Ginnie Mae MBS Guide (5500.3, Rev. 1) Chapter 6 — Fees
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Ginnie Mae MBS Guide Chapter 6 — Fees
: 2016-10-01 This chapter describes fees that the Issuer must pay and fees that it will receive in connection with the issuance of securities guaranteed by Ginnie Mae.
Ginnie Mae MBS Guide Chapter 6 — Fees
FEES PAID BY THE ISSUER Payment of fees due Ginnie Mae, include the Issuer Application fee, Guaranty fee, Commitment Authority fee and Acknowledgment Agreement fee, and Early Pool Termination fee. (Please see MBS Guide Chapter 20) For payment instructions, please see MBS Guide, Ch. 6, Part 5. The list of fees included in this chapter is not necessarily all-inclusive. Ginnie Mae may impose other reasonable and appropriate fees from time to time. Section A. Issuer Application Fee
Ginnie Mae MBS Guide Chapter 6 — Fees
: 2016-10-01 An applicant for Issuer status is required to pay Ginnie Mae a fee of $2,500. The fee is earned when paid and is nonrefundable. This fee must be paid via Pay.gov. (Please See MBS Guide Chapter 6, Part 5 for instructions) Section B. Commitment Authority Application Fee
Ginnie Mae MBS Guide Chapter 6 — Fees
: 2016-10-01 An approved Issuer is required to pay Ginnie Mae, in connection with each application for commitment authority, a fee computed as follows: $500 for the first $1.5 million requested, plus $200 for each additional $1 million (or part thereof) requested. This fee will be calculated by the Commitment Management application that resides in GMEP. The PPA will draft the fee via an ACH payment at the time that the request is processed. (Please See MBS Guide Chapter 6, Part 5 for instructions) Ginnie Mae, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to approve or deny all Issuer requests for Commitment Authority. Section C. Guaranty Fee
Ginnie Mae MBS Guide Chapter 6 — Fees
: 2016-10-01 Issuers are required to pay a monthly guaranty fee to Ginnie Mae for each security for which the Issuer is Issuer of record, as follows: (1) Timing and method of payment (a) Ginnie Mae I MBS Program The Issuer pays the monthly guaranty fee by making adequate funds available in the central P&I custodial account for ACH debit by the CPTA. (Please See MBS Guide Chapter 6, Part 4) The CPTA calculates the amount of the guaranty fee debit using the RPB information reported by the Issuer in the preceding month. (Please See MBS Guide Chapter 19) (b) Ginnie Mae II MBS Program
Ginnie Mae MBS Guide Chapter 6 — Fees
The Issuer pays the monthly guaranty fee by making adequate funds available in the central P&I custodial account for ACH debit by the CPTA. (Please See MBS Guide Chapter 6, Part 4) The CPTA calculates the amount of the guaranty fee debit using the RPB information reported by the Issuer in the preceding month. (Please See MBS Guide Chapter 19) (c) The central P&I custodial account The requirement that the Issuer maintain a central P&I custodial account, the requirement that the Issuer authorize the CPTA to ACH debit the central P&I custodial account each month, the requirement that a test ACH debit be performed prior to the first monthly ACH debit, and the handling of changes in the central P&I custodial account are described in MBS Guide Ch. 16, Part 4. (2) Computing the guaranty fee The monthly guaranty fee is computed based on the aggregate principal balance of the guaranteed securities outstanding at the beginning of the monthly reporting period. The monthly rate used to compute the fee is the annual rate described below divided by 12 (annual rate ÷ 12). (a) Single Family Programs (all Single Family pools and loan packages) – the base annual rate is .06 percent (6 basis points). (b) Manufactured Housing Program (MH pools and loan packages) – the annual rate is 0.30 percent (30 basis points). (c) Multifamily Housing Programs (all Multifamily pools) – the annual rate is .13 percent (13 basis points). (d) Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HMBS) – as described in MBS Guide, Ch. 35. Section D. Fee for Transfer of Issuer Responsibility
Ginnie Mae MBS Guide Chapter 6 — Fees
: 2016-10-01 (1) General (a) The fee for the transfer of Issuer responsibility for all pools or loan packages is, except as provided in (2) and (3), $250 per pool or loan package. The appropriate fees for all transfers of Issuer responsibility, as discussed in this section, will be debited via ACH from the Transferor Issuer’s bank account upon acceptance of the transfer by the Transferee Issuer in PTS. (2) Transfer to affiliate without consideration (a) The fee for the transfer of Issuer responsibility for one pool or loan package between affiliates without consideration, is $250. (b) The fee for a transfer of Issuer responsibility for two or more pools or loan packages between affiliates without consideration is $500 for the transaction. In order to qualify for the $500 per transaction fee, the Issuer must provide (a) a copy of an executed Cross-Default Agreement between the Issuer and its affiliate or evidence
Ginnie Mae MBS Guide Chapter 6 — Fees
that Ginnie Mae has granted an exemption from the requirement, and (b) a certification of an officer of the Issuer that the transaction is not a transfer of Issuer responsibility from the Issuer to the affiliate for consideration. (3) Transfer of low-value pools or loan packages (a) The fee for the transfer of Issuer responsibility for one low-value pool or loan package is $250. The fee for the transfer of Issuer responsibility for two or more low-value pools or loan packages is $500 for the transaction. (b) A low-value pool or loan package is a pool or loan package with an RPB of ten percent (10%) or less of its original principal amount. Ginnie Mae will calculate the amount of the pool or loan package transfer fee and notify the Issuer of the amount to remit by wire transfer. Ginnie Mae will use the Issuer’s most current reported RPB for which Ginnie Mae has a record to determine which pools or loan packages are low values. Issuers must allow four days from the date RPBs are reported for Ginnie Mae to process and update its pool or loan package records. (c) The transfer fee for a transfer between nonaffiliates of 100 pools or loan packages, including 75 low-value pools or loan packages, would be calculated as follows: 75 low-value pools or loan packages = $ 500 25 other pools or loan packages (25 x $250) = $6,250 Transfer fee = $6,750 (4) ACH Debit instructions (a) At the time the Transferor Issuer submits the Pool Transfer Request in PTS, it must provide the bank name, account number, and routing number for the ACH Debit of the transfer fee. Section E. Acknowledgment Agreement Fee
Ginnie Mae MBS Guide Chapter 6 — Fees
: 2016-10-01 An applicant is required to pay a fee of $1,000 to Ginnie Mae for its approval of an Acknowledgment Agreement permitting a pledge of servicing by an Issuer. (Please See MBS Guide Chapter 21, Part 6) The fee is earned when paid and is nonrefundable. This fee must be paid via Pay.gov. (Please See MBS Guide Chapter 6, Part 5 for instructions) Section F. Other Fees
Ginnie Mae MBS Guide Chapter 6 — Fees
: 2016-10-01 Any compensation paid by the Issuer to a third party in connection with the MBS Program, including but not limited to compensation paid for maintaining custody of documents relating to the pooled mortgages, will be negotiated between the Issuer and the third party and will be solely the Issuer’s responsibility.
Ginnie Mae MBS Guide Chapter 6 — Fees
: 2016-10-01 (1) The fee in the forward MBS program for servicing each pooled mortgage is based on and payable only from the interest portion of each monthly installment of principal and interest actually collected by the Issuer on the mortgage. (2) This fee in the forward MBS program is equal to the difference between the interest rate on the loan and the interest rate on the security for which it serves as collateral, computed on the same principal amount and for the same period as the interest portion of the installment. Servicing fee calculations applicable to the HMBS program may be found in MBS Guide, Ch. 35. (3) The servicing fee may not be withheld at the time an installment is collected. All collections must be deposited directly to the pool or loan package P&I custodial account. In the forward MBS program, the servicing fee may then be withdrawn from the P&I custodial account. (4) Instructions for calculating the servicing fee are included in the instructions for preparing the Issuer's Monthly Accounting Report, form HUD 11710-A (Appendix VI-4), for the forward MBS program, and in MBS Guide, Ch. 35 for the HMBS program. (5) With respect to Ginnie Mae II MBS pools or loan packages issued on July 1, 2003 and thereafter, the Issuer must ensure that the minimum servicing fee is at least 19 basis points, or, for HMBS pools, that it satisfies the requirements set forth in MBS Guide, Ch. 35. Section B. Certificate Transfer Fee
Ginnie Mae MBS Guide Chapter 6 — Fees
: 2016-10-01 An Issuer of Ginnie Mae I MBS will receive from the CPTA each month $2.75 for each transfer certificate issued in connection with a Ginnie Mae I transfer of a security to a new Ginnie Mae I security holder made during the previous month. Ginnie Mae's CPTA collects on Ginnie Mae’s behalf a fee of $15 for each certificate issued to a new security holder, from which the fee due the Issuer will be deducted.
Ginnie Mae MBS Guide Chapter 6 — Fees
GUARANTY FEE PAYMENT VIA ACH Each Issuer must maintain a Ginnie Mae I central P&I custodial account in a depository institution that is either a member of the Automated Clearing House (ACH) or a correspondent of an ACH member. The account may be either a separate corporate account established for this purpose or the Ginnie Mae II central P&I custodial account. Section A. Guaranty Fee ACH Notification
Ginnie Mae MBS Guide Chapter 6 — Fees
: 2016-10-01 The issuer will receive the pre-collection notice via e-Notification on the 3rd business day of the month, which includes the guaranty fee draft amount based on the previous month’s RPB. The issuer will receive the final collection notice via e-Notification on the 6th business day of the month.