| 11/29/2023 - APM 23-13 | | Pursuant to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA), the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced increased conforming loan limits. Accordingly, Ginnie Mae is revising its definition of High Balance Loans as follows. Effective for pools or loan packages submitted on or after January 1, 2024, a High Balance Loan is defined as a single-family forward mortgage loan with an original principal balance (minus the amount of any upfront mortgage insurance premium) that exceeds the following limits:
Maximim Loan Amounts (net of any financed MIP or Guaranty Fee) |
| | | Units
| Contiguous 48 States, District of Columbis, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico
| Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
| 1
| $766,550
| $1,149,825
| 2
| $981,500
| $1,472,250
| 3
| $1,186,350
| $1,779,525
| 4
| $1,474,400
| $2,211,600
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High Balance Loans are eligible for Ginnie Mae MBS subject to the restrictions detailed in Ch. 9, Part 2, § B and Ch. 24 Part 2, § A(1) of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Guide 5500.3, Rev-1 (“MBS Guide”). If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact your Account Executive in the Office of Issuer and Portfolio Management.
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| 11/9/2023 - APM 23-12 | | As previously announced in APM 22-02 and APM 23-08, Ginnie Mae will complete the transition of Single Family [Forward] and Manufactured Housing Program pooling from GinnieNET to the new Single Family Pool Delivery Module (SFPDM) in MyGinnieMae on December 1, 2023. Since SFPDM became available to all Single Family and Manufactured Housing Issuers in April 2022, Ginnie Mae has monitored and supported the transition of Issuers to ensure smooth business operations in the adoption process. Following December 1, 2023, SFPDM will be the only application available for Single Family and Manufactured Housing pooling. HECM Issuers will continue pooling in GinnieNET.
As part of this transition to SFPDM, paper pooling for the Single Family and Manufactured Housing Programs will no longer be allowed and Issuers will have to complete all their pooling activities electronically. Paper pooling option will remain available for the Multifamily Program. For more information on changes following December 1, 2023, refer to Modernization Bulletin #30.
To align with the December 1, 2023 GinnieNET cutover of Single Family and Manufactured Housing Pooling functions, Ginnie Mae is implementing updates to the Mortgage-Backed Securities Guide 5500.3, Rev-1 (“MBS Guide”) to ensure that its policies and operational requirements are clearly and accurately reflected for Issuers. The MBS Guide chapters and appendices being revised by this announcement are listed below. The Glossary of the MBS Guide has also been updated accordingly. All updates are effective on December 1, 2023.
MBS Guide Chapter
| Chapter 4
| Issuer and Subservicers - Responsibilities
| Chapter 7
| Application for Approval as a Ginnie Mae Issuer
| Chapter 10
| Assembling and Submitting Pool and Loan Package Issuance Documents
| Chapter 12
| The Prospectus, Securities, and Securities Marketing
| Chapter 13
| Document Custodians - Eligibility and Responsbilities
| Chapter 18
| Mortgage Delinquency and Default
| Chapter 24
| Single-Family, Level Payments Pools, and Loan Packages
| Chapter 25
| Buydown Mortgage Pools
| Chapter 26
| Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Pools and Loan Packages
| Chapter 30
| Manufactured Home Loan Pools and Loan Packages
| Chapter 33
| Ginnie Mae Initiatives
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MBS Guide Appendix | App. III-06
| Scheduled of Subscribers and Ginnie Mae Guaranty Agreement
| HUD-11705 | App. III-07
| Schedule of Pooled Mortgages
| HUD-11706 | App. III-13
| Ginnie Mae Electronic Data Interchange System Agreement
| App. IV-04
| Prospectus - Ginnie Mae I MBS (Single-Family Mortgages)
| HUD-11717 | App. IV-07
| Prospectus - Ginnie Mae I Mortgage-Backed Serial Notes (Single-Family Mortgages)
| HUD-1734 | App. IV-20
| Prospectus - Ginnie Mae II (Single-Family Mortgages)
| HUD-11717-II | App. IV-21
| Prospectus - Ginnie Mae II (Adjustable Rate Mortgages)
| HUD-11772-II | App. IV-24
| Prospectus - Ginnie Mae II (Manufactured Home Loans)
| HUD-11728-II | App. V-03, Ch. 3
| Document Custodian Manual Chapter 3: Single-Family Pools
| App. VI-19
| RFS Issuer Monthly Report of Pool and Loan Data
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For questions and additional information regarding the transition to SFPDM, please contact askGinnieMae@hud.gov.
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| 9/22/2023 - APM 23-11 | | Ginnie Mae’s current requirements for Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) Mortgage-Backed Securities (HMBS) limit securitization to one participation related to a particular HECM each month. Issuers utilize a combination of financing vehicles and working capital to finance HECM disbursements between the time that the HECM loans are originated or the HECM draws are funded and when the participations are securitized into HMBS. Depending on timing, Issuers may be required to wait until the following month to securitize these participations into Ginnie Mae HMBS. The potential delay in securitization can result in liquidity pressures to Issuers and counterparty risk to Ginnie Mae. Ginnie Mae is enhancing its HMBS requirements to allow securitization of multiple participations related to a particular HECM in any one issuance month.
These program enhancements are effective October 01, 2023.
Requirements When Pooling Multiple Participations Per Month
When pooling additional participations for a particular HECM in a particular month, those participations must meet the following additional requirements. - Participations must be sequential (e.g. 005, 006);
- Only one participation per HECM per HMBS is permitted:
- Any prior pools containing participations on a given HECM have been issued1 before additional participations can be submitted; and
- When the participation is the result of a HECM disbursement occurring on a day other than the first of the month, it must meet the requirements listed below.
Requirements for Participations Disbursed or Funded After the 1st of the Month
When HECM loans are originated, or borrowers request draws, interest accrues beginning the day after the disbursement through the end of that month. However, when securitized as an HMBS participation, a full month of interest is owed to security holders. A disbursement made after the 1st of the month and securitized in that same month results in a participation that is undercollateralized. To securitize such participations, Issuers must: - Reduce the original principal balance of the Participation at issuance by the amount of the interest due to security holders, but not owed by the borrower prior to pooling. The reduced amount is determined by dividing the actual HECM draw ending balance by the HECM draw ending balance with full interest and multiplying the result by the amount of the draw. For full details on the formula and calculation, see Chapter 35 part 5 section A(4) of the Ginnie Mae Mortgage Backed Securities Guide, HUD Handbook 5500.3, REV-1 (MBS Guide);
- Segregate the portion of the draw excluded from the original principal balance of the Participation in a balance that is held, controlled, and accounted for in a manner that ensures it is not and cannot be securitized in a different HMBS; and in accordance with Chapter 35 Part 12 Section E;
- Add the segregated balance to the accrued interest owed by the borrower and add the result, in accordance with Chapter 35, Part 11, Section G, to the ending principal balance of the Participation, as of the close of business on the last business day of the month in which securitization occurred; and
- Upon performing the step immediately above, reduce to zero the segregated balance associated with that particular Participation.
Chapter 35 parts 5, and 11 of the MBS Guide have been updated to reflect these changes.
If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact your Account Executive in the Office of Issuer and Portfolio Management.
________________________________________________ 1As used here, "issued" means that the HMBS has been written to the Central Registry as further described in Chapter 12 of the MBS Guide
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| 9/14/2023 - APM 23-10 | | Ginnie Mae is announcing that it is revising its standard forms of prospectus for Single-Family Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS), in order to detail attributes of Ginnie Mae MBS that Investors may use to determine if Ginnie Mae MBS meet their requirements to be deemed “Social Bonds”.
Single Family Ginnie Mae MBS are backed by residential mortgage loans that are insured or guaranteed by U.S. government programs offered by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service (RHS) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) . The insurance or guaranties extended under these programs reduce borrower credit risk, which promotes broader access to mortgage credit and/or less costly credit for borrowers, thereby expanding homeownership access and affordability among targeted populations (low-to-moderate income borrowers, veterans, senior citizens, rural communities, and/or tribal, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities). Ginnie Mae guarantees that security holders will receive all pass-through payments of principal and interest due to them. This guaranty furthers the purpose of promoting access to mortgage credit throughout the Nation (including central cities, rural areas, and underserved areas) by improving the distribution of investment capital available for residential mortgage financing. Additionally, Ginnie Mae provides monthly disclosure files that update the collateral characteristics for each MBS.
The Single-Family Forward MBS prospectuses affected by this announcement and their respective effective dates are listed below. The revised prospectuses that are effective October 1, 2023, are attached to this APM; those effective November 1, 2023 will be attached to a future APM. The prospectuses will be incorporated into the Ginnie Mae Mortgage-Backed Securities Guide, HUD Handbook 5500.3, REV-1 (MBS Guide) on their respective effective dates.
Effective for October 1, 2023 Issuances
Appendix
| Title
| Form
| IV-04
| Prospectus - Ginnie Mae I MBS (Single-Family Mortgages)
| HUD-11717
| IV-20
| Prospectus - Ginnie Mae II MBS (Single-Family Mortgages)
| HUD-11717-II
| IV-21
| Prospectus - Ginnie Mae II MBS (Adjustable Rate Mortgages)
| HUD-11772-II
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Effective for November 1, 2023 Issuances Appendix
| Title
| Form
| IV-05
| Prospectus - Ginnie Mae II MBS (Graduated Payment Mortgages)
| HUD-11747
| IV-06
| Prospectus - Ginnie Mae I MBS (Growing Equity Mortgages)
| HUD-11712
| IV-07
| Prospectus - Ginnie Mae I MBS (Serial Note Securities)
| HUD-1734
| IV-22
| Prospectus - Ginnie Mae II MBS (Graduated Payment Mortgages)
| HUD-11747-II
| IV-23
| Prospectus - Ginnie Mae II MBS (Growing Equity Mortgages)
| HUD-11717-II
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Ginnie Mae is currently evaluating whether to add similar “Social Bond” content to its Home Equity Conversion, Manufactured Housing, and Multifamily MBS prospectuses. Any such designation would be announced in future APMs.
If you have any questions about the content of this Memorandum, please contact your Account Executive in the Office of Issuer and Portfolio Management directly.
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| 6/14/2023 - APM 23-09 | | Ginnie Mae is pleased to extend the use of electronic signatures in conjunction with Remote Online Notarization (RON), as previously announced in APM 21-07, to include the ability for all Ginnie Mae Issuers to use RON in circumstances requiring a Power of Attorney (POA). In a continued effort to further modernize elements of the Mortgage-Backed Securities programs, effective immediately, and subject to the requirements referenced below, Ginnie Mae is permitting the use of electronic signatures used with RON to execute POA documents that are in some situations necessary to obtain Single-Family government insured or guaranteed loans on “paper” mortgages.
If using RON for POA, Issuers are subject to the electronic signature and notarization requirements outlined in Chapter 24, Part 3, § A (2) (b) of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Guide 5500.3, Rev-1 (“MBS Guide”). Issuers must continue to follow all insuring or guarantying agency guidance regarding POA eligibility and requirements, including the circumstances under which a borrower is permitted to use an attorney-in-fact to obtain Single-Family government insured or guaranteed loans. These circumstances can apply to borrowers who are unable to execute loan documents in-person, such as service members on overseas duty or on an unaccompanied tour. For more information on the specific requirements, eligible documents, and conditions in which a POA can be used, please refer to the applicable insuring or guarantying agency’s loan program guidelines.
Please note that the securitization of mortgages where the promissory note is an eNote is reserved for participants in the Digital Collateral Program only (who are approved specifically as eIssuers). This memorandum does not permit Issuers that have not been approved as eIssuers to securitize or deliver for securitization by Ginnie Mae any mortgage where the promissory note is signed electronically or an eNote. All other loan and pool certification requirements not expressly addressed by this memorandum remain unchanged.
Concurrently with this APM, Ginnie Mae is updating Appendix V-01, Chapter 3 of the MBS Guide to incorporate the electronic signature and notarization requirements for Loan Modifications from APM 21-07, which were inadvertently omitted with the publication of APM 22-01. The requirements announced in this APM have also been included in Appendix V-01, Chapter 3. All MBS Guide updates are effective immediately.
If you have any additional questions about the content of this Memorandum, please contact your Account Executive in the Office of Issuer and Portfolio Management directly.
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| 6/1/2023 - APM 23-08 | | As announced in APM 22-02 on January 31, 2022, Ginnie Mae is transitioning from Single Family and Manufactured Housing Program pooling in GinnieNET to the new Single Family Pool Delivery Module (SFPDM) in MyGinnieMae. Since SFPDM became available in April 2022, Single Family and Manufactured Housing Issuers have continued to actively transition from GinnieNET and have securitized over $14 billion through the modernized application to date.
To remain compliant in Ginnie Mae’s Single Family and Manufactured Housing Programs, Issuers must be pooling in SFPDM or testing their own Pool Delivery Dataset (PDD) in the Validation and Testing Tool (VTT) by July 31, 2023. Issuers planning to only submit Manual Entry pools must start using SFPDM by July 31, 2023, as PDD development is not required in this instance. The SFPDM Training for Manual Entry Pool Submissions provides step-by-step guidance on how to submit pools in SFPDM manually.
Ginnie Mae continues to monitor the transition of Issuers, while actively considering adoption data, industry trends, and Issuer feedback. To ensure smooth business operations for Issuers that may need to finalize their PDD testing after the July mandate, GinnieNET pooling functions will remain available until December 1, 2023.
Following December 1, 2023, SFPDM will be the only application available for Single Family and Manufactured Housing pooling. A subsequent APM will announce corresponding MBS Guide Changes. Ginnie Mae’s latest SFPDM and PDD Adoption Timeline, PDD requirements, and additional SFPDM resources, can be found in Modernization Bulletin #25.
For questions and additional information regarding the transition to SFPDM and the PDD, please contact askGinnieMae@hud.gov.
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| 5/30/2023 - APM 23-07 | | Publication of the representative USD London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) will cease after June 30, 2023. In accordance with the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act, passed by Congress as a part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103) and the related regulations, existing LIBOR contracts without provisions for a replacement benchmark rate will transition to spread-adjusted term rates based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR). FHA has announced in Mortgagee Letter 2023-09, that the new indexes shall be the applicable Refinitiv USD IBOR Cash Fallback based on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group’s Term SOFR Rates (CME Term SOFR) plus the applicable spread adjustment (Replacement Index) for legacy LIBOR based HECM ARMs1. Additionally, FHA has announced that new HECM originations may be based on either the 30-day average SOFR, or the 1-year Constant Maturity Treasury (CMT). This APM provides guidance to Issuers for the transition of existing, or legacy, adjustable-rate HECMs based on LIBOR to the Replacement Index and announces a new pool type for new annually adjusting HECMs based on SOFR.
Transition of existing HECMs and HMBS Existing LIBOR based HECM ARMs will convert to the Replacement Index as follows: Existing LIBOR based Adjustable Rate HECMs
| Replacement Index*
| Annually Adjustable Rate HECMs
| 12-Month CME Term SOFR
| Monthly Adjustable Rate HECMs
| 1-Month CME Term SOFR
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Adjustable Rate HECMs will remain based on LIBOR until they convert to the applicable Replacement Index on their first change date, or periodic adjustment date for which the index in effect on the lookback date is SOFR, that occurs after June 30, 20232. Monthly Adjustable LIBOR based HMBS will convert to the Replacement Index by September 1, 2023. However, annually adjustable HECMs may have differing change dates, therefore annually adjusting LIBOR based HMBS will begin to transition to the Replacement Index on September 1, 2023 and can contain a combination of HECMs indexed to LIBOR and HECMs indexed to the Replacement Index until all such mortgages have converted. In all cases, the interest rate of the HMBS will transition in a manner consistent with the treatment of the HMBS as a fixed investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Updates to HMBS Pool Types and New SOFR Based Pool Type To support the transition, and forward pooling of participations, Ginnie Mae is retaining the LIBOR based HMBS pool types for monthly and annually adjusting HECMs, types “H ML” and “H AL.” However, beginning with Issuances on or after July 1, 2023, the LIBOR based HMBS may only contain loans originated and funded prior to July 1, 2023, and the subsequent participations thereof. Monthly and Annually Adjustable HMBS pool types based on the 1-year CMT Index will not change. Newly originated HECMs and subsequent participations of HECMs based on the CMT Index are eligible for pooling in the “H RM” and “H RA” pool types.
New SOFR Based Pool Type Ginnie Mae is also releasing a new pool type “H SA” for annually adjusting HECMs based on SOFR that are originated on or after July 1, 2023. The index will be 30-day average SOFR, which is the compounded average of the SOFR over a rolling 30-day period, as administered and published daily by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York3. The new pool type will be available for issuances on or after July 1, 2023. NOTE: Annually Adjustable HECMs that convert to the Replacement Index are ineligible for the new “H SA” HMBS pool type announced above.
Additional Updates to HECM Requirements In Mortgagee Letter 2023-09, FHA also announced a floor of zero for a HECM Interest Rate Index, and a maximum interest rate for monthly adjustable HECMs. For annually adjusting HECMs, the floor would be the higher of the initial interest rate minus the lifetime cap, but not less than the margin. For monthly adjustable HECMs the floor rate is equal to the margin, and the maximum interest rate is 10% above the initial interest rate. Please see Appendix III-28 of the Ginnie Mae Mortgage-Backed Securities Guide, HUD Handbook 5500.3, Rev-1 (MBS Guide) for more detailed information. Chapter 35, Appendices III-28 (11705H and 11706H Instructions); IV-29 (HMBS Base Prospectus); IV-32 (HMBS Partial Statement of Terms); and Glossary of the MBS Guide have been updated accordingly. If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact your Account Executive in the Office of Issuer and Portfolio Management. ___________________________________ 1The CME Term SOFR indices are found at: https://www.refinitiv.com/en/financial-data/financial-benchmarks/usd-ibor-cash-fallbacks Issuers must use the “All-In” CME Term SOFR Rate and select the “Feature” (No Floor) when downloading historical data.
2In accordance with FHA’s requirements, the index rate is the rate published on the first business day of the week; and is in effect 30 days before the interest rate change date. For example: 30 days before August 1, 2023, is July 2, a Sunday. The rate in effect is the rate from Monday June 26, 2023. Since the LIBOR rates are still in effect through June 30, the August 1, 2023, change will be based on LIBOR. 3The 1-year CMT index is found at: https://apps.newyorkfed.org/markets/autorates/sofr-avg-ind
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| 5/30/2023 - APM 23-06 | | Publication of the representative USD London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) will cease after June 30, 2023. In accordance with the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act, passed by Congress as a part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103) and the related regulations, existing LIBOR contracts without provisions for a replacement benchmark rate will transition to spread-adjusted rates based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to the CME Term SOFR published by CME Benchmark Administration Limited plus applicable transition spread adjustment (the Replacement Index).
ARMs originated with LIBOR as their benchmark rate will convert to the applicable Replacement Index, that is, the 12-month CME Term SOFR plus applicable transition spread adjustment on their first change date, or periodic adjustment date after June 30, 2023. Because ARM mortgages can have a change date of April 1, July 1, October 1, or January 1, Adjustable-Rate Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) will be in transition until the July 1, 2024, Change Date, at which time all LIBOR based mortgages and the associated MBS will have converted to the Replacement Index. In all cases, the interest rate of the MBS will transition in a manner consistent with the treatment of the MBS as a fixed investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Newly originated ARMs must be based upon the Constant Maturity Treasury (CMT) Index to be eligible for pooling. Chapters 1 and 26; Appendices IV-21 (Ginnie Mae II MBS Adjustable-Rate Mortgages Prospectus), IV-26 (Ginnie Mae II Adjustable-Rate Mortgage-Backed Certificate Guaranteed by Ginnie Mae), IV-28 (Partial Statement of Terms); and Glossary of the Ginnie Mae Mortgage-Backed Securities Guide, HUD Handbook 5500.3, Rev-1 (MBS Guide) have been updated to remove references to LIBOR indexed pools.
If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact your Account Executive in the Office of Issuer and Portfolio Management.
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| 5/26/2023 - APM 23-05 | | To provide additional accuracy and insight into the loan collateral in Ginnie Mae Mortgage-Backed Securities (“MBS”), Ginnie Mae is implementing the collection of additional loan-level data elements to be incorporated as part of the Reporting and Feedback System (RFS) investor reporting process. Included with the additional data elements are changes to loan removal reason code definitions and the addition of a new reason code 7 “Special Assistance”, more information about which can be found in the revised Appendix VI-19 of the MBS Guide 5500.3, Rev-1 (“MBS Guide”).
The purpose of this Memorandum is to provide information necessary for Issuers and other industry participants to coordinate with Ginnie Mae and plan accordingly. These changes will apply to Single Family, Multifamily and Manufactured Housing MBS. Ginnie Mae anticipates a staged implementation and is targeting a full implementation by the second calendar quarter 2024. To allow adequate time for Issuers, service bureaus and technology partners, Ginnie Mae has established a window for testing that will commence the third calendar quarter 2023 and continue through the first calendar quarter 2024. Issuers who use proprietary “in house” monthly reporting software, or a custom configuration of a service bureau’s monthly reporting file are required to successfully complete test file submissions prior to implementation. Additionally, service bureaus or other providers of monthly reporting software are required to successfully complete test file submissions. Issuers who utilize service bureaus or other providers of monthly reporting software are not required to test those files themselves. Issuers who desire to test regardless of other considerations will be accommodated. Ginnie Mae will coordinate with Issuers, service bureaus, sub-servicers, and other participants/providers to further define specific testing roles, requirements, and schedules. Because of the number of organizations and variables involved, and after consultation with Issuers and technology providers, further information about Issuer testing requirements, schedules, processes, and procedures will be provided via an APM at a later date. Changes to the Loan Record and Various Record are summarized in the table below and further details can be found in the revised Appendix VI-19 of the MBS Guide. L - Loan Record Field #
| Element Name
| Definition/Remarks
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| Removal Reason Code
| Existing Element new Reason Code 7 = Special Assistance.
Removal Reason Code 7 applies to Special Assistance Programs announced by Ginnie Mae pursuant to Chapter 34 of the MBS Guide. Removal Reason Code 7 is not applicable to any Multifamily loan types.
Revised Reason Code 2 from Repurchase of Delinquent Loan to
Buyout of Delinquent Loan
Revised Reason Code 3 from Foreclosure with Claim Payment to Foreclosure with or without Claim Payment
Revised Reason Code 6 from Other to Other
Removal | 30
| Schedule UPB
| The dollar amount of the current Unpaid Principal Balance of the loan amortized through the month following the current reporting period.
| 31
| Scheduled Monthly Principal Amount
| The calculated scheduled (per the amortization schedule) monthly principal amount for the mortgage as of the end of the reporting period.
| 32
| Scheduled Monthly Interest Amount
| The calculated scheduled (per the amortization schedule) monthly interest amount for the mortgage as of the end of the reporting period.
| 33
| Gross Service Fee Amount Collected
| The dollar amount of servicing fee collected on the mortgage, for the reporting period.
| 34
| Actual Payment Date
| The actual date the last scheduled payment was received (the posting date for the scheduled installment).
| 35
| Curtailment Principal Code
| A code indicating the type of curtailment reported.
| 36
| ARM Prospective Interest P&I
| The new "to be" interest rate of the ARM loan.
| 37
| ARM Prospective Monthly P&I
| The new "to be" monthly P&I payment amount of the ARM loan.
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V - Various Record Context. Field #
| Element Name
| Definition/Remarks
| 26
| Servicer/Subservicer ID
| The organization actually servicing the mortgage. The Issuer ID of the servicer/subservicer servicing the loan.
| 27
| Document Custodian
| The Document Custodian ID for the document custodian of the mortgage. Ginnie Mae Document Custodian ID.
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In addition, the removal reason codes in the HUD-11708 form (Request for Release of Documents) will be aligned with the removal reason codes in the revised Appendix VI-19. The exact effective date for the Appendix VI-19 and the HUD-11708 form will be provided in a future APM. If you are an Issuer, service bureau or other industry participant and have technical questions regarding this announcement, please contact Ginnie Mae’s centralized help desk at
askGinnieMae@HUD.gov.
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| 2/15/2023 - APM 23-04 | | Ginnie Mae is reducing the minimum HECM Mortgage Backed Security (HMBS) pool size in order to minimize the amount of time Issuers must carry balances between disbursement and HMBS securitization.
Effective for April 1, 2023 Issuances and thereafter, the required minimum HMBS pool size for all HMBS pool types is reduced from $1,000,000 to $250,000. Each pool must still contain a minimum of three (3) participations, each of which is related to a distinct HECM loan in accordance with Chapter 35, Part 7 §E of the Ginnie Mae Mortgage Backed Securities Guide, HUD Handbook 5500.3, Rev-1 (MBS Guide).
Ginnie Mae is revising the MBS Guide Chapter 35, Part 7 §D and Appendix IV-29 (HMBS Base Prospectus) to incorporate the reduction in minimum HMBS pool size. Additionally, Ginnie Mae would like to remind Issuers and Investors that all HMBS pool types are eligible for Ginnie Mae’s Platinum Certificate program which allows aggregation of small pools.
If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact your Account Executive in the Office of Issuer and Portfolio Management.
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