by Calculated Risk on 2/23/2012 08:37:00 PM

From Jacob Gaffney at HousingWire: Bank of America stops selling mortgages to Fannie Mae

Bank of America is faced with numerous reps and warrants challenges on the mortgage front, and as a result of growing uncertainty, it will no longer sell certain mortgage refinances into Fannie Mae mortgage-backed securities.

"The issue is tied to ongoing disagreements between Bank of America and Fannie Mae in regards to repurchases," said Dan Frahm, spokesman for BofA.

Specifically, Bank of America will no longer place non-Making Home Affordable Program (MHA) refinance first-lien residential mortgage products into Fannie mortgage-backed securities.
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"We continue to deliver MHA programs, including loan modifications and refinancing[sp] through HARP to our customers whose loans are owned by Fannie Mae," Frahm said, adding mortgage origination levels will not drop at the bank. "We're adequately prepared for this, there will be no impact to our customers." BofA will likely do more business with Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae as a result of this decision.
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At the heart of the decision is recent changes in mortgage insurance policies. The filing notes Fannie Mae policy where MI rescission must be resolved in a timely fashion. As of Dec. 31, 2011, 74% of the MI rescission notices received had not been resolved, and Fannie began exercising repurchases with Bank of America.

I'm not sure what to say about this. BofA will continue to make HARP refinance loans through BofA (reps and warrants will be waived starting in March), and will also sell loans to Freddie Mac.