On January 31, Fannie Mae issued Selling Guide Announcement SEL-2012-01, which provides updates and changes regarding (i) Construction-to-Permanent Financing; (ii) effective quality control plans, and (iii) other miscellaneous Guide topics. The changes to the Construction-to-Permanent Financing provisions aim to more closely align the policies related to such financing with standard requirements for other refinance transactions. The updates to the requirements for the lender to have an effective quality control plan do not establish any new policies, but seek to clarify requirements for lenders’ post-closing quality control process. These and most of the other updates provided in the Announcement are effective immediately.