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LoanLogics’ LoanBeam Income Technology Integrates with Fannie Mae’s Income Calculator to Streamline Mortgage Processing

Seamless Integration of LoanBeam and Fannie Mae Income Calculator Revolutionizes Income Assessment for Self-Employed Borrowers, Enhancing Efficiency, Compliance, and Confidence for Lenders Nationwide. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., October 28, 2024 – LoanLogics, a recognized leader in loan quality technology for mortgage manufacturing and loan acquisition, is thrilled to announce the integration of its LoanBeam Income technology with Fannie Mae’s Income Calculator. This collaboration…

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Valuation Modernization
Mortgage Compliance, Mortgage Loan Quality

The Journey to Valuation Modernization

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.…

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Mortgage Compliance

URLA Re-Design and ULAD…Ready When You Are

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…

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Mortgage Compliance

What’s Your Take on Higher DTI Loans?

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…

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Mortgage Industry Trends

ICYMI: A Recap of What’s Going On in Denver

In case you didn’t attend the National MBA Conference in Denver, here are some snippets on what’s going on. Fannie Mae Fannie Mae made some new announcements about more D1C authorized vendors and on expanding pilots to test out the use of single vendors for all required validations. They also announced their new Application Interfaces providing lenders with everything needed…

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