VanDyk Mortgage News: January 6, 2023

January 6, 2023

• Howee’s Helpful Tips 

Have you seen Lindsey Kuhnle’s DYK posts in the VanDyk Happenings Facebook group yet? If you missed them, we’ve created a Howee’s Helpful Tips blog category at VDMC.net to collect all of the knowledge that is shared. Check it out!

• Brokered Loans Update and Reminders:

QC Review Process:  Effective Jan 1, non-government brokered loans will be reviewed by Production Support for completeness.  The QC department will continue to review government loans.  Files should be moved to the resubmittal milestone only when the loan has closed and funded, and the entire closing package with all loan documents, approvals and a copy of the broker check have been uploaded to the Encompass file.

REMN HELOC:  Although the borrower completes the application for this loan with REMN via their website, VanDyk requires an Encompass file and secondary approval to broker like any other loan.  Be sure to follow the normal procedure to obtain approval to broker this product or any other loan.

QUESTIONS, SUPPORT & TRAINING:  As a reminder, please reach out to Production Support for any broker questions – we are also able to provide training at a branch level for specific broker processes.

• Jumbo Loan Review Updates    

With aggressive interest rates, we have determined there is a need for a more relaxed review to lock our JUMBO customers into their interest rate more quickly.  Upon request to the JUMBO Team for approval to lock, we will be doing a scrub to verify that the loan appears to meet the specific jumbo investors requirements.  This will not be a full review or approval of the loan file, only the approval to lock, and any areas of concerns will be expressed.  The loan will not be fully underwritten until it is submitted into underwriting.
As a reminder, we must underwrite to our specific JUMBO investors guidelines and overlays.
Email: JumboLoanReview@vandykmortgage.com

• Commission Earned Policy Reminder

With many economists predicting that we could see a refinance market in the next 8-16 months, we wanted to remind every one of our commissions earned policy (Early Payoff). Please see the attached for a refresher on the policy. We do have a pipeline view in Encompass called “Recapture Pipeline” that is available for LOs to search loans and get an estimate for when a particular loan is in the clear.  If you have a situation where you might be close on recapture or just want a further look at the scenario, reach out to secondary and they can dive deeper into the exact loan scenario and investor policies to ensure we have an exact date.

• Chenoa Fund Updates  

Chenoa has made the following update, effective January 1, 2023. Matrix and updated guide are attached.

• Payment Shock Requirements: For Borrowers exceeding the 125% payment shock or where the Borrower has no prior housing expense, the new maximum DTI is 45%.  Sections 5.11 DTI Requirements, 5.12 Payment Shock Requirements, and 6 Manufactured Housing were impacted by this update.

• AMI/LLPA Announcement from Secondary

On December 23rd Secondary put out the attached “FHFA Updates in Optimal Blue.” If you missed it, please read! If a borrower meets the below two requirements on a Conventional transaction they are eligible for no LLPA’s.

• At least one borrower on the loan is a first-time homebuyer.
• The total qualifying income is less than or equal to 100% of the AMI, or less than or equal to 120% of the AMI in a designated High-Cost Area.

• MSHDA – Tax Return Update

Effective January 1, 2023, MSHDA will require federal returns for tax years 2020, 2021 and 2022 on all new MCC submissions. The completed MCC-004 Income Tax Affidavit is to be submitted in place of the 2022 federal tax return up until February 15, 2023.  After February 15, 2023, the 2022 federal tax return is required to be submitted with every MCC file before a Commitment can be issued. This applies only to the Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) program.

• Manufactured Home – Title Order Form    

A new Title Request Form for Manufactured Homes is now available in Encompass. This form gives additional guidance to Title Companies on what will be needed for us to close on a manufactured home. Please use this form for all title orders on Manufactured Homes.

• Borrower Summary – Form Update to 2023!

The Encompass input form Borrower Summary – 2021 will soon be replaced with an updated version, Borrower Summary – 2023. It will feature new fields for the Credits and Adjustments as well as an updated second input form (Page 2) for disclosure questions and fee rule overrides.

The form update will effective 1/16/23. Trainings on the new form will be provided before and after the change.

• New DPA Coming Soon: CALHFA

We have been approved with CALHFA but must undergo extensive training before they will allow us to originate. If you plan to originate CALHFA loans, please register for Part 1 and 2 of Sales and Ops training using the links below. We will issue another announcement once we are fully ready for launch.

• • Part 1: Registration (gotowebinar.com)
  • Part 2: Registration (gotowebinar.com)

• Market Update: Brad Chatel

Don’t miss the Newscast on Friday, 1/13 – Brad, our VP of Secondary and Capital Markets, will be joining us to recap his 2022 year-end commentary. He’ll also share any updates that have arisen since. If you missed the commentary, find the email attached!

Agency Updates

• VA: While this isn’t an update from VA, we wanted to pass along a reminder to log in to your LGY Hub account at least once every 90 calendar days.  Starting January 10, 2023 and onward, all LGY Hub user accounts will be deactivated if they have been inactive more than 90 days.

Upcoming Events and Reminders

If you need an invitation to one of the Zoom meetings listed below, please respond to this message or email ProductionSupport@vandykmortgage.com

• Iron Sharpens Iron: Tuesday, January 17 @ 11am Eastern
• VanDyk Mortgage Newscast: Friday, January 13 @ 1pm Eastern
• Production Roundtable: Tuesday, January 24 @ 2pm Eastern

35^th Anniversary Events

March 2 – 4, 2023 | Annual Sales Fly-in

VDM Newscast Dates

Just a reminder that the VanDyk Mortgage Newscast will be held on the second Friday of each month for 2023.

Invitations were sent in December, please let Production Support know if you need it re-sent!

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Reminder: Self-Employment and Rental Income Support Team

As a reminder, the Self-Employment / Rental Income Support Team is not designated for JUMBO loans.
Please continue to submit all jumbo loans through the Jumbo Loan Review Team at jumboloanreview@vandykmortgage.com.
Instructions for requesting support are attached.

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Video Portal

Did you miss an Iron Sharpens Iron or a Newscast? Don’t worry – those recordings are available on VDMTube here!

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Product Matrices

You can find our VanDyk Mortgage product matrices by asking Howee, or by going directly to the Shared Files – in the Product Matrices folder.

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Sales Fly-In – RSVP Reminder

Our 2023 Sales Fly-In is March 2nd – March 4th! If you already RSVP’d, thank you! If you haven’t and plan on attending, what are you waiting for?!

RSVP today: https://2023-VDM-Sales-Flyin.eventbrite.com

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