Navigate Loan Closing Advisor Successfully with These Key UCD Resources

Happy Holidays! It’s time to celebrate a successful year end with key resources from the Uniform Collateral Dataset (UCD) to help you navigate Phase 3 critical edit testing in Loan Closing Advisor^®.

WHAT’S NEW

To continue to help you prepare your systems to meet the May 1, 2023 Phase 3 critical edits implementation mandate, we are posting the following new and updated resources:

• UCD December 20 Joint GSE Industry Announcement with new and updated joint UCD resources
  • Joint GSE Job Aid: Fees - NEW
  • Joint GSE UCD Phase 3 Critical Edits Phase 3 Feedback Message Mapping Document - NEW

• New Freddie Mac-specific UCD Phase 3 Critical Edit Resources
• Training Module focusing on sections A: Origination Charges and E: Taxes and Other Government Fees

Recently Updated Resources

• UCD Critical Edits Matrix v5.2 - Updated to correct guidance for Recording Fees. Note the separate tab for the new QM Short Reset ARM APR Percent data point edits.
• UCD Specification Update Impact Memo, v2.1 - Addressing correction for Recording Fees

Coming Soon

The Loan Closing Advisor Feedback Message Document will be updated in the new year to reflect corrections made to the UCD Critical Edits matrix v5.

RECAP OF WHAT’S ALSO AVAILABLE

As you know, UCD Phase 3 critical edits and QM Short Reset ARM APR Percent data point warning and critical edits are available for testing in the Loan Closing Advisor production environment (warning edits) and customer testing environment (CTE) (critical and warning edits). Refer to the UCD November 7 Joint GSE Industry Announcement for more information.

For more information on the UCD critical edits transition, visit Freddie Mac's UCD web page. Please contact your Freddie Mac representative for assistance or submit your questions to [email protected].