Welcome back to another installment of my MERS Compliance Health Monitor blog series, which I began back in April. As a MERS certified independent reviewer, I would be remiss if I did not make mention of the significance of performing a system-to-system reconciliation on all required and conditionally required fields in the MERS® System with the system of record. The…
Business is still booming. The June 18th MBA Mortgage Finance Forecast reported in Q1 2021 refinance and purchase volumes outpaced 2020 and Q2 would see similar upticks, with purchase activity holding strong through years end. All good stuff, particularly for an industry that already experienced such unexpected good fortune in the midst of a global pandemic. With all this focus…
We’re about to leave 2020 behind for the promise of a better 2021. New Year, new me, right!?!? As such, it’s time to dust off those annual resolutions and plan to get ourselves healthier, happier and a lot less stressed. Like individuals, mortgage businesses need to do the same. This year was certainly prosperous for our industry but looking back…
There is certainly talk of lenders being ready to move the automation needle, but how many have actually made the leap? Hiring additional resources continues to be the go-to strategy for managing current volumes, with mortgage leaders not ready to admit they should have done the vendor/technology research months ago (perhaps even years ago) to gain efficiencies. In my last…
When LoanLogics signs a new client, both for outsourced quality control and those using our LoanHD® audit platform, it’s common place for an account manager to check in to see if we are delivering as promised. We work with clients to assess the value of our technology, timeliness of our services and responsiveness of our support. This touch base also…
Especially now when loan officers, processors and underwriters are slammed with volume, borrowers can become easily frustrated with a mortgage origination experience that is primarily driven by peoplepower. The manual classification of documents and extraction of data from them for entry into other systems can be the first weak link in a chain that causes errors. It makes for a…
