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Mortgage
Strategies
By Michele Francis
Builder
& Remodelor - October 2005
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As
technology continues to impact how quickly tasks are completed in
business, consumers are demanding a quicker loan process as well,
which makes using a lender with automated underwriting capabilities
a critical choice, not only to service borrowers but to attain success
in the industry.
Automated underwriting, a key factor in a speedy loan process,
determines lender’s ability to attain or sustain their maximum
output level. Using a lender with an automated underwriting system
can save days, or even weeks, from the time it takes to enter a
borrower’s information to the close of the loan. For example,
Safe Harbor Capital was able to close a loan in 2 hours and 10 minutes
from application to closing docs. (*appraisal, title, & insurance
to file). Because of the technology and streamlined loan process
typically we can close within three days. Lenders or Brokers who
do not use an automated underwriting system take days just to give
a pre-qualification-not a commitment much less a complete “soup
to nuts” solution.
This system can be utilized on an actual job site where the loan
officer is able to input a borrow application on line and decision
the loan within 5 minutes and issue the customer a commitment to
lend. In addition, the loan officer can obtain a commitment for
the maximum borrowing threshold for the borrower which will provide
them with more buying power when they are considering options and
upgrades.
In today’s
fast paced society, borrowers demand a quicker loan process-one
with less human interaction-in order to arrive at funding faster.
Cutting out the pre-qualifying stage and moving the borrower directly
to commitment and to a faster loan close also brings the seller
to a faster income stream.
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