Fee Cure, Short-Term Rental Appraisal, Servicing, Move-Up Products; Freddie and Fannie News

For the next several days I am in Florida, in mortgage meetings and the MBAF, and in Saturday’s Commentary I noted the intense flurry of conference activity this week and last (“the MBA’s Chairman’s Conference, New Jersey MBA, the MBA Florida, EPM TAG, MISMO Spring Summit, The Gathering…). One continuing theme, to varying degrees, is conjecture about Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and their role in lending. By many accounts, the Agencies are “driving 10 mph in the fast lane.” A focus on ending their conservatorship, which conference goers were told by FHFA Director Pulte last month in New York, would begin in earnest in 2026, apparently…