Twenty-twenty, the year of the refinancing boom, reflected a profile of lower mortgage fraud risk. However, purchase loan fraud increased 9% over the prior year.[1] Another industry study also indicated that in the second quarter of 2020, one in 126 purchase applications showed indications of fraud.[2] As we roll into 2021, and by all estimates flip to a purchase market,…
Last week LoanLogics announced a new product in our HMDA compliance portfolio of solutions, LoanHD® HMDA DirectCheck™. It is an exciting new offer targeted at lenders who have reasonable confidence in their data from their loan origination system (LOS) or other trusted source and want a highly automated, efficient, less costly, and more accurate way of completing HMDA file reviews.…
It’s been nearly twelve years since the first iPhone® app was released. With a reported 2.2 million available apps and 130 billion downloads from the Apple® App Store* it’s safe to say that the phrase “There’s an app for that!” has taken a strong hold in our collective vernacular. The original use case of mobile apps, according to Wikipedia, was…
Outsourcing quality control (QC) to a third-party audit service provider doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing approach. Some third-party providers offer flexible outsourcing options that allow a lender to manage portions of their own workload internally and outsource others. LoanLogics likes to call this type of workflow sharing “hybrid loan quality control,” or “hybrid QC.” This ability to bifurcate or…
HMDA was back in the news this month with the CFPB’s latest ruling announced and with the year swiftly coming to a close, it is a good time to remind lenders about the rich repository of information their HMDA data contains. The fundamental principles of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act were designed to create fair access to credit. By understanding…
Borrower satisfaction is undoubtedly still a challenge for mortgage loan servicers. J.D. Power reported in their Primary Mortgage Servicer Satisfaction Study that mortgage servicer ratings remained stagnant in 2018. Furthermore, overall ratings have hovered around 758 points on a 1000-point scale for three consecutive years.[1] The first opportunity for servicers to positively influence borrower satisfaction is during the loan boarding…
