Even with all the fintech advancements that have been introduced to improve the borrower experience, we are still far from “push button, get mortgage.” On the front lines of lending, loan officers (LOs) would likely agree that one area of mortgage origination that still stands to benefit from more automation is document processing. The sheer volume of both documents and…
It’s hard to believe that TRID is now almost five years old. But even as memories of the industry’s massive operational and compliance readiness efforts begin to fade, TRID errors continue to plague lenders. However, while there have been challenges along the way, a lot has still gone right that we can celebrate. The industry will continue to work its…
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…
The idiom, “it all comes out in the wash”, according to one of two Merriam Webster definitions, is used to say that the truth will be known in the future. The same can be said about what will come out in an effective loan quality management process. Pre close reviews can be thought of as “pretreatment” of loan file data…
Remember the days of Local Area Networks (LANs) when computer systems were linked through hardwired telecommunication within a single building or one nearby? Those were novel times back then. Remember loan quality control in those days? As a Boomer, I do and it’s the topic of our second installment of our “Hey Boomer” blog series. Before LAN usage, which dramatically…
In case you missed it (ICYMI) at the tail end of 2019, LoanLogics CEO, Bill Neville, provided commentary to Rob Chrisman, widely read industry commentator and veteran, about the 2020 outlook for the mortgage industry. And just this month Bill did a detailed Q&A with the popular MBA Newslink® expanding that conversation even further. The main message throughout both…
