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May 13, 2024
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By The Single-Family Team, Freddie Mac
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Technology Updates | February 15, 2022
The Next Evolution of Loan Product Advisor® Asset and Income Modeler (AIM) Is Coming
You will soon be able to use your borrowers’ direct deposits to help expand your automated borrower capacity assessment. Loan Product Advisor AIM for income using direct deposits also provides you the added confidence of representation and warranty relief for accuracy of the income calculation and integrity of the data.
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News Articles | February 15, 2022
Uniform Closing Dataset Specification v1.5 Impact Memo Announcement
Read about our Impact Memo detailing new changes to the UCD Specification v1.5.
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News Articles | February 8, 2022
Updates to UCD Critical Edit Resources and Reminder about Loan Closing Advisor Updates
We’ve updated the Uniform Closing Dataset (UCD) Critical Edits Matrix and Implementation Guide; also, don’t forget about upcoming Loan Closing Advisor® edit and feedback messages updates.
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Technology Updates | February 4, 2022
March Loan Quality Advisor® Feedback Message Updates
We’ve added new Loan Quality Advisor® feedback messages that support desktop appraisals and community land trust loans. Learn more.
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Technology Updates | January 28, 2022
January Loan Product Advisor® Releases, March 1 Mandate and More
Our January Loan Product Advisor releases include Freddie Mac Refi Possible℠ enhancements, updates to the Collateral Rep and Warranty Relief shield and improvements to how full LPA Feedback Certificates are generated. We also share a reminder that legacy versions of LPA retire on March 1, 2022 and provide you with enhanced feedback messages to be clearer and loan-specific.
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Technology Updates | January 21, 2022
Check Out Recent and Upcoming Changes in Loan Selling Advisor®
We’re enhancing Loan Selling Advisor® with updates related to FAST®, XChange CenterSM, US Bank: document custodian, ULDD Phase 4a specification, Freddie Mac Home Possible® and our training materials.
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Technology Updates | January 20, 2022
Loan Closing Advisor Critical Message Updates and New Warning Message for Regulation Z Datapoints
We’re updating some Loan Closing Advisor edits and critical feedback messages and adding a new warning edit and feedback message for Regulation Z-related datapoints.
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Technology Updates | January 18, 2022
New Loan Product Advisor® Feedback Messages Support Desktop Appraisals
Review Loan Product Advisor feedback messages that support desktop appraisals effective March 6, 2022.
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News Articles | January 5, 2022
Credit Fees in Price Updates
We are updating our Credit Fees in Price for super conforming mortgages and mortgages secured by second homes.
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Technology Updates | December 15, 2021
December Loan Product Advisor Releases and Training Opportunities
The December 2021 Loan Product Advisor (LPA) releases include updates to Freddie Mac 2022 conforming loan limits, credit reporting companies, technical affiliate updates and more.
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