Fannie Mae’s Selling Guide Announcement from 3/1/23 communicated a variety of updates. This blog is a two-part series to discuss in more detail two of the areas covered: Valuation Modernization and Lender Quality Control Updates. Also related is our recent blog, Appraisal Modernization is Now! The modernization of anything should include more flexibility and more reliance on tools versus people.…
Valuation modernization is clearly a priority for Fannie Mae who is, “on a journey of continuous improvement to make the home valuation process more efficient and accurate.” Here at Loanlogics we agree! Loanlogics is committed to ensuring efficiency and accuracy through the enhancements we make to our LoanHD® audit platform. We continually update our Appraisal Audit test set to keep…
LoanLogics is proud to be an official exhibitor at the ICE Experience 2023 user conference on February 27-March 1, 2023, at Wynn Las Vegas. Each year, Experience brings together over 2,500 mortgage industry professionals for three full days of learning, networking, and fun. We’re excited to share that this year, there will be more opportunities than ever before to grow…
Cars, trumpets, measurement devices, and now the loan quality control process are a few of the common calibrations we need to perform to ensure high standards in execution. Starting in 4Q 2022 and rolling out more robustly next year, Fannie Mae® announced that the agency will begin calibrations with its customer base to understand the precision and accuracy of a…
I’m back with Part 2 of my recap of the panel discussion “Improving QC Strategies in Today’s Volatile Lending Market” that I participated in during the MBA’s 2022 Risk Management, QA, and Fraud Prevention (RMQA). You can look back through part one here, where I covered four key questions I addressed in the session. At the end of the discussion,…
I had the pleasure of speaking on the 2022 panel discussion, “Improving QC Strategies in Today’s Volatile Lending Market” during the MBA’s Risk Management, QA, and Fraud Prevention (RMQA) last week. My fellow panelists and I (Stephen W. Spies, CMB, Principal and Founder, at SWS Risk Advisors, Duane Gilkison, Senior Director, Credit Risk Management, for Fannie Mae, and moderator Brian…
