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'This is going to be the year for e-mortgages'

May 13th, 2010

Written by Frost Mortgage

National Mortgage News reports on the rise of ‘e-mortgages’ (subscription required), in which documents are stored and submitted electronically. The article focuses on Xerox Mortgage Services’ “e-vault” product, which “leverages industry standards and platforms, including the Mortgage Industry Maintenance Standards Organization and the MERS eRegistry, making the system agnostic to document provider or closing platform. In addition, the e-vault has undergone integration testing with Fannie Mae’s e-mortgage delivery system, offering Fannie Mae sellers a streamlined approach to delivering e-mortgages.”

A Xerox vice president is quoted as saying, “We’re big believers that this is going to be the year for e-mortgages.”

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Appraisals must now be electronic, Fannie says

May 11th, 2010

Written by Frost Mortgage

Fannie Mae has begun mandating that appraisals be delivered by lenders electronically, according to National Mortgage News.

Lenders will have several options for providing the information according to MISMO standards (”the leading technology standards development body for the residential and commercial real estate finance industries, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mortgage Bankers Association”). Smaller lenders may upload PDFs or use the XML format using a Web portal, while larger lenders may work
directly with Fannie’s chosen technology provider, Veros Real Estate Solutions.

According to one analyst, “the migration to the newly adopted valuation standards will largely be invisible to the lending community on the origination side” but is expected to have significant impacts on secondary markets.

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Single loans will be open for securitization

April 28th, 2010

Written by Frost Mortgage

Smaller lenders will get a boost in July when Ginnie Mae begins insuring the securitization of single loans, as opposed to only the bundles it will insure now. Current rules favor the largest lenders, according to the Washington Post.

The FHA will also issue loans on a daily rather than a weekly basis.

Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan made the announcements at a conference hosted by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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