More News from Fannie Mae on Credit Evaluation

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Filed under: Credit Issues, Fannie Mae

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According to a recent article from Julie Wink of National Professional Mortgage Magazine, Fannie Mae’s announcement about “trended” data being added to mortgage credit reports for the underwriting process is going to cause a shift in the mortgage industry.

This announcement will change how the underwriting system will view consumers. Wink explains various “crucial” points to understand the addition of mortgage trended data.

• The definition from Fannie Mae of trended data is, “An enhanced credit report with new, valuable data fields, including Actual Payment Amount, and up to 30 months of detailed account history for each trade line.”
• The data will allow a “smarter,” more thorough analysis of the borrower’s credit history. Lenders will now have access to the monthly payment amounts that a consumer has made on these accounts over time. Because of this, the underwriting process can be more “predictive” of who is prepared for a mortgage loan.
• Only TransUnion and Equifax are currently supplying mortgage trended data. TransUnion is calling their mortgage trended data “Credit Vision,” while Equifax is using the name “Acrofile.”
• The way credit reports are ordered will not change as mortgage professionals will be able to access and order credit reports in the usual fashion.
• Fannie Mae has not shared specifically how mortgage trended data will be scored or how it will impact the underwriting process.
• The trended credit data information will not show on specific account types, such as authorized user accounts, public records, and accounts with less than six months of credit history.
• Trended data will show upon the main credit report. In the original plan, there was a link to the trended data, but that has now changed.
• These trended data changes will have an impact on mortgage credit report costs as both TransUnion and Equifax have announced price increases due to the a more comprehensive credit report.

Wink added that this is a positive shift and will help empower mortgage professionals to serve their clients better and offer more people the ability to be approved for a mortgage loan.

If you have any questions about this or anything else in the mortgage industry, please don’t hesitate to give me a call so we can discuss whatever is it you are thinking about.

Source: http://nationalmortgageprofessional.com/news/59431/what-mortgage-trended-data-should-mortgage-professionals-care

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