Mortgage Compliance

URLA Updates, The Top Things for Lenders to Know

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…

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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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Preferred Language Question is the Question

FHFA previously floated the possibility of adding another question to their new Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA). This one has to do with an applicant’s preferred language, for communication. This question raised quite a few questions of its own. Industry participants are concerned that such a question might raise some operational and more importantly, legal challenges for lenders. Would it…

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Mortgage Compliance

FHFA Revised URLA Gets CFPB Seal of Approval

CFPB published notice that the new Fannie/Freddie Uniform Residential Loan Application is approved as a model form under ECOA (Publication). CFPB’s Official Approval: Regulation B § 1002.5(b) provides rules concerning requests for information about race, color, religion, national origin, or sex. Section 1002.5(c) provides rules concerning requests for information about a spouse or former spouse. Section 1002.5(d) provides rules concerning…

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Mortgage Compliance

We’re from FHFA and we’re here to help…

Introducing the New Improved URLA Don’t look now! Hot on the heels of the system and technology modifications and updates needed to finalize the handling of the disclosures required by TRID, we see the new improved Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA) looming on the horizon. This new application is being touted by the Agencies as a benefit to both consumers…

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Mortgage Compliance

Updated and Redesigned – Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA) Coming this Summer!

It’s hard to believe that the current Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA) Form has not had any substantive changes in the past 20 years. Despite numerous programmatic and policy changes implemented by the Federal Government’s Housing Agencies (i.e. HUD, VA & USDA) and the GSE’s,  this form has served well as a uniform loan application form for the mortgage industry.…

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