Civil & Administrative

#2026-05160Özel Transfer Ücreti Sözleşmelerine Yönelik Kısıtlamaları Kaldıran 'Büyükbaba' İstisnalarını Yenileyen Değişiklik

🇺🇸United States··Final Rule·Medium Impact·Federal Housing Finance Agency·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has updated its rules to allow certain exceptions for private transfer fee covenants that were previously removed. This change affects Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Federal Home Loan Banks, allowing them to deal with mortgages on properties that have these fees, starting from July 16, 2012.

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Action

Final rule; technical amendment; request for comments.

Key Changes

  • Reinstated 'grandfather' exceptions for private transfer fee covenants.
  • Exceptions apply retroactively from July 16, 2012.
  • Allows Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Federal Home Loan Banks to deal with certain mortgages.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Fannie Mae must not purchase, invest in, accept as collateral, or otherwise deal in mortgages on properties encumbered by private transfer fee covenants, except where grandfather exceptions apply

Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
prohibition
high

Freddie Mac must not purchase, invest in, accept as collateral, or otherwise deal in mortgages on properties encumbered by private transfer fee covenants, except where grandfather exceptions apply

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)
prohibition
high

Federal Home Loan Banks must not purchase, invest in, accept as collateral, or otherwise deal in mortgages on properties encumbered by private transfer fee covenants, except where grandfather exceptions apply

Federal Home Loan Banks
prohibition
high

FHFA regulated entities must not deal in securities related to mortgages on properties encumbered by certain types of private transfer fee covenants, except where grandfather exceptions apply

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Federal Home Loan Banks
prohibition
high

Apply grandfather exceptions to private transfer fee covenant restrictions retroactively effective as of July 16, 2012

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Federal Home Loan Banks
operational

Affected Parties

Fannie MaeFreddie Mac+1 more…

Tags

housing,mortgages,regulation