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Special Servicing Option

Fannie Mae

Updated 10-31-2026

Special Servicing Option

A guaranty fee option for an MBS pool under which Fannie Mae assumes the entire risk of loss from a borrower default; a servicing option for RD-guaranteed mortgages under which Fannie Mae will bear all losses not recovered from the RD. (See recourse for the equivalent term for a whole loan delivery.)

Fannie Mae Glossary of Terms

Fannie Mae · p. 47

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