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Fannie’s Loan Buyback Sophistry Relies on Modifying Analysts’ Behavior

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At the heart of Fannie Mae’s valuation system is a tool that shunts a subset of the millions of loans purchased by the mortgage giant each year into a “high risk” pool. Fannie then pressures and incentivizes a corps of in-house analysts to create further doubt about the loans in order to send repurchase demands to lenders for up to.

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FNMA Ensnares Appraisers in Farcical Probes

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You feel like Fannie Mae is simply trying to get rid of appraisers. A lot of appraisers feel that way… “Even amidst tragedy there is sometimes farce,” wrote author Daniel Prokop. Fannie apparently deems them now too risky for its portfolio. Fannie apparently deems them now too risky for its portfolio.

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The Government Screwing Over an Entire Industry

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The government wants to move to a fully automated appraisal format, and the more that they can dirty the narrative in their favor, the quicker they get to their objective… This just in: In a recent memo, the CFPB wants you to know that if you are buying a home, that you can contest your appraisal. A lot of appraisers feel that way.….