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Lower Jumbo Servicing Fee May Not Be a Sign of Things to Come.(Brief Article)

Mortgage Servicing News

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Fitch Ratings has lowered its minimum servicing fee requirements for fixed-rate, prime credit quality jumbo mortgage loans that are pooled into securities to 20 basis points from a previous minimum of 25 basis points.

But don't expect the rating agencies to engage in across-the-board servicing fee reductions anytime soon.

The servicing fee requirements for MBS backed by prime, short-term, adjustable-rate mortgages remains unchanged at 37.5 basis points.

For prime, hybrid ARMs, the servicing fee is now 20 basis points during the fixed-rate period of the loan, rising to 37.5 basis points when the loan converts to an adjustable rate. Analysts at Fitch said the rating agency only looked at the jumbo mortgage product for this review, and there are no plans to reduce the minimum servicing fees for other products such as alt-A loans, subprime product or high loan-to-value loans.

Analyst Cheryl Glory told MSN that Fitch sees "no impetus to reduce subprime servicing fees."

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