4202.8: Mortgages with private transfer fee covenants (03/02/16)

© Freddie Mac Single-Family Seller Servicer Guide

Mortgages on properties encumbered by private transfer fee covenants prohibited by 12 C.F.R. Part 1228 are ineligible for purchase by Freddie Mac if those covenants were created on or after February 8, 2011.

In addition, the Seller/Servicer represents and warrants that:

  • It has controls in place to ensure that it does not inadvertently deliver an ineligible Mortgage to Freddie Mac as described above, and
  • If applicable, it has received representations and warranties from any person or entity from which the Seller purchased the Mortgage that the property securing the Mortgage is not encumbered by private transfer fee covenants created on or after February 8, 2011