddie Mac. Investor accounting includes three major activities: cash management, investor reporting and custodial reconciliation. |
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ACCOUNTING MANAGER (IAM) Servicing: Investor Accounting A web-based investor accounting application available on FreddieMac.com. |
| INVESTOR REPORTING Servicing: Investor Accounting & Custodial Accounting The process of reporting to Freddie Mac on a monthly basis, all activity that has taken place in your cash management system. As part of your investor reporting process, report the Amount Due to Freddie Mac for each transaction using loan-level reporting. Freddie Mac sends you a report summarizing the portfolio-level Amount Due on the Monthly Account Statement. |
| JUDICIAL
FORECLOSURE Servicing: Default Management Foreclosure process in which court action must be taken for the foreclosure to be accomplished. |
| JUNIOR LIEN Servicing: Default Management A lien or claim against real estate that is secondary or inferior to the first lien. |
| KEY
NUMBER (Loan Prospector® (LP) AUS Key Number) The Guide glossary A unique number assigned to a Mortgage by Loan Prospector when the Mortgage is first submitted to Loan Prospector. The Key Number is returned to the Seller on the Feedback Certificate and is used by the Seller and Freddie Mac to identify an individual Mortgage. In addition to the Key Number, each Loan Prospector submission will receive a Transaction Number. |
| LAND
USE RESTRICTIONS The Guide glossary When used in connection with an Affordable Second, restrictions imposed by An Agency on the Borrower's use and/or sale of the Mortgaged Premises. |
| LAST
FEEDBACK CERTIFICATE The Guide glossary The last Feedback Certificate returned from the last submission to Loan Prospector® prior to the Delivery Date that accurately represents the terms of the Mortgage transaction delivered to Freddie Mac. |
| LAST PAYMENT
RECEIVED DATE (LPRD) Servicing: Investor Accounting The actual date you received the borrower’s payment. Example: You received the borrower’s May payment on May 8th. The note has a 1st of the month due date. Report a DDLPI of 5/1/xx and a LPRD of 5/8/xx for the May accounting cycle. |
| LATE COLLECTIONS Servicing: Servicer Performance Profiles For Servicer Performance Profiles, criteria that measure the loans that inflow to 60 days delinquent at any point during a 12-month period and later produce a loss. |
| LATE COLLECTIONS
EARLY WARNING CHECK Servicing: Servicer Performance Profiles For Servicer Performance Profiles, a report that gives you a preview of your collections performance through a six month period. The report lists the loans that have no definite results recorded (indeterminates), and the loans that have failed. |
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LATE REMITTANCE
INTEREST REIMBURSEMENT FEE Servicing: Investor Accounting A fee assessed when you fail to comply with the required remittance procedures. If the remittance funds are not available to us by the remittance due date, we assess an interest reimbursement fee. |
| LATE REPORTED
NON-COMPLIANCE FEE Servicing: Investor Accounting A fee assessed when you fail to report a paid off mortgage by the 5th business day of the month following the month that the payoff date occurred in. |
| LAWFUL PERMANENT
RESIDENT ALIEN The Guide glossary A non-U.S. citizen holding acceptable evidence of permanent residency issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). |
| LEGAL
DESCRIPTION Loan Prospector® Description of the subject property, including, lot block, and subdivision information. |
| LIBOR INDEX The Guide glossary For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARMs), the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) Index is the average of London interbank offered rates for six-month or one-year U.S. dollar-denominated deposits in the London market, as published in the print edition of The Wall Street Journal. |
| LIEN Servicing: Default Management A claim of a creditor on the property as security for a debt. |
| LIEN
PRIORITY Loan Prospector® The lien on the property for which the loan applies. |
| LIFE
CAP The Guide glossary For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARMs), the Life Cap is the number of percentage points, which when added to the initial Note Rate yields the Lifetime Ceiling. |
| LIFETIME
CEILING The Guide glossary For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARMs), the Lifetime Ceiling is the maximum Note Rate to which an ARM may adjust over the life of the loan. The Lifetime Ceiling is determined by adding a Life Cap to the initial Note Rate. The related ULDD Data Point name is Ceiling Rate Percent. |
| LIFETIME FLOOR The Guide glossary For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARMs) with Lifetime Floors, the Lifetime Floor is the minimum Note Rate to which an ARM may adjust over the life of the loan. If the minimum Note Rate is equal to or less than the Margin, the ARM is deemed not to be subject to a Lifetime Floor. The related ULDD Data Point name is Floor Rate Percent. |
| LIMITED BUYDOWN
MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Mortgage with a temporary subsidy buydown plan for which:
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| LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS The Guide glossary Limited Common Elements are Common Elements used by one or more unit owners but not all unit owners. Limited Common Elements are defined in the Project Documents, and may include, but are not limited to, balconies, patios, assigned parking spaces or storage bins. |
| LOAN AMOUNT Loan Prospector® Amount to be financed by the borrower including financed PMI. For conventional loans, this is the total amount of the mortgage being financed. For FHA/VA loans, this is the total amount of the mortgage being financed including, if applicable, any Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP) or VA Funding Fee. |
| LOAN
HISTORY Servicing: Investor Accounting & Custodial Accounting The record between you and the borrower. It reflects all payment activity for the mortgage. |
| LOAN LEVEL
AMOUNT DUE Servicing: Investor Accounting & Custodial Accounting The liability owed to Freddie Mac for each loan. (Once a month you report the amount due for each loan you service for Freddie Mac. Amount Due = Principal due + Interest due). |
| LOAN LEVEL
DISCREPANCIES Servicing: Investor Accounting A report of the discrepancies (referred to as "edits") resulting from comparison of your loan-level transactions to data in our database. Freddie Mac notifies you of any discrepancies (edits) on Daily Edit Reports the business day after we receive for any loan-level transaction. |
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LOAN LEVEL
MISSING REPORT Servicing: Investor Accounting A report that lists mortgages you did not report to us this accounting cycle and mortgages with unresolved edits on the Edits To Be Cleared report. Once our system accepts a transaction for a mortgage, it drops off the report except for:
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| LOAN LEVEL
TRANSACTION Servicing: Default Management A monthly accounting transaction sent to us, communicating the amount of principal and interest due to us for each mortgage in the Servicer’s portfolio. The transaction is used to report normal monthly installments of principal and interest, as well as exception activity (mortgages paid-in-full, foreclosures, etc.) |
| LOAN
MODIFICATION Servicing: Default Management A written agreement permanently changing one or more of the original terms of the note. |
| LOAN MODIFICATION
AGREEMENT Servicing: Default Management The written agreement executed by the borrower and the Servicer which establishes the terms of a loan modification. |
| LOAN ORIGINATOR The Guide glossary For purposes of providing the Loan Originator information on the Uniform Residential Loan Application (Form 65) and delivering the ULDD Data Point Loan Originator Type only, Loan Originator shall have the same meaning as the term defined in section 1503 of the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act (as may be amended from time to time). The current SAFE Act defines a Loan Originator as an individual who:
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| LOAN ORIGINATION COMPANY The Guide glossary For purposes of providing the Loan Originator information on the Uniform Residential Loan Application (Form 65) and at delivery, a Loan Origination Company is the company that employs the Loan Originator or that the Loan Originator represents as an independent contractor. |
| LOAN PROCESSING
STAGE Loan Prospector® Description of the point in the loan origination process at which the loan is being submitted to Loan Prospector. If a loan's status is between two points, the value for the Loan Processing Stage is the point that most recently occurred. |
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LOAN PRODUCT The Guide glossary Loan Product as used in the Freddie Mac Selling System means Mortgage Product as that term is defined in the Glossary. |
| LOAN
PROSPECTOR® The Guide glossary Freddie Mac's automated Mortgage evaluation system. |
| LOAN PROSPECTOR®
ID Loan Prospector® The unique identifier used for the loan throughout its duration in LoanProspector.com. |
| LOAN PROSPECTOR®
MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Mortgage that is submitted to Loan Prospector and complies with all of the requirements of Section 2.2.1 of the Guide. |
| LOAN PURCHASE
STATEMENT Servicing: Investor Accounting A summary record of the total sale. For each sale you receive one or more Loan Purchase Statement(s). |
| LOAN
RECONCILIATION DIFFERENCE REPORT (LRDR) Servicing: Investor Accounting A summary of every transaction our system did not immediately accept during the cycle due to a reporting discrepancy or simulation of a transaction. “No data in error” message appears when you have no transactions for this report. You should already be aware of each discrepancy on this report from your Daily Edit reports. |
| LOAN REGISTRATION
NUMBER Loan Prospector A tracking number assigned by a lender to identify the loan for pipeline management. |
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LOAN-TO-VALUE
RATIO (LTV) Loan Prospector® The loan-to-value (LTV) ratio is obtained by dividing the First Lien Mortgage amount by the lesser of the property's purchase price or appraised value of the mortgaged premises. (First Lien Mortgage Amount / (the lesser of the Purchase Price or Appraised Value). |
| LONG-TERM FORBEARANCE
AGREEMENT Servicing: Default Management A written agreement between you and the borrower (or his or her estate) to reduce or suspend monthly payments for a period up to 12 months from the date of the agreement. Long-term forbearance is intended for situations where the property has been damaged from a natural or man-made disaster, a lawsuit is pending which may jeopardize our lien position, the borrower is deceased and the estate is in probate, or the borrower is experiencing an involuntary inability to pay due to an outstanding major medical claim. |
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LOOKBACK PERIOD Servicing: Investor Accounting The number of calendar days you count back from the interest change date to determine the current index. The Guide glossary For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARM), the Lookback Period is the date on which the Index value used to calculate the new Note Rate is determined. The Lookback Period is stated in the Note and is generally expressed as the number of days preceding the Interest Change Date or as the first Business Day of the month immediately preceding the Interest Change Date. The related ULDD Data Point names are Interest And Payment Adjustment Index Lead Days Count and Interest Adjustment Index Lead Days Count. |
| LP ASSESSMENT EXPIRATION
DATE Loan Prospector® Specifies the date the credit will expire (120 days from the date credit information was first requested for conventional, FHA and VA Mortgages - including for Construction Conversion/Renovation Mortgages; or 180 days from the date credit information was first requested for FHA and VA new construction Mortgages). |
| LP AUS KEY
(Also Known as: Loan Prospector AUS Key, LP Key Number, and Loan Prospector
Key) Loan Prospector® A unique number assigned to a mortgage by Loan Prospector when the mortgage is first submitted to Loan Prospector. The LP AUS Key is returned to the Seller with Loan Prospector results. |
| LTV Abbreviation for Loan to Value Ratio. Loan Prospector® The loan-to-value (LTV) ratio provided by Loan Prospector is obtained by dividing the First Lien Mortgage amount by the lesser of the property's purchase price or appraised value of the mortgaged premises. |
| MAKE
AND MODEL Loan Prospector® The make and model of the borrower's vehicle disclosed as an asset. |
| MAKE-WHOLE
PREFORECLOSURE SALE Servicing: Default Management A sale in which the net sales proceeds plus the estimated mortgage insurance claim and/or borrower contribution (cash or certified funds) will satisfy the total indebtedness. |
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MANUALLY UNDERWRITTEN
MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Mortgage for which the Seller makes the determination regarding Borrower creditworthiness and excessive layering of risk that is one of the following:
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MANUFACTURED
HOME The Guide glossary A Manufactured Home is a one-unit dwelling built on a permanent chassis in accordance with the National Manufactured Construction and Safety Standards Act as promulgated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and affixed to a permanent foundation. |
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MANUFACTURED
HOME PURCHASE AGREEMENT The Guide glossary An agreement between the Manufactured Home purchaser and the retailer or dealer from whom the Manufactured Home is purchased. The Manufactured Home Purchase Agreement must be either the manufactured housing purchase agreement required to be used under applicable State law or if none is required, the Jenkins Business Forms Manufactured Housing Form 500 or a State-specific Form 500 or a substantially equivalent form. |
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MARGIN The Guide glossary For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARM), then Margin is the number of percentage points that is added to the current Index value to establish the new Note Rate at each Interest Change Date. The related ULDD Data Point name is Margin Rate Percent. |
| MARKETABLE
TITLE Servicing: Default Management Title to property which is free from liens or other legal objections and is readily acceptable to local attorneys and knowledgeable real estate investors. |
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MASTER
AGREEMENT The Guide glossary A Master Agreement is an agreement between Freddie Mac and the Seller providing the terms for origination, underwriting, delivery and any other relevant terms under which Freddie Mac will purchase eligible Mortgages over a fixed period of time. In order to obtain pricing terms and to sell eligible Mortgages to Freddie Mac, the Seller will also need to enter into one or more Master Commitments under the Master Agreement. Nothing contained in a Master Agreement shall obligate Freddie Mac to purchase or Seller to sell Mortgages until a Master Commitment has been executed by the parties, if required by the terms of the Master Agreement, or if Freddie Mac has issued the Master Commitment. |
| MASTER ASSOCIATION The Guide glossary A homeowners association in a project that is comprised of representatives of the HOA from smaller, specific projects or areas within the overall project. |
| MASTER COMMITMENT
AMOUNT The Guide glossary The Master Commitment Amount is the aggregate unpaid principal balance (UPB) of all Home Mortgages multiplied by the Freddie Mac Percentage of Participation, if any, that can be delivered under the terms of a Master Commitment subject to any tolerances. |
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MASTER COMMITMENT The Guide glossary The Master Commitment is an agreement between Freddie Mac and the Seller providing the terms under which Freddie Mac will purchase eligible Mortgages over a fixed period of time. |
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COMMITMENT CONVERSION The Guide glossary A Master Commitment Conversion represents the Seller's selection of the dollar amount and type of Mortgages that it intends to deliver at a given time under a Master Commitment as well as the delivery program under which the Mortgages are to be delivered. Master Commitment Conversions refer to either Guarantor or MultiLender Swap conversions or, for Master Commitments that permit Mortgages to be sold under the Cash program, cash conversions represented by cash Purchase Contracts. When used in connection with Master Commitments, the term "conversion" will be synonymous with the term "Master Commitment Conversion." |
| MATURITY
DATE Servicing: Servicing System The date on which payment of an obligation is due in full. |
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MAXIMUM ANNUAL
MORTGAGE PURCHASE AMOUNT The Guide glossary The Maximum Annual Mortgage Purchase Amount is the maximum aggregate dollar amount of Home Mortgages that Freddie Mac will purchase from a Seller in any calendar year. The Maximum Annual Mortgage Purchase Amount applies only to those Sellers for whom such a limit has been established pursuant to Section 2.3. (The Maximum Annual Mortgage Purchase Amount does not apply to purchases Multifamily Mortgages by Freddie Mac.) |
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MAXIMUM MASTER
AGREEMENT AMOUNT The Guide glossary The Maximum Master Agreement Amount is the total aggregate unpaid principal balance (UPB) of all Home Mortgages multiplied by the Freddie Mac Percentage of Participation, if any, that can be delivered under the terms of the Master Agreement. |
| MERGED CREDIT
TYPE (Single/Joint Merged with) Loan Prospector® Indicates the type of credit report requested. Changing from two single to one joint borrower report is considered a new request with an additional charge. |
| MERS®
The Guide glossary MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc.), is a cooperative undertaking by and for the entire mortgage industry. This system is an electronic registry specifically created for tracking the ownership of individual Mortgages, Servicing rights and security interests and used by MERS Members. |
| MERS® MEMBER The Guide glossary A MERS Member is a Seller/Servicer who has executed the MERS Membership Agreement with MERS. |
| MI The Guide glossary An MI is a mortgage insurer approved by Freddie Mac. |
| MI PREMIUM
TERM COVERAGE Loan Prospector® An indication that the initial premium is paid monthly, annually in one lump sum, or is not applicable. |
| MIN The Guide glossary A MIN is the Mortgage Identification Number that is assigned to a Mortgage that is registered in MERS®. This number remains with the Mortgage throughout its life. |
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MINIMUM ASSESSMENT
FEEDBACK (MAF) The Guide glossary A type of feedback message included on the Feedback Certificate. MAF includes all messages that reference:
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CONTRACT SERVICING SPREAD The Guide glossary The Minimum Contract Servicing Spread is selected by the Seller at time of commitment or Master Commitment Conversion, and is the least amount of interest income that must be retained by the Servicer as compensation for Servicing all the Mortgages delivered pursuant to a specific Purchase Contract. The amount selected by the Seller must be no less than the Minimum Servicing Spread. The Servicing Spread applicable to any individual Mortgage delivered pursuant to a specific Purchase Contract may be greater than or equal to, but not less than, the Minimum Contract Servicing Spread selected by the Seller for that Purchase Contract. |
| MINIMUM GROSS
YIELD The Guide glossary The Minimum Gross Yield is the sum of the Required Net Yield plus the Minimum Contract Servicing Spread. |
| MINIMUM SERVICING
SPREAD The Guide glossary The Minimum Servicing Spread is the least amount of interest income, as established by Freddie Mac for the applicable Mortgage product, that must be retained by the Servicer as compensation for Servicing. General Servicing—Balloon/Resets For Reset Mortgages, the Minimum Contract Servicing Spread is the Servicing Spread on the Balloon/Reset Mortgage. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| MINORITY-OWNED
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE The Guide glossary An enterprise that is more than 50% owned, controlled and operated by one or more members of one or more of the following groups: (i) African-American, (ii) Hispanic American, (iii) Native American, (iv) Asian-Pacific American, or (v) Asian-Indian American. |
| MODIFICATION CONSTRUCTION CONVERSION DOCUMENTATION (MODIFICATION DOCUMENTATION)
The Guide glossary Documentation of the Construction Conversion Mortgage or Renovation Mortgage when the lender providing the Permanent Financing uses a Construction Conversion Modification Agreement to modify one or more or the terms (other than a reduction in the principal balance) of Interim Construction Financing to the terms of the Permanent Financing. A Construction Conversion Modification Agreement is executed and a new Note is executed in certain circumstances; the Security Instrument may be modified, but a new Security Instrument is not executed. |
| MODIFICATION EFFECTIVE DATE The Guide glossary For purposes of a modification processed under Chapter B65 or C65, the Modification Effective Date is the first day of the month following the end of the Trial Period, which is also the first payment due date of the modified Mortgage. In the event the Servicer utilizes the option to include an interim month following the Trial Period, then the Modification Effective Date and the due date of the first modified payment will be the first day of the second month following the end of the Trial Period. The effective date of the modification interest rate change occurs one month prior to the first payment due date, as the terms of the modified Mortgage are established so that the first payment due under the modified Mortgage pays interest in arrears that accrued during the month prior to the first payment due date. |
| MODIFIED LOAN-TO-VALUE
(LTV) RATIO Servicing: Default Management The current unpaid principal balance of the existing mortgage plus any capitalized amounts (when allowed) divided by the current market value. |
| MODIFY RELEASE Loan Prospector® Final Assigned wholesaler or MSP returns Modify capability on the loan transaction to the assignor, but maintains the ability to View the loan data. The assignor can only assign the loan back to the releasing wholesaler or wholesaler/MSP pair. |
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MONTHLY
ACCOUNT STATEMENT (MAS) Servicing: Investor Accounting A representation of the balance for your investor reporting system. The ending balance represents your liability due Freddie Mac as of the accounting cutoff. The MAS lists for the accounting cycle:
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MONTHLY INCOME Loan Prospector® Total stable monthly income for the borrower that can reasonably be expected to continue for at least the next three years. Stable monthly income includes the following:
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MONTHLY INTEREST Servicing: Investor Accounting One full month of interest calculated at the ANY, based on the current accounting cycle’s beginning UPB. It is due for all mortgages that were active at the beginning of the current accounting cycle. |
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INCOME (MOI) The Guide glossary As shown on Form 998, Operating Income Statement, the effective gross income minus total operating expenses divided by 12. |
| MONTHLY PROCESSING Servicing: Investor Accounting Cyclical reporting and remitting completed every month at the same time. The accounting cycle determines the timing for monthly reporting. The timing for monthly remittances is determined by the remittance option selected when the mortgage was sold to Freddie Mac. |
| MONTHLY
RECONCILIATION REPORT Servicing: Investor Accounting A summary report of the various activity processed during the accounting cycle on your Freddie Mac portfolio. |
| MONTHS LEFT
TO PAY Loan Prospector® The number of months the borrower must make payments in order to satisfy the identified liability. |
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MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Mortgage is a loan secured by a lien on real estate held in fee simple or on an acceptable leasehold estate. |
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MORTGAGE BROKER The Guide glossary A person or entity that specializes in loan originations, receiving a commission (from a Correspondent or other lender) to match Borrowers and lenders. The Mortgage Broker performs some or most of the loan processing functions such as taking loan applications, or ordering credit reports, appraisals and title reports. Typically the Mortgage Broker does not underwrite or service the loan and generally does not use its own funds for closing; however a Mortgage Broker could fund a Mortgage on a lender's behalf and such a Mortgage will be considered, and should be delivered as, a Mortgage Broker third party origination Mortgage. The Mortgage is generally closed in the name of the lender who commissioned the Mortgage Broker's services. |
| MORTGAGE
CREDIT CERTIFICATE (MCC) The Guide glossary A certificate issued by an authorized State or local housing finance agency that documents a federal income tax credit awarded to a qualified First-Time Homebuyer and/or low- or moderate-income homebuyer. |
| MORTGAGE INSURANCE
Loan Prospector® Insurance which protects mortgage lenders against loss in the event of default by the borrower. Investor Accounting—Investor Reporting Federal or private insurance that protects mortgage lenders against default risk. Private carriers provide mortgage insurance to protect lenders against full or partial losses in the event of a foreclosure and deficiency. The carrier must be a Freddie Mac-approved mortgage insurer. |
| MORTGAGE INSURER
(MI) Servicing: Balloon/Resets A corporation that issues private mortgage insurance and is approved by Freddie Mac to insure Mortgages owned in whole or in part by Freddie Mac. |
| MORTGAGE PAYMENTS Loan Prospector® Total monthly payment for all mortgages and liens secured by the real estate owned. |
| MORTGAGE PRODUCT The Guide glossary A Mortgage Product is any one of the specific types of Mortgages for which the applicable Purchase Documents may provide specific eligibility, Required Spreads and other terms. |
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MORTGAGE
SERVICE PROVIDER The Guide glossary An entity or individual engaged to handle or perform, for a Seller or Correspondent, part of the mortgage application processing, underwriting, funding or post closing functions, but not any activities related to obtaining an application for a wholesale origination. This entity or individual is typically paid on a fee basis for services performed, with the payment of fees not being contingent on Mortgage approval or closing. Mortgage Service Providers include:
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| MORTGAGE TYPE Loan Prospector® Indicates if this loan is conventional, FHA or VA. |
| MORTGAGE WAREHOUSING
AGREEMENT The Guide glossary The Mortgage Warehousing Agreement is a contract between the Warehouse Lender and the Seller pursuant to which the Warehouse Lender lends or advances funds to the Seller in exchange for a continuing lien and security interest in, or conveyance of an ownership or other interest in, Mortgages. |
| MORTGAGED
PREMISES The Guide glossary The Mortgage Premises are the land and improvements thereon subject to the lien of a Mortgage. |
| MORTGAGES PURCHASED
IN WHOLE OR IN PART The Guide glossary Mortgages Purchased in Whole have been purchased in their entirety by Freddie Mac. Mortgages Purchased in Part are Mortgages in which Freddie Mac has purchased or retained a participation interest. |
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MSP ASSIGNMENT Loan Prospector® Assignor (always a Lender) selects a Mortgage Service Provider (MSP) to share "Modify" access on the loan data. |
| MSP/NOTP
NAME Loan Prospector® A mortgage service provider (MSP), entity, or individual who provides contract underwriting, contract processing, and data integrity services for lenders. (NOTP is a non-originating third party.) |
| MSP/NOTP NUMBER Loan Prospector® Freddie Mac-assigned number for non-originating third parties (NOTPs), Mortgage Service Providers (MSPs) that access Loan Prospector directly. |
| MULTIFAMILY
MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Multifamily Mortgage is a Mortgage on real estate on which there is located a structure designed principally for residential use by more than four families. |
| MULTILENDER
SWAP CONTRACT The Guide glossary A MultiLender Swap Contract is an optional Purchase Contract entered into by the Seller to sell certain conventional fixed-rate Mortgages to Freddie Mac under the MultiLender Swap program. |
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NCUSIF-INSURED DEPOSITORY The Guide glossary NCUSIF is the abbreviation for the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund. An NCUSIF-Insured Depository is a depository institution whose deposits are insured by the NCUSIF. |
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NEGATIVE ADJUSTMENTS Servicing: Investor Accounting Deducted (shown as negative) amounts that need to be withdrawn from the bank account, or that you are waiting for Freddie Mac to process a debit on the Monthly Account Statement. Following are examples of transactions that you would carry as a negative adjustment:
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| NEGATIVE AMORTIZATION The Guide glossary Negative Amortization is the amount (i) by which the monthly interest calculated at the Note Rate exceeds the Borrower's scheduled monthly interest payment to the Servicer, and (ii) which is added to the unpaid principal balance (UPB) of the Mortgage. |
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% LIMIT Loan Prospector® Maximum loan-to-value (LTV) allowed for a negatively amortizing mortgage. |
| NEGATIVE AMORTIZATION
TYPE Loan Prospector® An indication if it is possible for the loan to have negative amortization on an Adjustable Rate Mortgage. |
| NEGOTIATED
PAYOFF Servicing: Investor Accounting A common negotiated payoff remittance is an accelerated payoff remittance cycle (PARC) where payoff proceeds are due 2, 3 or 4 business days following the exception date. Payoff remittances are due within five business days following the exception date unless you have a negotiated payoff remittance due date allowed in your contract. |
| NET LIFETIME
CEILING The Guide glossary For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARM), the Net Lifetime Ceiling is the Lifetime Ceiling minus the Minimum Contract Servicing Spread. |
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NET MARGIN The Guide glossary For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARM), the Net Margin is the Margin minus the Minimum Contract Servicing Spread. |
| NET NOTE RATE The Guide glossary For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARM), the Net Note Rate is the Note Rate minus the Minimum Contract Servicing Spread. |
| NET PURCHASE
PRICE Loan Prospector® The Net Purchase price is equal to the Gross Purchase Price minus any Sales Concessions or excess Financing Concessions. |
| NET RENTAL
INCOME (Monthly Income) Loan Prospector® Monthly rental income received on a property after the PITI and operating expenses have been deducted. |
| NET RENTAL
INCOME (REO Property) Loan Prospector® The total net income received for the referenced property in Real Estate Owned (REO). |
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NET
YIELD ACCOUNTING METHOD (also known as Scheduled/Actual) Servicing: Investor Accounting An accounting method used by most mortgages to:
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NEW CONDOMINIUM PROJECT A New Condominium Project is a Condominium Project in which:
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| NEWLY FUNDED
MORTGAGE (also known as New Funding) Servicing: Investor Accounting A mortgage mortgage you sold to Freddie Mac during the current accounting cycle. |
| NEWLY-CONVERTED CONDOMINIUM PROJECT Servicing: Investor Accounting A project with prior use for which the completion of the conversion is no more than three years before the date of the Mortgage application. The project typically also meets the definition of a New Condominium Project. |
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REFERENCE The Guide glossary A continuing obligation, such as rent, utilities and insurance, that requires periodic payments at least quarterly. The related ULDD Data Point name is Credit Reference Type (Loan Level). |
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NON-EXCEPTION
ACTIVITY Servicing: Investor Accounting Regular monthly activity of principal and interest payments made according to the terms and conditions of the security instrument executed by the borrower. Examples:
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NON-LOAN PROSPECTOR®
MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Mortgage that was:
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NON-OCCUPANT
BORROWER HOUSING EXPENSE Loan Prospector® Total monthly housing expenses for all non-occupant borrowers on the loan application. The monthly housing expense is the sum of the following monthly charges on the non-occupant borrowers' primary residence:
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NON-OCCUPANT
BORROWER NON-HOUSING DEBT Loan Prospector® Total monthly non-housing debt for all non-occupant borrower(s) on the application. The monthly non-occupant, non-housing debt is the sum of the following:
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| NOTE The Guide glossary A Note is the instrument evidencing the indebtedness secured by a Security Instrument. In the context of document custody, the term "Note" may be construed to include any power of attorney or any applicable modifying instrument, such as a modification, a conversion agreement or an assumption of indebtedness and release of liability agreement. |
| NOTE DATE The Guide glossary The Note Date is the date of the Note. |
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NOTE RATE The Guide glossary The Note Rate is the interest rate payable under the Note. For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARM), the Note Rate may adjust from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Note. The term Interest Rate may be used to refer to Note Rate. |
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NOTICE OF
ACCELERATION The Guide glossary A Notice of Acceleration is a written notice sent to the Borrower notifying the Borrower that:
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| NOTICE OF DEFAULT The Guide glossary A Notice of Default is a written notice sent to the Borrower stating that the Borrower is in violation of the terms of the Note and/or Security Instrument. The Notice contains a time limit within which the Borrower must cure or remedy the violation. When issued because of a delinquent monthly payment, this notice is usually sent out when the payment is 30 days delinquent. |
| NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS Loan Prospector® An indication the cumulative number of times the loan has been submitted to Loan Prospector AUS by both the originator and those assigned the loan. |
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NUMBER OF
UNITS Loan Prospector® Indicates the number of individual family dwelling units on the subject property. If the number of units is greater than one, make sure the property type coincides. |
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DUE DATE Servicing: Investor Accounting A mortgage with payments that are due on any day other than the first day of the month is referred to as an odd due date mortgage. |
| OFFER LETTER Servicing: Balloon/Resets The written offer you must send to a Borrower who has not responded to the Required Notice and whose Balloon/Reset Mortgage is covered by mortgage insurance. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| OFFERING IDENTIFIER Loan Prospector® Code used by Loan Prospector to identify the specific type of product offering. |
| ORIGINAL COST Loan Prospector® Original cost of the property at the time of acquisition. |
| ORIGINAL
REMITTANCE CYCLE Servicing: Investor Accounting A remittance option where funds are due to Freddie Mac the first Tuesday of the calendar month following the accounting cutoff. |
| ORIGINATION
DATE The Guide glossary The Origination Date is the date of the Note Date. |
| OTHER ASSETS The Guide glossary For use in Section 4.2, the "Other Assets" line items, less any other asset items that have previously been deducted. For example, if some of the "Other Intangibles" line items are included in "Other Assets," they must not be provided on the "Other Assets" line item. |
| OTHER BORROWER FUNDS The Guide glossary Funds derived from eligible sources, as described in Section 26.2(b), and paid by the Borrower in connection with the property purchase or Mortgage financing. |
| OTHER CREDIT
AMOUNT Loan Prospector® The dollar amount of the Other Credit Type (Purchase Credit Type) related to the loan application. |
| OTHER CREDIT
TYPE Loan Prospector® Specifies the general categories of credit on the transaction exclusive of financing. |
| OTHER FINANCING
P&I (for Current or Proposed) Loan Prospector® Amount of a periodic principal and interest payment (P&I) of a first mortgage on real estate. Principal is the monthly payment that reduces the remaining balance of the mortgage, and interest is the fee charged for borrowing the money. |
| OTHER
INTANGIBLES The Guide glossary For use in Section 4.2, copyrights, trademarks, patents and all Other Intangibles included on the Seller/Servicer's balance sheet "Other Intangibles" line item. |
| OTHER MORTGAGE
DOCUMENTS The Guide glossary For warehouse lending arrangements, Other Mortgage Documents are the title insurance policies, property insurance policies, Escrow agreements and all other agreements and documents relating to the Servicing or sale of, or the granting of a security interest in, the Mortgage. Other Mortgage Documents do not include the Note and the Security Instrument. |
| OVERLAPPING
CYCLES Servicing: Investor Accounting Cycles where during the last two weeks of each month, Freddie Mac processes transactions transmitted for two different cycles. Ensure you report the correct cycle date with your transmissions to avoid errors. Example: From March 16 until approximately March 27, Freddie Mac processes transactions for both the March and April cycles. The March cycle transactions are the monthly reporting for the March activity. The April cycle transactions are interim reporting, such as payoffs with an exception date of March 16 or later. |
| OVERTIME Loan Prospector® Additional hourly compensation paid for work beyond the usual and customary work period. |
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OWN/RENT (for
Current Address or Former Address) Loan Prospector® An indication of whether the borrower owns or rents the current place of residence or former place of residence. |
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OWNER-OCCUPANT The Guide glossary An Owner-Occupant is an individual who meets all of the following requirements:
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| OWNER OF RECORD The Guide glossary The entity or individual that appears in the public records as the legal owner. |
| PAPER ADJUSTMENT Servicing: Investor Accounting Adjustments that clear in the same cycle, or in a later cycle, after we process the corresponding transaction. |
| PARTICIPATION
LOAN Servicing: Investor Accounting A mortgage where two or more investors (participants) own a partial interest. Mortgages that are 100 percent participation are known as whole loans. |
| PARTNERSHIP Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices A legally defined form of business ownership. A firm owned by two or more persons who agree to share, not necessarily equally, in the profits and losses of the business. No stock is issued. The individual partners pay personal income tax on their share of income from the partnership. |
| PAYMENT CHANGE
DATE The Guide glossary For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARM), the Payment Change Date each date, as established in the Note, on which the monthly payment reflects any Note Rate adjustment. The related ULDD Data Point name is First Rate Change Payment Effective Date. |
| PAYMENT DUE
DATE Servicing: Investor Accounting The effective date stated on the note on which the payment is due every month. |
| PAYMENT RECEIVED
DATE Servicing: Investor Accounting The date on which the payment is actually received from the borrower. |
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PAYOFF Servicing: Investor Accounting The satisfaction of a mortgage due to:
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| PAYOFF DATE The Guide glossary The Payoff Date is the date the Servicer receives the amount necessary to pay off the Mortgage. |
| PC The Guide glossary A PC is a Mortgage Participation Certificate security issued pursuant to the PC Agreement, representing a beneficial ownership interest in a specified PC Pool. The term "PC" includes a Gold PC® and a WAC ARM PC, unless the context indicates otherwise. |
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PC COUPON The Guide glossary The PC Coupon is the interest rate, expressed as an annual percentage, which is passed through monthly to a security investor. For WAC ARM PCs, the PC Coupon is derived by calculating a weighted average of the Note Rates of the underlying Mortgages, and then subtracting the Required Spread and the Minimum Contract Servicing Spread. For Giant PCs, the PC Coupon is the same fixed interest rate as the underlying assets, and is generally in a multiple of 0.500%. |
| PC ISSUE DATE The Guide glossary The PC Issue Date is the first day of the month in which settlement for the related PC Pool or Giant PC Pool occurs. |
| PC LIFETIME
CEILING The Guide glossary For WAC ARM PCs, PC Lifetime Ceiling is the weighted average of the Lifetime Ceilings of the underlying Mortgages, minus the Required Spread and the Minimum Contract Servicing Spread. |
| PC
MARGIN The Guide glossary For WAC ARM PCs, the weighted average of the Margins of the underlying Mortgages, minus the Required Spread and the Minimum Contract Servicing Spread. |
| PC
OFFERING CIRCULAR The Guide glossary The PC Offering Circular is the offering circular, in effect on the Date of Seller's Offer, that relates to the Mortgages being purchased and the PCs being sold. The PC Offering Circular will be the Offering Circular for Mortgage Participation Certificates (Guaranteed). Each PC Offering Circular incorporates any supplements to that offering circular in effect on the Date of Seller's Offer or sale. |
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POOL The Guide glossary The PC Pool is a discrete group of Mortgages identified by a CUSIP Number and a PC Pool Number in the records maintained by Freddie Mac. |
| PC POOL NUMBER The Guide glossary A PC Pool Number is a unique numeric or alphanumeric designation used to identify a PC Pool or a Giant PC Pool. The first two characters of a PC Pool Number indicate the PC Prefix. |
| PC PREFIX The Guide glossary A PC Prefix is a two-character numeric or alphanumeric designation of the PC Pool Number that Freddie Mac uses to indicate terms and underlying Mortgage types of the PC Pool or the Giant PC Pool. |
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PENALTIES Servicing: Investor Accounting Additional costs to be paid that occur when there is:
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| PERCENT
OF COVERAGE Loan Prospector® Percent of the loan amount to be insured. |
| PERCENTAGE
OF AGED APPLIED TRANSACTIONS IN ERROR Servicing: Servicer Performance Profiles For Servicer Performance Profiles, criteria that give you the percentage of erroneous transactions that appear on the Loan Reconciliation Difference Report (LRDR) for three consecutive cycles. |
| PERCENTAGE
OF APPLIED TRANSACTIONS IN ERROR Servicing: Servicer Performance Profiles For Servicer Performance Profiles, criteria that include all loans in sections 1, 3 and 4, and loans aged 30 days or greater in section 2 on the Loan Reconciliation Difference Report for three cycles |
| PERCENTAGE
OF PARTICIPATION The Guide glossary The Percentage of Participation is the percentage that is stated on Form 381, Contract Delivery Summary, and Form 15A/C, Loan Purchase Statement, and represents the undivided interest in a Home Mortgage purchased by Freddie Mac under a Freddie Mac participation program. |
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PERIODIC
CAP The related ULDD Data Point names are:
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| PERMANENT FINANCING The Guide glossary For Construction Conversion Mortgages and Renovation Mortgages, the Permanent Financing is the long term financing used to replace the Interim Construction Financing that becomes effective after construction or renovation is completed and the Interim Construction Financing has been paid off, converted or modified. Permanent Financing begins on the Effective Date of the Permanent Financing. |
| PITI Servicing: Default Management The acronym for items included in the monthly mortgage payment: principal, interest, taxes, and insurance. |
| PITIAS PAYMENT The Guide glossary When used in connection with a Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) modification or Freddie Mac Standard Modification, the PITIAS payment is the payment that reflects the monthly housing expense on a Mortgage and is the sum of the following:
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PLANNED UNIT
DEVELOPMENT (PUD) The Guide glossary A Planned Unit Development (PUD) is a real estate project in which each unit owner holds title to a lot and the improvements on the lot, and the homeowners association holds title to the Common Elements. The unit owners have a right to the use of the Common Elements, and pay a fee to the HOA to maintain the Common Elements for their benefit. For the purpose of this definition, a Condominium Project is not a PUD. |
| PLEDGED MORTGAGES The Guide glossary Pledged Mortgages are Mortgages, with respect to which the Seller has granted a continuing lien and security interest in, or conveyed an ownership or other interest to, the Warehouse Lender, in either case pursuant to a Mortgage Warehousing Agreement. |
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MIP, FUNDING FEE Loan Prospector® Dollar amount paid for Private Mortgage Insurance, Mortgage Insurance Premium or VA funding fee. |
| PMI, MIP, FUNDING
FEE FINANCED Loan Prospector® Dollar amount of the Private Mortgage Insurance, Mortgage Insurance Premium or VA funding fee that is financed as part of the loan amount. Enter 0 if this amount is not financed. |
| POINT Servicing: Servicing System An amount equal to one percent of the Principal Balance of a Mortgage. |
| POOL SUPPLEMENT The Guide glossary A Pool Supplement is a disclosure document that supplements the PC Offering Circular and contains information about the Mortgages in a PC Pool as of Settlement Date. |
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POSITIVE BALANCES Servicing: Investor Accounting Add (show as positive) amounts that need to be deposited to the bank account, or that you are waiting for us to process a credit for on the Monthly Account Statement. Following are examples of transactions you would carry as a positive adjustment:
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PAYMENTS Servicing: Default Management Payments owed after the bankruptcy petition date are post-petition payments. Post-petition payments are the borrower’s regular mortgage payments. |
| PREMIUM FINANCING The Guide glossary Funds the lender derives from an increase in the interest rate on the Mortgage and the corresponding sale of the Mortgage at a premium. These funds may be used by the lender to pay Borrower's Closing Costs, Financing Costs and Prepaid/Escrows but may not be used to fund a temporary subsidy buydown plan on a "no cash-out" refinance Mortgage. The related ULDD valid value is Premium Funds. |
| PREMIUM SOURCE Loan Prospector® Indicates if the mortgage insurance payments are to be paid by the borrower or the lender. |
| PREPAIDS/ESCROWS The Guide glossary Prepaid interest, prepaid real estate taxes and Escrows, initial or renewal mortgage insurance premiums and Escrows, hazard or other insurance premiums, homeowners association fees and Escrows associated with a Mortgage transaction. |
| PREPAYMENT
PENALTY MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Prepayment Penalty Mortgage is a Mortgage with respect to which the Borrower is, or at any time has been, obligated to pay a designated penalty in the event of certain prepayments of principal. Prepayment Penalty Mortgages include 3-year Prepayment Penalty Mortgages and various Prepayment Penalty Mortgages as described in Section B33.3. |
| PRE-PETITION
PAYMENTS Servicing: Default Management Amounts owed prior to the bankruptcy petition date to bring the mortgage current, including, but not limited to, arrearages, late charges, escrow fees, and foreclosure expenses, are pre-petition payments, also referred to as plan payments. |
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PRESENT HOUSING
EXPENSE Loan Prospector® The total monthly housing expense for all borrowers on the loan application. The monthly housing expense is the sum of the following monthly charges on the borrowers' primary residence:
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PRIMARY
RESIDENCE The Guide glossary A Primary Residence is the residential property physically occupied by an owner as the principal home domicile. Among the criteria the Seller should consider in evaluating whether a property is a principal home domicile are the following:
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PRINCIPAL The Guide glossary A Principal, for purposes of Freddie Mac's policy concerning the exclusion of certain persons from participating in transactions or doing business, directly or indirectly, with Freddie Mac, may be:
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INTEREST CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT The Guide glossary A Principal and Interest Custodial Account is a Custodial Account, into which the Servicer deposits Principal and Interest Payments due to Freddie Mac. |
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PRINCIPAL
AND INTEREST CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT WORKSHEET Servicing: Investor Accounting A worksheet (Form 59) used to reconcile your P&I account. No line items can be added or deleted from Form 59, although you can transfer the form to a spreadsheet (Excel for example). The three sections of the worksheet are:
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INTEREST DISBURSEMENT CLEARING CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT The Guide glossary A Principal and Interest Disbursement Clearing Custodial is a Custodial Account established by a Servicer, at its option, specifically for drafting remittance funds due to Freddie Mac. The Servicer must deposit Principal and Interest Payments into the account immediately before remitting them to Freddie Mac. |
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PRINCIPAL
AND INTEREST PAYMENTS The Guide glossary For Custodial Accounts, Principal and Interest Payments include all of the following:
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| PRINCIPAL BALANCE
CORRECTION (often referred to as Negative PR) Servicing: Investor Accounting A correction that occurs when the Ending Unpaid Principal Balance (EUPB) is higher than the Beginning Unpaid Principal Balance (BUPB) for reasons other than negative amortization or loan modification. |
| PRINCIPAL DUE
(also called Principal Reduction or PR) Servicing: Investor Accounting The difference between the Beginning Unpaid Principal Balance (BUPB) and the Ending Unpaid Principal Balance (EUPB) for the current accounting cycle. |
| PROCESSING Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices The preparation of a mortgage application and collection of supporting documents for underwriting. |
| PROJECT DOCUMENTS The Guide glossary The term Project Documents for a project and any Master Association refers to any and all documents that pertain to the following:
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| PROPERTY Servicing: Balloon/Resets The mortgaged premises; the mortgaged premises are the land and improvements thereon subject to the lien of the Mortgage. |
| PROPERTY DISPOSITION Loan Prospector® The borrower's intended disposition of real estate owned. |
| PROPERTY INSPECTION
ALTERNATIVE (PIA) The Guide glossary Loan Prospector Minimum Assessment Feedback (MAF) message specified on the Feedback Certificate indicating that a Mortgage may be originated without an appraisal or inspection of the Mortgaged Premises. |
| PROPERTY TO
BE HELD IN Loan Prospector® Specifies the intended property ownership rights for the subject property. |
| PROPERTY TYPE Loan Prospector® Structure type of the subject property. |
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PROPOSED HOUSING
(PITI--Principal, Interest, Taxes and Insurance) Loan Prospector® Monthly housing expense for the subject property. Equal to the Proposed Monthly Housing Expense Total found on the loan application. Calculating PITI (Principal, Interest, Taxes, and Insurance): To calculate the PITI, add the following monthly housing expenses together for the property being financed:
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| PUBLICLY TRADED CORPORATIONS Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices A corporation whose stock is traded on a stock exchange and can be purchased by anyone. The Securities and Exchange Commission regulates publicly traded corporations. |
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PURCHASE
CONTRACT The Guide glossary The Purchase Contract is an agreement between the Seller and Freddie Mac covering the purchase of a specific dollar amount of Mortgages, the Seller's obligation to deliver such Mortgages on a mandatory or optional basis, and the delivery period. The Purchase Contract may be a:
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| PURCHASE
CONTRACT DATE OF ACCEPTANCE The Guide glossary The Purchase Contract Date of Acceptance is the date Freddie Mac accepts the Seller's offer as stated in a Purchase Contract. Freddie Mac inserts this date on the Purchase Contract. |
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CONTRACT EXPIRATION DATE The Guide glossary The Purchase Contract Expiration Date is the date on which the Purchase Contract expires. |
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PURCHASE
DOCUMENTS The Guide glossary The Purchase Documents are the following:
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| PURCHASE ELIGIBILITY Loan Prospector® Indicates whether, and under what conditions, Freddie Mac will purchase the assessment as submitted to Loan Prospector. |
| PURCHASE PROCEEDS The Guide glossary For warehouse financing arrangements, the Purchase Proceeds are the proceeds, which may be cash, PCs or Giant PCs, payable to a Warehouse Lender by Freddie Mac on behalf of the Seller for Freddie Mac's purchase, in whole or in part, of a Pledged Mortgage. |
| PURCHASE RESTRICTION Loan Prospector® Message(s) returned on the Full Feedback Certificate that indicate(s) the reason(s) the transaction may be ineligible for purchase by Freddie Mac. |
| PURPOSE OF
LOAN Loan Prospector® The purpose for which the borrower will use the loan. |
| PURPOSE OF
REFINANCE Loan Prospector® Identifies the type of refinance mortgage. |
| No Entries |
| RATING AGENCIES Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices Companies that analyze the strength of other companies and assign a comparative rate to each company evaluated. Examples would include Moody's Investors Services, Standard and Poor's Financial Institution Rating Service, Cates Consulting Analysis, Sheshunoff Information Services, and IDC Financial Publishing, Inc. |
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REAL
ESTATE OWNED (REO) The Guide glossary Real Estate Owned is property acquired through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure. For use in Section 4.2, REO includes the following:
A transfer to REO (Real Estate Owned) occurs when a property is not sold at the foreclosure sale and we take title of the property. When we acquire the property we reimburse you for the interest you reported and remitted to us when the mortgage was delinquent. |
| RECAPTURE The Guide glossary A provision in certain IDA programs that requires repayment of the matched funds to the Agency providing the matching funds under certain specified circumstances. |
| RECOURSE Servicing: Default Management A condition of sale of a mortgage to Freddie Mac, by which a seller bears all risks and costs of a borrower default, including foreclosure costs. |
| REDEMPTION
PERIOD Servicing: Default Management The time allowed by law, in some states, during which a borrower may reclaim foreclosed property by paying the full amount of the foreclosure sales price, including fees and interest. Some states further extend this right to the junior lienholder or other parties. |
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REINSTATEMENT Servicing: Investor Accounting The process of restoring an inactive mortgage to an active status. As part of the reinstatement, you must report and remit all interest due whether or not you received it from the borrower. |
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FULL Servicing: Default Management The borrower restores a delinquent mortgage to active status by paying, in one lump sum, the total amount delinquent, including advances, accrued interest, legal costs and other expenses. |
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PARTIAL Servicing: Default Management The borrower restores a delinquent mortgage to active status by paying an amount less than the total amount delinquent (including advances, legal costs and other expenses incurred), signing a repayment plan for the remaining arrearage, and completing the repayment plan. |
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RELATED PERSON The Guide glossary A person that is any of the following:
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| RELIEF OPTION Servicing: Default Management An alternative to foreclosure providing a borrower with temporary relief and the opportunity to cure a delinquency over a defined period of time. |
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REMITTANCE
ANALYSIS (Also known as: Cash Statement) Servicing: Investor Accounting A summary report Freddie Mac sends you that can help you manage and monitor your remittance process. The report summarizes:
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REMITTANCE
OPTIONS Servicing: Investor Accounting For monthly processing, the option you selected at the time the mortgage was sold to us. The remittance option is listed on the Funding Detail Report sent to you at the time of funding. You may select more than one remittance option in your portfolio. The five most commonly used remittance options are:
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REMITTING Servicing: Investor Accounting The process of initiating a transfer of funds due Freddie Mac from your Freddie Mac custodial account. |
| RENEWAL OPTION Loan Prospector® An indication that the mortgage insurance renewal rate is based on the original loan amount (constant balance) or on the remaining amortized loan amount (declining balance). |
| RENEWAL TYPE Loan Prospector® An indication of the type of mortgage insurance renewal. |
| RENOVATION MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Mortgage, the proceeds from which are used for the Permanent Financing that replaces the Interim Construction Financing obtained by the Borrower to purchase or refinance the land and an existing site-built home and to repair, restore, rehabilitate or renovate the site-built home. The related ULDD valid value is Construction to Permanent. |
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REORDER CREDIT Loan Prospector® Outreach Optional service allowing the user to request fresh credit to be used in Loan Prospector Outreach for assessment within an existing client file. The assessment expiration date, reflecting the date the credit and assessment expires, will display on the Housing Counselor Results for each client. |
| REPAYMENT PLAN Servicing: Default Management An agreement between you and a borrower that gives the borrower a defined period of time to reinstate a delinquent mortgage by making payments in excess of the monthly payment. |
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REPORTING Servicing: Investor Accounting The process of transmitting information to Freddie Mac based on the accounting activity (or non-activity) for each mortgage in your Freddie Mac portfolio.
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| REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY UNPAID PRINCIPAL BALANCE The Guide glossary The aggregate unpaid principal balance (UPB) as of the last day of each calendar month of all Mortgages and Real Estate Owned (REO) for which the Seller/Servicer is currently liable to Freddie Mac for the sale and/or Servicing representations, covenants and warranties in the Purchase Documents with respect to such Mortgages and REO. |
| REPURCHASE Servicing: Servicing System The requirement that a Seller/Servicer must buy back a Mortgage previously sold to Freddie. The reasons for repurchase include, but not limited to, those specified in Sections 6.12 and 72.1 of the Single-Family Seller/Servicer Guide. |
| REQUEST FOR
RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS (Form 1036) Servicing: Default Management A form that the Seller/Servicer must send to the custodian authorizing the custodian to release the Freddie Mac note or assignment. |
| REQUIRED DELIVERY
DATE The Guide glossary The Required Delivery Date specified in a Master Commitment is the expiration date of Freddie Mac's purchase commitment under the Master Commitment and the last date upon which the Seller may settle Guarantor, WAC ARM Guarantor or MultiLender Swap transactions entered into under the Master Commitment. |
| REQUIRED DELIVERY
DATE (as it applies to the Selling System) The Guide glossary For Mortgages sold through the Freddie Mac Selling System (Selling System), the Required Delivery Date specified in a Master Commitment shall be deemed to be the expiration date of Freddie Mac's purchase commitment under the Master Commitment and the last date upon which the Seller may settle Guarantor, WAC ARM Guarantor or MultiLender Swap transactions entered into under the Master Commitment and the Selling System. |
| REQUIRED NET
LIFETIME CEILING The Guide glossary For the ARM Cash program, the Required Net Lifetime Ceiling is the minimum Net Lifetime Ceiling required by Freddie Mac for a given Purchase Contract. |
| REQUIRED NET
MARGIN The Guide glossary For the ARM Cash program, the Required Net Margin is the minimum Net Margin required by Freddie Mac for a given Purchase Contract. |
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REQUIRED
NET YIELD (RNY) The Guide glossary The Required Net Yield (RNY) is the amount of interest Freddie Mac receives from each Mortgage that it purchases. Freddie Mac publishes RNYs for various programs and commitment periods. These RNYs represent the interest that Freddie Mac must receive if purchasing a Mortgage for cash under the specific program and commitment period at a par price. The fixed-rate RNY is used to:
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| REQUIRED
NOTICE Servicing: Balloon/Resets The written notice you must send to the Borrower to comply with the Balloon Rider and Balloon Note Addendum advising the Borrower of the Balloon Payment due on the Balloon Maturity Date and of the Reset Option. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| REQUIRED SPREAD The Guide glossary For the Guarantor and MultiLender Swap programs, the Required Spread is the management and guarantee fee retained by Freddie Mac as specified in the applicable Purchase Documents. |
| RESERVES Loan Prospector® The amount of verified assets after the down payment and closing costs have been paid, as determined by the originator. All reserves entered in Loan Prospector must be verified. |
| RESET (Resetting) Servicing: Balloon/Resets The act of changing the interest rate and extending the term of a Balloon/Reset Mortgage for either an Eligible or an Ineligible Borrower. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| RESET CONDITIONS The Guide glossary For a Balloon/Reset Mortgage, the Reset Conditions are the conditions set forth in Paragraph 2 of both the Balloon Note Addendum and the Balloon Rider that must be met for the Borrower to be entitled to exercise the Reset Option. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| RESET DATE Servicing: Balloon/Resets For a Reset Mortgage, the effective date of the Reset Note Rate and is always the same as the Balloon Maturity Date. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
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RESET
MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Reset Mortgage is the fixed-rate Mortgage that results from the changing of the interest rate and extension of the term of a Balloon Note when:
Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| RESET NOTE
RATE The Guide glossary The Reset Note Rate is the Note Rate of a Reset Mortgage. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| RESET
OPTION The Guide glossary The Reset Option is the Borrower's option to modify and extend a Balloon Note on the Balloon Maturity Date as provided in the Balloon Note Addendum and Balloon Rider, subject to the Borrower satisfying all the Reset Conditions. For a 5-year Balloon/Reset Mortgage, the term will extend for an additional 25 years. For a 7-year Balloon/Reset Mortgage, the term will extend for an additional 23 years. |
| RESET RIDER Servicing: Balloon/Resets The term used throughout this manual to indicate both the Balloon Note Addendum and the Balloon Rider. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE CREDIT REPORT Discover Gold Through Quality A credit report meeting the requirements of Section 37.10 of the Guide. |
| RESTRUCTURED MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Mortgage in which the original terms have been changed, including through the origination of a new Mortgage, resulting in any of the following:
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| RETAIL MORTGAGE
The Guide glossary A Mortgage that is originated, underwritten and funded by a lender or its Affiliates. The Mortgage is closed in the name of the lender or its Affiliate and if it is sold to Freddie Mac, it is sold by the lender or the Affiliate that originated it. A Mortgage that a Mortgage Broker or Correspondent completely or partially originated, processed, underwrote, packaged, funded or closed will not be considered, and should not be delivered as, a Retail Mortgage. |
| REVIEWED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS The Guide glossary Financial statements reviewed in accordance with the AICPA's Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Service (SSARS). |
| REVISED TRANSACTION Servicing: Investor Accounting A revised transaction you send when you need to change the information transmitted for a mortgage. If it passes all the edits, then the revised transaction will replace any other transactions submitted during the current cycle for the mortgage. Our reporting system includes a flag used to tell us that a transaction is a revision. |
| REVISION WINDOW Servicing: Investor Accounting A timeframe that begins when you receive your edit reports and ends a couple of days prior to closing our system. The exact window timeframe varies every cycle. Freddie Mac continues to process loan-level transactions until we final a cycle, there is a revision window to transmit corrections. Contact your Freddie Mac Loan Portfolio Specialist before you transmit a correction late in the month to confirm the exact revision window timeframe. |
| REVISIONS Servicing: Investor Accounting A loan-level change to information for a loan already reported flagged as a revision. A revision tells our computer “this is the transaction you want to process.” A revision overrides any previous transaction. You may transmit revisions for the current cycle approximately two to three business days before the end on the month (depending on the cycle). For the exact date, contact your Freddie Mac Loan Portfolio Specialist. |
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RISK CLASS/CLASSIFICATION The Guide glossary The category listed on the Feedback Certificate that defines the level of underwriting required, any special underwriting provisions and, if applicable, relief from certain warranties. |
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RISK OF PROPERTY
OWNERSHIP The Guide glossary Risk of Property Ownership exists when there is a risk of liability to Freddie Mac if we become the owner of the property. For example, there is Risk of Property Ownership if Hazardous Substances exist on or around the property, or the property has been cited for a lead-based paint violation, or if the property is in such deteriorated condition that it poses a safety risk. |
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SERVICE (RHS) The Guide glossary An agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. |
| RURAL HOUSING
SERVICE (RHS) LEVERAGED SECOND The Guide glossary An RHS Leveraged Second is the Section 502 direct leveraged second loan originated by RHS pursuant to Section 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 USC 1472) and the RHS Second Loan Regulations. The RHS Leveraged Second is not eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| SAIF The Guide glossary SAIF is the abbreviation for the Savings Association Insurance Fund, which is the successor to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) insurance fund. |
| SCHEDULED INTEREST The Guide glossary Scheduled Interest is the monthly interest scheduled to be paid under the amortization schedule applicable to the Mortgage. |
| SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL The Guide glossary Scheduled Principal is the monthly principal scheduled to be paid under the amortization schedule applicable to the Mortgage. |
| SCHEDULED/ACTUAL
ACCOUNTING METHOD (also known as Net Yield Accounting Method) Servicing: Investor Accounting See Net Yield Accounting Method |
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SCHEDULED/SCHEDULED
ACCOUNTING METHOD Servicing: Investor Accounting An investor reporting accounting method used for mortgages sold with the Super ARC (Accelerated Remittance Cycle) remittance option. Principal and Interest (P&I) are calculated the same using either the Scheduled/Scheduled or the Guaranteed Timely P& I method. P& I are reported to Freddie Mac according to the loan's amortization schedule.
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| SCRA
(Servicemembers Civil Relief Act) Servicing: Investor Accounting Relief under the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003 (SCRA), which replaced the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 (SSCRA), as amended, is available to Borrowers covered by the SCRA as detailed below, regardless of duty station and whether this station is in a combat zone. You must be familiar and comply with all the provisions of the SCRA or applicable State law as it relates to service members. The SCRA covers the following:
If the Borrower requests military relief other than interest rate relief provided under the SCRA, you must submit Form 105, Multipurpose Loan Servicing Transmittal, for a Home Mortgage or Form 102, Second Mortgage/HIL Servicing Transmittal, for a Second Mortgage/HIL to us [11] within 10 Business Days of receiving the Borrower's request. You must include all relevant information along with your recommendation. Compulsory training that civilians must undergo periodically to retain membership in the reserve components of the armed services or the National Guard is not considered active duty for military relief purposes. |
| SEASONED
MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Seasoned Mortgage is one of the following:
Seasoned Mortgages are eligible for sale under negotiated contracts only. |
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SECOND HOME Servicing: Balloon/Resets A Second Home is a 1-unit residential Property owned by the Borrower, occupied by the Borrower for some portion of the year, and is not subject to any timesharing ownership arrangements. The Property must be:
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| SECOND MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Second Mortgage is a Mortgage on real estate on which there is located a structure designed principally for residential use by one to four families and is subordinate only to the lien of the first Mortgage. |
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SECONDARY
FINANCING Loan Prospector A lien junior to a mortgage delivered to Freddie Mac. |
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SECONDARY USE CREDIT DATA Loan Prospector® Viewed credit data for the same loan application by secondary parties. |
| SECTION 184
NATIVE AMERICAN MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Mortgage guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to the Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Program, Section 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 and originated pursuant to the Section 184 Regulations and the terms of the Guide. The related ULDD Data Point name is Public And Indian Housing. |
| SECTION 502
GRH MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Mortgage originated to qualified Borrowers living in rural areas that is guaranteed by RHS pursuant to Section 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 USC 1472) and originated and serviced pursuant to the RHS Guaranteed Regulations and the terms of the Guide. The related ULDD valid value is USDA Rural Housing. |
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SECURITY COUPON The Guide glossary For Mortgages sold through the Freddie Mac Selling System (Selling System), Security Coupon is PC Coupon as that term is defined in the Glossary. |
| SECURITY
INSTRUMENT The Guide glossary A Security Instrument is the instrument (Mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt) creating a valid lien on real estate. |
| SECURITY PRODUCT The Guide glossary For Mortgages sold through the Freddie Mac Selling System (Selling System), Security Product is the Mortgage Product being pooled to form a Mortgage Participation Certificate security ("PC"). |
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SELECTED BORROWER The Guide glossary The Borrower identified on the Feedback Certificate as the Borrower whose credit reputation Loan Prospector® most heavily relied upon when determining the Risk Class of the Mortgage. |
| SELECTED REPOSITORY Loan Prospector® Credit Repository providing credit information on which the Loan Prospector assessment was based, and which generated the repository reason codes provided on the Full Feedback Certificate |
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SELF EMPLOYED
INCOME Loan Prospector® Borrower’s total monthly self employment income. This income comes from any businesses in which the borrower has 25% or more ownership. Self employed income should be included in the Monthly Income field, or in the Monthly Income Breakdown fields, if considered for qualification purposes. |
| SELLER Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices An entity approved to sell mortgages to Freddie Mac. |
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SELLER NUMBER
Loan Prospector® Freddie Mac-assigned number indicating a company approved to do business directly with Freddie Mac. Loan Prospector AUS automatically enters this value on the Loan Prospector Main page from the User Profile page. Loan Prospector AUS enters the generic Seller Number 121555 for brokers; they cannot edit or change this number. However, a mortgage service provider (MSP) can update the number on the Loan Prospector Main page when entering a new loan. The Seller number is no longer updateable after a LP AUS Key and Loan Application Number are affiliated with a transaction. |
| SELLER-OWNED
CONVERTED MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Convertible ARM that is owned by a Seller/Servicer and that was converted to a fixed interest rate before the Sale of the mortgage to Freddie Mac. See also Converted Mortgage. Convertible ARMs are not eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| SELLER-OWNED
MODIFIED MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Mortgage that is owned by a Seller/Servicer and modified prior to sale to Freddie Mac. |
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SELLER/SERVICER The Guide glossary A Seller/Servicer is an institution approved to:
The term "Servicer," as used in this Guide and the other Purchase Documents, refers to a Seller/Servicer acting in its capacity as a servicer of Mortgages for Freddie Mac. A wholly owned subsidiary of a Seller/Servicer that is a federally regulated depository institution, acting on behalf of the Seller/Servicer, in the Seller/Servicer's name and under the Seller/Servicer's Freddie Mac Seller/Servicer number, does not need separate Freddie Mac approval. The Seller/Servicer remains fully liable to Freddie Mac under the Purchase Documents with respect to any Mortgage originated or sold to or serviced for Freddie Mac by the subsidiary on behalf of the Seller/Servicer. Wholly owned subsidiaries of Seller/Servicers that are non-depository and/or non-regulated institutions (such as Mortgage Bankers) must obtain a separate Freddie Mac approval in order to do business with Freddie Mac. A Seller/Servicer must be an institution that meets all of the following conditions:
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| SELLING
SYSTEM Selling System A web-based system that integrates all secondary marketing functions on one platform. |
| SENIOR MANAGEMENT Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices The person or persons with the authority to affect any changes warranted by the information provided to them. These individuals should also be free of any conflict of interest in performing this oversight role; for example, their compensation should not be related to the evaluation or approval of the lender's mortgage broker or correspondent. |
| SEPARATE CONSTRUCTION CONVERSION DOCUMENTATION The Guide glossary/Resets Documentation of the Construction Conversion Mortgage or Renovation Mortgage when the lender providing the Permanent Financing pays off the Interim Construction Financing with the proceeds of a new Mortgage. A new Note and Security Instrument are executed. |
| SERVICER Servicing: Balloon/Resets An institution acting in its capacity as a Servicer of Mortgages for Freddie Mac. |
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SERVICER PERFORMANCE
PROFILE The Guide glossary A Servicer Performance Profile is a management tool that Freddie Mac uses to:
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| SERVICER SUCCESS SCORECARD The Guide glossary A confidential monthly performance review for all Servicers which measures a Servicer's performance based on key criteria in two categories, investor reporting and remitting, and default management. |
| SERVICING The Guide glossary Servicing is the performance of applicable obligations described in the Purchase Documents, including tasks necessary to maintain Mortgages sold to Freddie Mac in a manner that protects Freddie Mac's interests. |
| SERVICING AGENT The Guide glossary A Servicing Agent is a Servicer that has received Freddie Mac's authorization to act on behalf of another Servicer in Servicing Mortgages purchased by Freddie Mac. |
| SERVICING RELEASED SALES PROCESS The Guide glossary The Servicing Released Sales Process is a contract option under which a Seller sells fixed-rate or under a Mandatory Cash Contract or a Best Efforts Contract and concurrently transfers Servicing to a Freddie Mac-approved Servicer selected by Freddie Mac. Mortgages sold under this contract option may be referred to as "Mortgages sold servicing released." |
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SERVICING
SPREAD The Guide glossary The Servicing Spread is the amount of interest income retained by the Servicer from each Mortgage as compensation for Servicing that Mortgage, and is the amount by which the Note Rate exceeds the Accounting Net Yield applicable to that Mortgage. Selling System The Mortgage Coupon less the Accounting Net Yield. The portion of the Coupon Rate retained by the Seller or designated Servicer as compensation for servicing the Mortgages. Servicing: Investor Accounting The servicing spread (sometimes called the servicing fee) is the amount you keep for servicing the mortgage for Freddie Mac. It is the difference between the note rate and the ANY. If we round to the nearest 1/8 when calculating the new ANY and the note does not provide for rounding the note rate, the servicing spread may change after a note rate change, but will be within a range for the term of the note. |
| SETTLEMENT
CYCLE The Guide glossary The Settlement Cycle is the period during which Freddie Mac broadcasts the PC Pool to the Federal Reserve; publishes pool disclosure statistics; and prepares the Funding Detail Report and Form 15A or Form 15C, Loan Purchase Statement, as applicable. For Mortgages sold through the Freddie Mac Selling System (Selling System), this period begins on the morning after the Final Delivery Date and ends on the Settlement Date. In addition, in the Selling System, the terms Settlement Cycle, funding cycle and purchase cycle can be used interchangeably. |
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SETTLEMENT
DATE The Guide glossary For the Guarantor and MultiLender Swap programs, the Settlement Date is the date when Freddie Mac purchases the Mortgages and sells the PCs or Giant PCs to the Seller. For purposes of this Guide, the Settlement Date is the Funding Date. Mortgage delivery must be made in advance to meet the established Settlement Date. Investor Accounting: Custodial Accounting The settlement date is the date of the mortgage note, also known as the origination date. |
| SFHA Servicing: Default Management Special Flood Hazard Area. |
| SHORT-TERM
FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT Servicing: Default Management A written agreement between you and the borrower to reduce monthly payments for a period of time not to exceed six months, or suspend monthly payments for a period of time not to exceed three months, from the date of the agreement. At the end of the short-term forbearance period, the borrower must cure the delinquency through full reinstatement, a repayment plan not exceeding 12 months from the due date of the last paid installment, or payment in full. |
| SHORTAGE PERCENTAGE Servicing: Servicer Performance Profiles For Servicer Performance Profiles, the cumulative total of each day's cash shortage amount expressed as a percentage of the total due to Freddie Mac for the three-month cycle. |
| SINGLE-FAMILY
SELLER/SERVICER GUIDE (The Guide) The legal document stating Freddie Mac’s requirements and guidelines for Mortgages secured by 1- to 4-unit properties that Seller/Servicers are obligated to adhere to. This document is amended from time to time. |
| SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices An unincorporated business owned by one person; also called "individual partnership." The individual owner has all rights to profits from the business as well as all the liability and losses. |
| SPECIAL RESET
MORTGAGE TITLE INSURANCE Servicing: Balloon/Resets A type of title insurance designed specifically for Freddie Mac Reset Mortgages. This coverage insures that the priority, validity and enforceability of the Mortgage has not been affected by the Reset. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| SSCRA
(SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 1940) Servicing: Investor Accounting See SCRA. |
| STABLE MONTHLY
INCOME Servicing: Servicer Performance Profiles For Servicer Performance Profiles, the borrower’s verified gross monthly income from all sources expected to continue for at least the next three years. |
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STANDARD DOCUMENTATION The Guide glossary The minimum Documentation Level that is required for:
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| STANDARDIZED
ADDRESS Loan Prospector® The subject property address submitted through Loan Prospector has been verified for accuracy and validity based on the U.S. Postal Service address database. The address will be returned in a standardized format in the Address Information subsection of the Full Feedback Certificate. |
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STATE The Guide glossary As used in the Freddie Mac Single Family Seller/Servicer Guide, the term "State" includes the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as well as the 50 States. |
| STATED INCOME The Guide glossary All qualifying income reported on the Mortgage application by the Borrower. |
| STEP
RATE BALLOON LOAN MODIFICATION Servicing: Balloon/Resets A modification product specifically designed for use with maturing Balloon/Reset Mortgages that allows for a fixed rate of interest for the first five years of the remaining term at the Borrower’s Ability to Pay Rate. The interest rate beginning at year six, adjusts (steps) to the 60-day RNY in effect at the time of approval or at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on the 45th day prior to the Maturity Date, whichever is higher, plus 37.5 basis points rounded to the nearest 1/8%. It is also the name of the form executed by a Borrower who’s Mortgage we identified as having an imminent danger of default evidencing a modification and extension of a maturing Balloon/Reset Mortgage. Balloon/Reset Mortgages are no longer eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| STRAW BORROWER Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices A form of fraud where one person purchases property or takes out a mortgage for another to conceal the identity of the real borrower. Usually the real borrower would not qualify for the mortgage. |
| STREAMLINED
DOCUMENTATION The Guide glossary The minimum Documentation Level required for Accept Mortgages that receive a Risk Class of Accept with a feedback message indicating Streamlined Accept eligibility. |
| SUBORDINATE
AMOUNT Loan Prospector® Total amount of subordinate financing. This is the total amount of financing by a type of debt inferior to this loan, including HELOC current balances. |
| SUBORDINATION
AGREEMENT Servicing: Balloon/Resets The document used to move a prior or senior Mortgage lien into a secondary position, or to prohibit a junior lien from becoming a senior lien when a modification to the existing senior lien is recorded. |
| SUBSEQUENT
ADJUSTMENT PERCENTAGE Loan Prospector® Percentage change in the temporary subsidy buydown rate at each adjustment period after the initial adjustment. For instance, if the interest rate will increase .750 percent after the initial adjustment, the subsequent adjustment percentage = 750. |
| SUBSEQUENT
TRANSFER OF SERVICING The Guide glossary A Subsequent Transfer of Servicing means Servicing is transferred after Freddie Mac purchases the transferring Mortgages. |
| SUBSIDIARY The Guide glossary For Wholesale Home Mortgages, a corporation that is controlled by a Seller through the Seller's ownership of sufficient shares of voting stock to control the appointment of the members of the board of directors of the Subsidiary. |
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ACCELERATED REMITTANCE CYCLE (Super ARC) Servicing: Investor Accounting An investor reporting remittance option where funds are due to Freddie Mac on a contract-specified calendar day between the 1st and 15th calendar day of the month. The funds must be available the preceding business day if the calendar day is a non-business day. Super ARC remittances will use the scheduled/scheduled accounting procedure because you will remit funds before the accounting cutoff. |
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SYSTEM CLEARED
EDIT REPORT Servicing: Investor Accounting A report that lists transactions with edits our system was able to resolve and process. Our system will
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| TEMPORARY
SUBSIDY BUYDOWN (Also Known As: Temp Subsidy Buydown) Loan Prospector® Money paid by the borrower or a third party to pay down the interest rate (reducing the borrower's monthly payment) for a specific period of time. A temporary subsidy buydown can be included with either a fixed loan or an adjustable loan; it does not affect the Plan Type. |
| TEXAS EQUITY SECTION 50(a)(6) MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A First Lien home equity refinance Mortgage originated pursuant to Section 50(a)(6) of Article XVI of the Texas Constitution secured by homestead property located in Texas and meeting the requirements of Section 24.8 and other sections referenced in Section 24.8. |
| THIRD PARTY
FORECLOSURE SALE (exception code 71 for Conventional mortgages, exception
code 73 for FHA/VA mortgages) Servicing: Investor Accounting Someone other than the mortgagee, mortgagor, or their representative. A third-party foreclosure sale occurs when a third party purchases the property at the foreclosure sale. The exception date you report on your loan-level transaction is the foreclosure sale date. You report and remit the third-party foreclosure sale within five business days of receipt of funds. |
| TIER The Guide glossary A Tier is the rating that a Servicer receives on its Servicer Performance Profile. A Tier rating is given for both the investor reporting and remitting and default management categories of the profile. The Tier can be a number from 1 through 4, and "V" or "X" only for default management. |
| TIME DEPOSIT The Guide glossary A Time Deposit refers to funds deposited in a certificate of deposit held in a financial institution for a fixed term or with the understanding that the depositor can withdraw the funds only by giving prior notice. |
| TITLE ENDORSEMENT Servicing: Default Management A document issued by a title insurer at or after the time a title insurance policy is issued. The endorsement may either provide additional coverage to a title insurance policy or reverse the coverage of a prior policy. |
| TITLE REPORT Servicing: Balloon/Resets A report on the current status of title to a Property as it pertains to any defects, encumbrances, liens or covenants. A Title Report is also known as a title search. |
| TITLE SEARCH Servicing: Default Management A review of the public records to determine the identity of parties having an interest in the property and to determine the existence and nature of any liens or claims outstanding on the property. Also know as title examination, rundown or abstract. |
| TLTV (Total
Loan-to-Value) Loan Prospector® The total loan-to-value (TLTV) ratio provided by Loan Prospector is obtained by dividing the sum of the First Lien Mortgage amount and the disbursed amount of the Home Equity Line of Credit and any other secondary financing by the lesser of property's purchase price or appraised value. |
| TOTAL GIFT
FUND Loan Prospector® Money given to borrower(s) to assist with the down payment, closing costs and prepaids. This includes both gift funds received and those not yet received. |
| TOTAL LIABILITY Servicing: Investor Accounting Amount that shows the adjustment to the net current amount due to Freddie Mac for amounts reported, but not collected (delinquents), and for amounts collected, but not reported (prepaids). |
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TOTAL MONTHLY
DEBT Loan Prospector® Total monthly debt of all borrowers on the loan application, including non-occupant Co-borrowers. The components of total debt may differ depending on the occupancy type and Co-borrower occupancy status for the subject loan. Calculate Total Monthly Debt as the sum of the monthly charges for the following:
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| TOTAL VARIANCE Servicing: Investor Accounting Amount identifying the variance between the adjusted bank balance and the adjusted liability. |
| TRADELINE The Guide glossary The type of credit obligation and its associated information, such as date opened, balance and periodic payment history, that is typically listed on a credit report. |
| TRADITIONAL
TITLE INSURANCE Servicing: Balloon/Resets The standard American Land Title Association (ALTA) form coverage issued by title insurers. To obtain this coverage, an insured must obtain a Title Report. |
| TRANSACTION Loan Prospector® Copy of loan information created during each submission of loan data to Loan Prospector AUS. Each copy can be viewed and assigned, and have its own results associated with it. |
| TRANSACTION
ID Loan Prospector® A Freddie Mac generated identifier that identifies the unique transaction for the loan. Only the last transaction of a loan can be modified or assigned to a wholesaler. |
| TRANSACTION
NUMBER The Guide glossary The Transaction Number (also known as the AUS Transaction Number) is a randomly generated number that is assigned to a specific Loan Prospector® submission. For example, if an individual Mortgage is submitted to Loan Prospector five times, the same Key Number will be used, but each submission will generate a different Transaction Number. |
| TRANSACTIONS
IN ERROR Servicing: Investor Accounting For Servicer Performance Profiles, criteria that includes all loans in section 1,3, 4 and loans aged 30 days or greater in Section 2 of the Loan Reconciliation Difference Report for the most recent three-month period. |
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TRANSFER OF
OWNERSHIP The Guide glossary Transfer of Ownership includes, but is not limited to, the conveyance of the Mortgaged Premises or any right, title or interest in the Mortgaged Premises, whether legal or equitable, voluntary or involuntary, by any of the following methods:
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| TRANSFER
OF SERVICING The Guide glossary A Transfer of Servicing means the assignment, sale, conveyance or other transfer of all Servicing duties and responsibilities set forth in the Purchase Documents with respect to Mortgages and Real Estate Owned (REO) owned in whole or in part by Freddie Mac. |
| TRANSFEREE SERVICER The Guide glossary For Transfers of Servicing, the Transferee Servicer is the Servicer that acquires, or proposes to acquire, the Servicing of one or more Mortgages, or of the Mortgage portfolio. |
| TRANSFEREE
CUSTODIAN FOR CONCURRENT TRANSFER OF SERVICING Servicing: Servicing System The Custodian receiving delivery of the Note in accordance with the requirements of the Purchase Documents. |
| TRANSFEROR SELLER The Guide glossary For a Concurrent Transfer of Servicing, the Transferor Seller that transfers, or proposes to transfer, Servicing of one or more Mortgages at the same time Freddie Mac purchases the transferring Mortgage(s). |
| TRANSFEROR SERVICER The Guide glossary For a Subsequent Transfer of Servicing, the Transferor Servicer that transfers, or proposes to transfer, Servicing of one or more Mortgages, or of the Mortgage portfolio after Freddie Mac purchases the transferring Mortgages. |
| TREASURY The Guide glossary The United States Department of the Treasury |
| TRIAL PERIOD The Guide glossary The three-month period during which the Borrower makes payments that are an estimate of the anticipated modified payment amount, as one of the preconditions to modification. For Borrowers in bankruptcy, the Trial Period may be extended up to an additional two months. |
| TRIAL PERIOD PLAN The Guide glossary A temporary forbearance plan that sets forth in a written notice those terms and conditions with which the Borrower must comply during the Trial Period in order to obtain a permanent modification. |
| TRIAL PERIOD PLAN EFFECTIVE DATE The Guide glossary The date on which the first Trial Period payment is due under the terms of the Trial Period Plan. |
| TYPE OF PROPERTY Loan Prospector® Specifies the type of dwelling or structure for the REO property. |
| ULDD Data Point The Guide glossary ULDD Data Point refers to the MISMO® Data Point Name in Appendix A, XML Data Requirements, Version 1.04 ("Appendix A") of the Freddie Mac Implementation Guide for Loan Delivery Data ("Freddie Mac IG-LD"). |
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UNDERSERVED
AREA The Guide glossary An Underserved Area is either of the following: An underserved rural area is an Underserved Area located outside of a metropolitan area, which may be a whole census tract; a federal or State American Indian Reservation, tribal or individual trust land; or the balance of a census tract excluding the area within any federal or State American Indian reservation, tribal or individual trust land, with:
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| UNDERWRITING Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices The analysis of the risk involved in making a mortgage as well as the determination of whether the risk is acceptable to the lender. Underwriting involves the evaluation of the property and of the borrower's credit worthiness. |
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UNDERWRITING
SCORE The Guide glossary The one Credit Score selected from all usable Credit Scores obtained for an individual Borrower that quantifies the credit reputation risk for that individual Borrower. The related ULDD Data Point name is Credit Score Value. |
| UNIFORM INSTRUMENTS The Guide glossary Uniform Instruments are the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac and the Freddie Mac Notes, Security Instruments (available for all States) and riders to the Security Instruments identified in Exhibit 4, Single-Family Uniform Instruments. |
| UPB Servicing: Investor Accounting Unpaid Principal Balance. |
| WAC
ARM Guarantor Contract The Guide glossary A WAC ARM Guarantor Contract is an optional Purchase Contract entered into by the Seller to sell eligible ARMs to Freddie Mac under the WAC ARM Guarantor program. |
| WAC
ARM PC The Guide glossary A WAC ARM PC is a PC security, with an investor payment delay of 75 days, that is backed by adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARMs). |
| WAREHOUSE
LENDER The Guide glossary A Warehouse Lender (also referred to as a "Warehouse Provider" or "Interim Finance Provider") is the bank or other financial institution, including a Federal Home Loan Bank, that has entered into an agreement with the Seller to provide interim financing in exchange for a security interest in, or the receipt of ownership to, Mortgages that are thereafter offered for sale to Freddie Mac. |
| WAREHOUSE LINE OF CREDIT Discover Gold Through Quality Best Practices An agreement that covers the short-term lending of funds by a commercial bank or other institution to extend credit up to a certain amount for a certain time to an entity using permanent mortgages as collateral. This form of interim financing is used until the mortgages are sold to a permanent investor. |
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WEIGHTED-AVERAGE
COUPON (WAC) The Guide glossary The Weighted Average Coupon (WAC) of any group of Mortgages is calculated by:
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| WEIGHTED AVERAGE
MONTHS TO ADJUSTMENT The Guide glossary For WAC ARM PC Pools, the Weighted-Average Months to Adjustment is the weighted average number of months to adjustment from the date of issuance of the WAC ARM PC to the initial scheduled adjustment date of the PC Coupon, based on the Interest Change Dates of the underlying Mortgages. |
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE
REMAINING MATURITY (WARM) The Guide glossary The Weighted-Average Remaining Maturity (WARM) of any group of Mortgages is calculated by:
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| WHOLESALE HOME
MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Home Mortgage that a Mortgage Broker or Correspondent completely or partially originated, processed, underwrote, packaged, funded or closed, and sold or assigned to a non-Affiliate Seller who subsequently sold it to Freddie Mac. |
| WINDOW
PERIOD The Guide glossary A Window Period is the period during which a State's due-on-transfer or due-on-sale restrictions were in effect (see Section 60.4). |
| WINDOW PERIOD
MORTGAGE The Guide glossary A Window Period Mortgage is a Mortgage that was originated or assumed during a Window Period. |
| WINDOW PERIOD
STATE The Guide glossary A Window Period State is a State that restricts the enforceability of due-on-transfer or due-on-sale clauses in Mortgages originated or assumed during a Window Period (see Section 60.4). |
| WOMEN-OWNED
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE The Guide glossary An enterprise that is more than 50% owned, controlled and operated by one or more women. |
| WORKOUT Servicing: Default Management An alternative to foreclosure that eliminates or reduces our potential losses if the property securing the mortgage were to be acquired through a foreclosure sale. |
| WORKOUT MORTGAGE
ASSUMPTION Servicing: Default Management An assumption that permits a qualified applicant to assume title to the property and the mortgage obligation from a borrower who is currently delinquent or in imminent danger of default on his or her mortgage because of an involuntary inability to pay. |
| WORKOUT PROSPECTOR® Servicing: Default Management A Freddie Mac-owned loss mitigation application that accesses specific Mortgage information from Freddie Mac's database as well as data input by the Servicers and assists Servicers in their analysis and structuring of workouts and other alternatives to foreclosure for Freddie Mac Mortgages. |
| WORKOUTS/REO+WORKOUTS Servicing: Servicer Performance Profiles For Servicer Performance Profiles, criteria that measures the adjusted weighted value of the workouts that you settle as a percentage of the opportunities for workouts. |
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EMPLOYED IN THIS LINE OF WORK Loan Prospector® The total number of years the borrower has been employed in their occupation. |
| YEARS OF COVERAGE Loan Prospector® An indication of the number of years the mortgage insurance policy will cover the loan. |
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2- to 4-UNIT CONDOMINIUM PROJECT The Guide glossary A 2- to 4-Unit Condominium Project is a project that is comprised of at least two but no more than four 1-unit dwellings that are each separately owned with separate legal descriptions. |
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11th DISTRICT
COST OF FUNDS INDEX (11th District COFI) The Guide glossary For adjustable-rate Mortgages (ARM), the 11th District COFI is the monthly average cost of savings, borrowings and advances of the members of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (the "Bank"), as made available by the Bank. 11th District COFI ARMs are not eligible for sale to Freddie Mac. |