In today’s mortgage industry, loan quality is best assured throughout the process, not after the fact. The reason the regtech solutions are taking off is because lenders are slowly realizing they need to tackle loan quality issues as they happen, from the point they begin gathering information to create a loan file through closing. The business risk of producing bad…
Category: Mortgage Loan Quality
HMDA: Report with Purpose, Not for Purpose
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…
The Benefits of Automating TRID Compliance
Even though the TRID regulation will see its 4th birthday this October, we still see a lot of our blog traffic searching for this topic. It is likely because the strict penalties a misstep can cause, continues to keep originators up at night. Managing this process between multiple systems, using spreadsheets to compare fees and manual processes to compare document…
Three Benefits of Automating MERS® Reconciliation
Without automation, monthly MERS reconciliation is an operational headache for servicers. Compliance teams are left to manually cull through thousands of MINs (Mortgage Identification Numbers), as well as format and process exceptions line by line. The result is compounding inefficiency and inaccuracy each and every month. By letting automation take the heavy lifting out of MERS compliance, Servicers can experience…
‘Tis the Season for MERS® Quality Assurance Reviews
It’s that time of year again when Servicers should begin working with their independent third-party reviewer to complete their mandatory annual MERS quality assurance attestation. Waiting until the end of the year does not allow time for a comprehensive assessment or time to set a remediation plan in place, which jeopardizes a servicer’s compliance position. As an experienced reviewer, LoanLogics…
5 Best Practices for Embracing Technology
The industry is a buzz with the how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will change the way we work and the benefits it will create for labor intensive processes. LoanLogics has certainly been at the forefront of that transformative conversation in a number of recent industry articles and webinar on the topic What has been talked about less though is how organizational…