| December 2024 |
What's New TutorialNote: We are not
providing a tutorial for the December 2024.
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| November 2024 |
What's New Tutorial
Note: We are not providing a tutorial for the
November 2024 release.
Changes
- Updated Desktop Underwriter and Loan Product Advisor for REO
Values
Updated the underlying data mapping between
MISMO Version 3.1 and Version 3.4 to ensure real estate
owned insurance, maintenance, taxes, and miscellaneous
amounts for the borrower and the property status are
correctly submitted on requests sent through the Fannie Mae
Desktop Underwriter (DU) and Freddie Mac Loan
Product Advisor (LPA) interfaces.
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| October 2024 |
What's New Tutorial
Note: We are not providing a tutorial for the
October 2024 release.
Changes
- Title Guaranty Application-IA Updated
Updated the Title Guaranty Application-IA with the
latest revision date of 10/01/2023. The form layout changed
to align with added, removed, or updated fields. Introduced
a new Email field to the Loan Processing
address type in Administration to align with the new form
requirements.
- Vanceo Dashboard File Upload Validation
Updated the file upload feature to
enhance application security and protect against
vulnerabilities that can be introduced through file
attachments uploaded to the Vanceo Dashboard. You can
now upload only supported file types (listed here) as
attachments and the file size for each uploaded file cannot
exceed 20 MB.
- Supported Document File Types
- .pdf (Portable Document Format Adobe
Acrobat)
- .doc, .docx (Microsoft Word Document)
- .xls, .xlsx (Microsoft Excel Document)
- .ppt, .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint
Presentation)
- .dwg (CAD software)
- .rtf (Rich Text Format)
- .txt (Text files)
- Supported Image File Types
- .bmp
- .png
- .jpg / .jpeg
- .gif
- .ico
- .psd
- .tiff
- Updated Desktop Underwriter Validation Services
Updated the Desktop
Underwriter Interface view to provide the most
current validation service options. The following options
were removed, added, or renamed.
- Removed - BankVOD, CreditPlus, First American
Mortgage Solutions, Informative Research, QuestSoft
Corporation, Universal Credit Services, and
Envestnet Yodlee.
- Added - Argyle, BlendIncome, Experian, Halcyon, and
Truework.
- Security Instruments (Mortgage and Deed of Trust) Options Not Selecting as
Expected
Corrected an issue that caused an incorrect
security instrument to select when the Provide a Deed of
Trust instead of a Mortgage or Provide a Mortgage
Instead of the Deed of Trust options on the
Collateral screen were selected. The issue
occurred in cases where the original selection was changed
(cleared) on either option and the change was not properly
handled in processing.
- When the "Provide a Deed of Trust instead of a
Mortgage" checkbox was cleared for collateral
located in NM, the Deed of Trust document rather
than the Mortgage document printed.
- When the "Provide a Mortgage Instead of the Deed of
Trust" checkbox was cleared for collateral located
in ID, MT, or WA, the Mortgage document rather than
the Deed of Trust document printed.
- Adjustable Rate Mortgage Program Disclosure
Corrected
an issue that caused the floor rate or ceiling
rate printed on the How Your Interest Rate Can
Change section of the Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Program Disclosure to omit any trailing zeroes in a
3 or 5-digit rate. For example, a floor rate entered on the
rate information screen as 6.250 would print as 6.25; the
printed value should retain the trailing zero and print as
6.250.
- Tolerance Cure Amounts on Disbursements Fail to Update After Calculation
Changes
Corrected an issue that caused updates
to the tolerance cure amount applied on the
Calculations page to not update the corresponding value on
the Disbursements page. The Amount Credited to me by
Lender for refund or cure field on the Disbursements
page is drawn from the Tolerance Cure Amount on the
Calculations page as a default value so that the values
match on both pages when first entered. If the value is
updated, then the default value is overridden by the newly
entered value and the two values are no longer tied. This
issue was resolved by ensuring that updated values on the
Amount Credited to me by Lender for refund or
cure field no longer act as default values.
- OneSumX Customer Due Diligence Account Recovery Option
Updated
Updated the Forgot User Name/Password
account recovery option on the OneSumX Customer Due
Diligence Interface login screen to direct to the
recovery page.
- SettlementOne Credit Service Interface Error with Party Aliases
Corrected an
issue that caused an "interface unavailable" error when
pulling credit on a party that contains alias information
using the SettlementOne Credit Service Interface. The
solution now permits the issue and reissue of credit reports
for parties that contain alias information (an Alias
name).
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| September 2024 |
What's New Tutorial
Note: We are not providing a tutorial for the
September 2024 release.
Changes
- Revised FHA Forms
In January 2023, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
published Mortgagee Letter 2023-01, providing instructions
on the FHA-specific modifications for use with the updated
2021 Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac uniform instruments. The system
has been updated to support the new versions of the
following forms:
- FHA Fixed Rate Note
- FHA Mortgage
- FHA Deed of Trust
- FHA MERS Rider
- FHA 1-4 Family Rider
- FHA Non Owner Occupancy Rider
- FHA Condo Rider
- FHA PUD Rider
With this change, new and copied transactions select
the updated forms automatically. Existing transactions
continue to produce the old (pre-Mortgagee Letter 2023-01)
versions of the Note, Security Instrument, and
Riders.
- Language Translation Disclosure Options
Updated to support Language Translation
documents for a mortgage loan transaction when a borrower
prefers one of the following five languages: [2] Chinese [3]
Korean [4] Spanish [5] Tagalog or [6]Vietnamese. With this
change, a language translation document is generated
(printed) for a mortgage loan transaction when the
transaction involves loan secured by residential real estate
and the lender indicates at least one borrower has a
language preference on the Document Data page. The
printed document is the Language Translation
Disclosure.
- Desktop Underwriter® (DU®) Export Error
Corrected an issue that caused an error
when exporting files using the Fannie Mae 3.4 Export
feature. The issue occurs in cases where the HUD-Agencies
related Homeownership Education or Housing
Counseling options are set to YES and the
agency ID or name is not present on the application
page.
- Desktop Underwriter® (DU®) Export Mapping of Cent Values
Updated how amounts
that include zero cents (.00) are submitted on the export
file for the MISMO V3.4 format. Previously, when the cents
value was ".00" (5000.00) the cents were excluded from the
exported data. With this change, the cents value (".00" up
to ".99") is included in the exported data. This changed
impacted approximately 68 fields, such as
PropertyValuationAmount, with the data point (DU
data point) format of "Amount 9.2". Amounts entered in the
"Amount 9.2" format are defined as including up to 9 numbers
preceding the decimal and 2 digits following the decimal
(000000000.00).
- Calculation Page Mortgage Insurance Information
Corrected an issue on the Calculation page that resulted in
the inconsistent display of information on the Mortgage
Insurance section of the page, particularly when navigating
between different sections on the page.
- Incorrect Values on DU Submissions for URLA
Corrected
an issue in the data mapping related to data submitted to
the DU system supporting the URLA section L4. In certain
cases, the issue caused the duplication of information in
the L4 section which then resulted in incorrect calculations
being applied and a discrepancy between the data shown on
the calculations page and data submitted to the DU
system.
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| August 2024 |
What's New Tutorial
Note: We are not providing a tutorial for the
August 2024 release.
Changes
- Reconsideration of Value (ROV)
Introducing the
availability of two new standard documents in support of the
Reconsideration of Value (ROV) requirements
announced by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and HUD. The
Reconsideration of Value Disclosure and the
Reconsideration of Value Request have been added
to inventory. On August 6, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and HUD
respectively announced the required use date for these ROV
requirements have been extended to October 31, 2024.
- Note Consumer Discount and Premium Rates
Updated the Note Consumer to
now support discount and premium rates. When defined on the
rate information section of the
Calculations page, the premium or discount
percent will print to the Effect of Increase or
Decrease section on the Note Consumer.
- Uniform Loan Delivery Dataset (ULDD) Phase 4a Update
Enhanced several areas to
adhere to Uniform Loan Delivery Dataset (ULDD) Phase 4a data
requirements for Freddie Mac transactions.
- Updated the Collateral tab to add the
Hybrid Appraisal option to the Valuation
Method dropdown list.
- Updated the Collateral tab to remove the
Prior Appraisal Used option from the
Valuation Method dropdown list.
- The option will remain available for
transactions prior to 06/03/2024. New loans and
loans copied after this date will not have the
option available.
- Updated the Property tab to add Automated
Collateral Evaluation, Property Data
Collection, and Value Acceptance
options to the Investor Collateral Program
Identifier dropdown list.
- Updated the Property tab to remove the
Form 2070 and Form 2075 options from
the Investor Collateral Program Identifier
dropdown list.
- Loan Estimate Additional Charges Calculations
Corrected an issue with the
calculation of additional charges in certain situations that
could impact the Additional Charges amounts printing
on the Loan Estimate (LE).
- Floor Definition and Floor Values
Corrected an issue
that caused the Floor Definition setting to revert to
none and any Floor values to inadvertently clear on
the Loan Rate Information section whenever a change
was made to the Loan Definition page.
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| July 2024 |
What's New TutorialNote: We are not providing a tutorial for
the July 2024 release.
Changes
- MISMO Version 3.4 Support
We have updated the platform to adhere to the MISMO Version 3.4 standard. This version is in
Recommendation status and offers the highest
MISMO standard. The platform was modified to now include a
new Fannie Mae Version 3.4 Import interface used to map data
points between MISMO 3.4 and the TXN schema. Included in
this update:
- The import interface now supports import of Freddie
Mac Loan Product Advisor (LPA) loans based on the
Freddie Mac 3.4 XML data requirements.
- The import interface now supports import of loan
files supporting the industry loan application
(iLAD) data and Fannie Mae (FNM) Version 3.4.
- The Estimated Property Value/Appraisal Value
and Sales Price amounts are populated at the
Application and Collateral page.
- Support for Title Application Fee Data
Added the
ability to add and edit Title Application Fee information
(fee amounts, fee percentages) on the Document Data page.
This supports documents such as the Motor Vehicle Title
Application, Motor Vehicle Title Notification and
Manufactured Housing Title Application that print title fee
information.
- Online Application (OLA) Phone Numbers
Corrected an
issue where home or cell phone numbers on the OLA Reviewer
portal containing zero values (i.e. (000)-000-0000) on the
application would fail when saving the record for
import.
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| June 2024 |
What's New TutorialNote: We are not providing a
tutorial for the June 2024 release.
Changes
- Disbursement Authorization Calculations
Modified the
field logic for calculating the Amount Given to
Borrower result on the Disbursements page.
The logic was changed so that an amount entered on the
Amount Credited to me by Lender for refund or
cure line matches the disbursement calculations on
the Calculations page and the refund or cure amount
is not subtracted from the Remaining Amount to
Disburse line. The result of this calculation is
displayed on the Amount Given to Borrow line and is
included on the Disbursement Authorization document.
- Update Guidance to HMDA Reporting
Added guidance
related to reporting gross annual income for a non-natural
person. See the topic, How do I report Gross Annual Income for a non-natural person?.
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| May 2024 |
What's New Tutorial
To access our on-demand, recorded, What's New tutorial, select: What's New.
Changes
- Incorrect Flood Determination Setting
Corrected an issue in the LERETA Flood Determination
service where the Flood Hazard Area setting, when
selected (indicating the collateral property was in a
designated flood zone), was inadvertently cleared when the
collateral details were saved. The Flood Hazard Zone
setting now retains the selected value when the collateral
details are saved. The flood hazard area setting
should change only if a new flood determination is requested
or if the Flood Hazard Area checkbox is cleared in
the Document Data screen.
- Incorrect SSN and Phone Number Formatting in Online Applications (OLA)
Corrected an issue in the formatting of SSN and phone number
values imported from the online application (OLA) service.
The numbers excluded hyphens in both the onscreen and print
formats when the OLA service was used to import the
information. Previously, the values import without
hyphens and would only change to the hyphenated format after
viewing in the Partiesscreen and (re)saving the
record.
- Added Phone Number to Payoff Notification or Financial Information Release
Added an option to include a phone number on the Payoff
Notification or Financial Information Release
Alternative Address option in Administration. The option
previously did not include a phone number field and as a
result the Authorization for Payoff form printed with
a blank value on the form.
- Increased Default Contact Display Limits
Increased the number of default
contacts available for an organization from 100 to 300
contacts. The Default Contact drop-down list on the
Organizations pages in Administration now will display up to
300 contacts.
- Incorrect Warning on Single Pay Loans
Corrected an issue that caused the
warning message, Warning: Sum of Initial Rate Hold and
Subsequent Rate Changes should not exceed Loan Term,
to incorrectly display on Single Pay loans.
- Incorrect Credit Amount on Lender Credit
Corrected an issue that caused a discrepancy in the cash
to/from borrower amount between the Desktop Underwriter
service and the Calculations page. The error
occurred only generalized lender credits were present in the
data submitted to the Desktop Underwriter service.
- Disclosure Date Not Included on Forms
Corrected an issue where the disclosure date failed to print
on forms when the Use the Application Package Disclosure
Date on Additional Application Documents checkbox
was selected on the Loan Definition page.
- Print-Friendly CSS Changes
Enhanced the application to create more readable
documents when printing a page (both print to paper or PDF).
The common.css style sheets was modified to include
an @media CSS at rule.
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| May 2 2024 Hotfix |
Changes
There is an issue with the Note Consumer where redundant fee information is printing
in the Additional Charges area. On May 2, 2024, Wolters Kluwer
intends to roll back to the prior version of the Note Consumer
document to correct this. Until the roll back is complete lenders may
wish to strike through the redundant fees that appear in the
Additional Charges with an ink pen after printing the
document.
After this roll back, the following previously introduced functionality
will also be removed from the Note Consumer document and will not
print the following:
- The Additional Charges section will not print redundant fee
information.
- The Agreements in Writing for Oregon section will not
print.
- The Term and Rate of Interest for Rhode Island section will
not print.
- The Loan Secured by Motor Vehicle or Vessel for
Washington section will not print.
- The Loan Secured by Purchase Money Mobile Home Notice to Consumer
for Texas section will not print.
- The Balloon Payment Notice for New York section will not
print.
- The Discounted/Premium Rate subsection will not print after
the Variable Rate subsection in the Interest and Other Charges
section for variable rate transactions.
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| April 2024 |
What's New Tutorial
To access our on-demand, recorded, What's New tutorial, select: What's New.
Changes
- Disbursement Authorization Now Prints Refund
Amounts
Modified the Disbursements page to
include a new row displaying the refund amount (for example,
a TRID tolerance cure amount) in the Disbursement
Authorization section. The refund amount prints to
the Disbursement Authorization document in the
Amount Credited to me by Lender for refund or
cure section. With this change, the previously
displayed message and excess fee amount in the comments
section of the Disbursement Authorization document
was removed.
- Modification Agreement Mortgage (Minnesota)
Updated the
Modification Agreement Mortgage document to now
include the mortgage amendment section when the state equals
Minnesota and the maximum obligation limit has neither
increased nor decreased from the original maximum obligation
limit.
- Parcel ID Not Printing on the Release of Real Estate Security
Instrument
Corrected an issue causing the Parcel
ID to not print on the Release of Real Estate
Security Instrument for a refinance transaction.
- Post Maturity Settings Not Included in Documents
Corrected an issue that
excluded the Post Maturity settings on the Note
Consumer document from printing when the mortgage
document policy was included in a policy group
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| March 2024 |
What's New Tutorial
To access our on-demand, recorded, What's New tutorial, select: What's New.
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| February 2024 |
What's New Tutorial
To access our on-demand, recorded, What's New tutorial, select: What's New.
Changes
- Enhanced Messaging around Calculation Policy(s) on Print Pages
Modified
messaging rules supporting ceiling rate calculations to
display a warning message on the Print page if the
last day of the month is set as the First Payment
Date and the If the first payment is due on the
last day of the month, make all subsequent payments
occur on the last day of the month calculations
option is not selected in the Mortgage
Calculations policy. This modification, while
primarily applicable to variable-rate loans, is displayed on
variable-rate loans and fixed-rate loans. In cases where
this scenario occurs in a fixed-rate loan, a possible
workaround is to set the override option, Enter a
description to override the reported validation
message, on the Print page before generating
documents. Note: The override option
is available to users granted the Override
Transaction Validation Warnings in Application
Phase/Closing Phase permissions.
- Certain Demographic Information Not Showing on the Parties
Demographic Page
Corrected an issue that caused the
Collected on the Basis of Visual Observation or
Surname information collected on the Demographic
Information section to not appear on the Parties
- Demographic page as expected. The information,
entered on the Ethnicity section in the
Demographic Information section, was not
displayed on the Parties - Demographic page as
expected after the information was saved.
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| January 2024 |
What's New Tutorial
To access our on-demand, recorded, What's New tutorial, select: What's New.
Changes
- Uniform Loan Delivery Dataset (ULDD) Phase 4a
Update
Enhanced several areas to adhere to Uniform
Loan Delivery Dataset (ULDD) Phase 4a data requirements for
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac transactions.
- Updated the Property tab to remove the
Project Eligibility Review Service option
from the Project Classification Identifier
list in the Freddie Mac Uniform Loan Delivery
Dataset (ULDD) interface.
- Updated the Current tab to remove several
options from the Loan Program Identifier list
in the Freddie Mac Uniform Loan Delivery Dataset
(ULDD) interface.
- Alternate Requirements Desktop
Underwriter
- Builder Or Developer Affiliated
- Disaster Relief Program
- FRE Owned Condo Project
- Negotiated 97 Percent LTV Loan Program
- No Fee Mortgage Plus
- Neighborhood Champions
- Recourse Guaranteed By Third Party
- Short Term Stand By
- Solar Initiative
- Added two options, Borrow Smart and
Heritage One to the Loan Program
Identifiers list in the Freddie Mac Uniform
Loan Delivery Dataset (ULDD) interface.
- Removed PMI, RMIC, Triad from the list of
available options in the MI Company Name Type
list in the Freddie Mac Uniform Loan Delivery
Dataset (ULDD) interface.
- Removed California Housing Loan Insurance Fund,
Republic Mortgage Insurance Company of North
Carolina from the list of available options in
the MI Company Name Type list when
Other is selected in the Freddie Mac
Uniform Loan Delivery Dataset (ULDD)
interface.
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