Posts on mortgage compliance and industry regulation including TRID, HMDA, and MERS.
It’s been a little over six months since LoanLogics last shared some insight on the upcoming redesign of the GSE uniform residential loan application (URLA) here on blogics. With effective date now slated for November 1, 2020 (see URLA Implementation timeline changed below**), it’s a good time to discuss the change further: Changes being made to the form Things lenders…
Back in July, MERS sent a reminder notification to its customers about their upcoming 2019 eQA Plan responsibilities. During that same time, I penned a blog to help servicers begin those preparations in a timely and well-executed manner with their 3rd party provider. Part of that guidance recommended starting the process three to four months out from the time of…
As a part of the overall standardization efforts of the government sponsored enterprise (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as directed by their regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)’s Uniform Mortgage Data Program (UMDP) is the latest “U” initiative coming to market is aimed at the loan application. Everyone from the borrower, to the loan originator, quality control vendors…
Today we are going to discuss the confusion surrounding the application of real estate tax credits to the borrower’s closing costs and (MRI) minimum required investment, when applicable. If you are just as confused, this blog is for you. In some state’s property taxes are paid in the arrears which means that the borrower is paying for “services” the municipality…
Often, underwriters are faced with a borrower, especially a self-employed borrower, whose income has declined year over year. I wanted to provide a quick review regarding declining income for self-employed borrower(s) specifically for FHA loans. There are a few paths a loan can follow. When income is declining year over year, it affects how the borrower’s income is calculated as…
Last July, Fannie Mae began accepting loans with debt to income (DTI) ratios up to 50%. This is much higher than that allowable under the Truth Lending Act (TILA) for a Qualified Mortgage (QM). However, TILA offers an exception to the QM rules for loans that get approved by Fannie’s Automated Underwriting System (AUS). For now, as long as the…
