Introduction
Fannie Mae is committed to assisting homeowners impacted by the national housing crisis and is
taking additional steps aimed at keeping families in their homes. With the anticipated
announcement by the Obama Administration of a foreclosure prevention and loan modification
program, Fannie Mae is again instituting a temporary halt to all foreclosure sales on occupied
single-family properties scheduled to occur from February 17 through March 6, 2009. The
temporary foreclosure halt will apply to portfolio mortgages and MBS pool mortgages owned or
guaranteed by Fannie Mae and to foreclosures of homes that are already in process. Fannie Mae
is also extending its existing temporary halt of all eviction proceedings through March 6, 2009.

Foreclosures
The temporary foreclosure halt applies to all occupied single-family properties secured by
conventional mortgage loans that have scheduled foreclosure sale dates between February 17 and
March 6, 2009. Mortgages insured or guaranteed by a federal government agency are not
eligible for the temporary foreclosure halt. Foreclosure sales may proceed on vacant properties.
This initiative does not affect mortgage loans that have not yet been referred to foreclosure.
Servicers and foreclosure attorneys (or trustees) should follow the foreclosure policy guidance
contained in the Fannie Mae Servicing Guide for all loans previously referred and for all new
referrals as long as such actions do not result in foreclosure sales being scheduled during the halt
period.

During this temporary halt period servicers will have additional time to work with borrowers
facing foreclosure using Fannie Mae’s available foreclosure prevention options, including the
Streamlined Modification Program announced in Announcement 08-33, Introduction of the
Streamlined Modification Program on December 12, 2008.

Evictions
Fannie Mae is also extending the existing temporary halt on eviction proceedings through March
6, 2009. 

Delinquency Status Reporting and Tracking
As a reminder, servicers should continue to report the “delinquency status” and “reason for
delinquency” codes and delinquency code “effective dates” when transmitting monthly
delinquency status information as described in the Servicing Guide, Part VII, Chapter 6:
Delinquency Status Reporting.
Servicers are also reminded they must maintain a schedule of all foreclosure sales affected by the
halt, and must provide the schedule to Fannie Mae within 10 business days after the end of the
month. The schedules must be submitted to Fannie Mae to the following email address:
foreclosure_halt@fanniemae.com.

Servicers should contact the National Servicing Organization’s Servicing Solutions Center at 1-
888-326-6438 (option 2 – Servicing, then option 3 – General Servicing) if they have questions.

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About Safeguard
Safeguard Properties is the largest privately held field services company in the country. Located in Cleveland, Ohio and founded in 1990 by Robert Klein, Safeguard has grown from a regional preservation company with a few employees and a handful of contractors performing services in the Midwest, to a national company with over 500 employees. Safeguard is supported by a nationwide network of subcontractors able to perform any requested superintendence, preservation, and maintenance functions, as well as numerous ancillary services in the U.S., the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.