New Features & Forms in Version 19.3

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Support for New URLA

URLA Support and Resources

(Updated on 6/14/2019)

A new redesigned version of the Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA), also known as the Fannie Mae 1003 or the Freddie Mac Form 65, is replacing the 2009 version of the URLA effective February 1, 2020. The redesigned URLA makes it easier for lenders to collect information required by the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) and to incorporate additional application information identified under the URLA/ULAD initiative. The redesigned URLA will temporarily use Fannie Mae's ULAD Specification (FNMA MISMO 3.4 AUS Specification) as the exchange format until the ILAD (Industry Loan Application Dataset) becomes widely available for the industry.

Please note the following announcement provided on Fannie Mae’s website on June 12, 2019:

The new output form has a similar look and feel to the Loan Estimate and Closing Disclosure forms implemented in 2015 and was designed to provide a better experience for borrowers by providing clear instructions in language that is easy to understand, tailored to each borrower’s financial situation. A sample page is shown below.

The new URLA output form is dynamically generated based on the loan scenario and borrower financial situation. The length of the printed or electronically disclosed URLA output form can vary based on the number of borrowers, and the number of individual assets, liabilities, and income sources each borrower declares on their application. Information that does not apply to a borrower’s situation can be excluded from the output form and additional entries for assets and liabilities can be added.

The dynamically generated content on the output form no longer has a one-to-one relationship with the 1003 URLA input forms. For example, with the URLA 2009 version of the form the 1003 Page 1 input form always printed on page 1 of the output form. With the URLA 2020 version of the input forms, the content entered on each of the input forms can spread across multiple pages of the output form depending on how much information has been entered. Some sections on the form are expandable to include as many as 99 distinct records for entries such as assets, liabilities, or employment records. Other sections can be excluded from the output form when the information does not contain relevant information for a borrower or co-borrower through use of section-level “Does Not Apply” indicators. As a result, the number of pages in the output form and the content that displays on each page can vary from loan to loan based on the entries and selections made for the loan.

To accommodate the changes required by the redesigned URLA output form, the following six input forms are available to use beginning with the Encompass 19.3 release. Encompass will continue to support both the URLA 2020 version of the forms and the 2009 URLA versions used in previous Encompass versions.

  • Six new URLA input forms for collecting application data:
    • 1003 URLA Part 1 – Captures personal information about the borrower, including the borrower’s name, marital status, dependents, contact information, addresses, military service, and language preference.

    • 1003 URLA Part 2 – Captures all required borrower income, including employment, self-employment, and other income.

    • 1003 URLA Part 3 – Captures different types of assets and liabilities for the borrower, co-borrower, or both.

    • 1003 URLA Part 4 – Captures Loan and Property Information, Declarations, Demographic Information, and Loan Originator Information. Provides access to the Acknowledgements and Agreements.

    • 1003 URLA – Lender – Captures information that is populated to the URLA output form if the lender opts to include the Lender Loan Information section in the borrower package. Most of the information on this form is populated from other input forms, calculations, or templates.

    • 1003 URLA Continuation – Captures additional information for the borrower or co-borrower that displays on the Universal Residential Loan – Continuation Sheet output form.

Some content on the continuation form is dynamically generated on the output form, for example, state-specific Language and any explanation text entered for borrower declarations that are marked for printing on the form

  • To accommodate the areas that now allow multiple entries, new and existing verification input forms are being used to add records for employment and income, other income, assets, liabilities, real estate owned, existing mortgages, and gifts and grants that are dynamically added when generating the URLA 2020 output forms. As many as 99 entries can now be created and dynamically generated for inclusion on the URLA 2020 output form. A series of pop-up windows enable easy access to the verification records from the URLA 2020 input forms. The way some verification records are categorized has changed with the URLA 2020 version of the forms, and some URLA 2009 entries will be listed under different categories on the URLA 2020 forms.

The existing versions of the input forms continue to display for loans using the current URLA.

The following list provides a high-level summary of features available in Encompass to support the new URLA.

  • New and retired fields New fields have been added to capture additional information. Fields from the existing input forms that are no longer required do not display on the new input forms. In some cases, these fields (most notably several of the totals fields) have been migrated to the Underwriter Summary tool for the underwriter’s reference.

  • Ability to exclude data from the output form Sections of the new URLA input forms can be excluded from the output form when information does not apply to a borrower or co-borrower. This is controlled through section-level and borrower-level Does not Apply checkboxes.

  • Borrower information vs additional borrower information A print option now controls whether details about shared assets and liabilities are included on the output form for both the borrower and co-borrower, or only for the borrower. In both cases, the co-borrower will receive their own copy of the URLA, but the format of the Additional Borrower form will refer to the Borrower Information of the Primary borrower if this format is selected.

  • Loan Identifier Used on Output Form Lender can configure the URLA output form to use the Loan Number, a Universal Loan Identifier (or a Non-Universal Loan Identifier for loans Partially Exempt from HMDA reporting), or both.

  • Alternate Names A new pop-up window captures alternate names for each borrower for the vesting documents.

  • Marital Status A new Marital Status section captures detailed information about each borrower’s marital status. When a borrower is unmarried but in domestic relationships that may involve joint property rights, an Unmarried Addendum is included when the output form is generated.

  • Military Service Detailed information about military service, including active duty and expiration dates can now be captures for each borrower on all loan applications. This information is no longer limited only to VA loans only.

  • Language Preference Lenders can now indicate the language in which each borrower prefers to do business. Each borrower can provide their preferred language for doing business, however, this does not represent a guarantee that the lender will be able to honor their preferred language request.

  • Current Employment Income All borrower employment income is now captured via Verification of Employment entries. checkboxes now enable disclosure of a borrower relationship to parties within the transaction or an ownership share in a business if they are self-employed or a business owner.

  • Military Entitlements A pop-up window now captures detailed military pay statements for current employment records. Military base pay and other allowances are mapped appropriately to the Base and Other fields in the Verification of Employment record.

  • Loan Imports and Exports Encompass supports the creation of a new loan file by importing a Fannie Mae (FNMA) formatted MISMO 3.4 XML file. Encompass continues to support the creation of new loans by importing a FNMA 3.2 flat file. Encompass supports the export of loan files into either a FNMA 3.4 XML file or a FNMA 3.2 flat file. Encompass continues to support legacy exports used by partner integrations including MISMO 2.3.1 and 2.6 schemas.

  • Property Address New fields have been added to capture Street Address, Unit Type, and Unit Number per ULAD data guidelines. for Subject Property, Current, Prior, Mailing, Employer and Loan Originator addresses.

  • Occupancy/Property Use Encompass continues to identify the property use type as either Primary, Second, or Investment. A new field determines the value to render on the new URLA output form. Support has been added to indicate that the occupancy for a transaction is FHA Secondary Residence.

  • Other Property Information New fields have been added to record whether the subject property is going to be used as a mixed-use property or if the subject property is a manufactured home.

  • Rental income on Property Being Purchased New fields have been added to store gross and net rental income the borrower intends to collect upon purchasing the subject property.

  • Declarations New explanation fields have been added to enable users to enter additional information for any declaration answered in the affirmative. Users can determine which explanations display on the new URLA continuation input form.

  • Demographic Information – Encompass continues to support existing fields that were introduced to support HMDA data collection requirements in January 2018.

  • Continuation Sheet Encompass leverages a new continuation input form to display state-specific language, program specific language (e.g. balloon loans) or other information the originator may collect for purposes of including in the output form.

  • Title Information New fields have been added to store the names in which Title either will be held or is currently held. A combination of new and existing fields is used to store Estate Info, Manner in which Title will be held, Trust Information, and Indian Country Land Tenure.

  • Mortgage Loan information A combination of new and existing fields are used to store Mortgage Loan Information includes the type of mortgage, loan terms, loan features and proposed payments.

  • Qualifying the Borrower A combination of new and existing fields are used to store the costs and credits to determine cash to/from borrower at close.

  • Homeownership Education and Housing Counseling Information New fields have been added to store information about homeownership education and housing counseling that the consumer may have received.

Encompass Software Development Kit (SDK)

Additional Resources Now Available

(Updated on 7/16/2019)

  • Encompass Guide to URLA - A comprehensive document covering Encompass administrator setup requirements for the new URLA, a review of each part of the new form (1003 URLA Part 1, 1003 URLA Part 2, etc.), sample workflows, and an appendix of field IDs used on the new URLA pages. In addition, a section-by-section analysis from an operations and administrative perspective of high impact areas in each new URLA part. This guide is available here in the Resource Center.

  • URLA Release Notes - Consolidated release notes devoted solely to new URLA features and requirements in Encompass, Encompass Consumer Connect, and other Ellie Mae products.

  • The new Encompass Field List includes an URLA 2020 tab that lists the field information for fields found on the new 1003 and verification input forms.

  • Encompass Administrator Checklist - Checklist of Encompass settings that the administrator can follow as they review their company configurations and adjust the highlighted settings to support the policies and procedures they use when working with the 1003 URLA. Note that this checklist includes settings available in Encompass Banker Edition only.

Refer to the URLA Support page for more information.

Testing the New URLA in Encompass 19.3 

Review the information below for use cases and recommended best practices when testing the new URLA forms and features in Encompass 19.3.

Use Test Cases

  • Take and Print Application
    • All loan types supported on URLA 2020 Borrower Pages (Parts 1-4)

    • HELOC applications can leverage borrower application

    • 1003 URLA - Lender page supports only Mortgage Types for qualifying the borrower

    • New Verification of Additional Loans functionality for subordinate liens

    • USDA 2009-based pages left intact pending availability of GUS

    • Test applications can be taken in Encompass and Encompass Consumer Connect

    • Persona controls, business rules, Dynamic Data Management and Input Form Builder are available to support new URLA

    • Process contacts using URLA 2020 (Velocify, ECRM)

  • Import/Export
    • Export FNMA AUS formatted MISMO 3.4 xml

    • Import FNMA AUS formatted MISMO 3.4 xml

Best Practices

Persona Controls

  • Limit access to test population and review the persona controls to plan for who will have access to the new URLA

  • Start in your test environment

Loan Files / Toggle

  • Toggling from URLA 2020 to URLA 2009 will not populate old data structures

  • Toggling from URLA 2009 to 2020 will overwrite 2020 fields. Multiple changes and toggles can delete data based on interaction between the two formats

  • Use parallel loan files for parallel testing rather than toggle

Encompass Settings Considerations

  • Review your URLA 2009 data templates and loan program templates for the 1003 URLA Part 4, 1003 URLA – Lender, and 1003 URLA Continuation input forms.

  • Consider creating a business rule based on URLA form version. Field 1825 indicates your URLA form version (2009 or 2020).
  • Refer to the 1003 to URLA comparison tab in the DU/LPA MISMO 3.4 ULAD Mapping Guide for fields from the current form as a candidate list to review potentially impacted business rules and forms

  • Catalog business rules that leverage fields with impacts

    • Review your Persona Access to Fields business rules for any loan feature fields that might require additional security.

    • Persona Access to Fields business rules will continue to be applied to existing fields that are carried over to the URLA 2020 input forms.

    • Determine whether any of your products use the affordable loan and payment deferred checkboxes and decide whether you need to implement business rules for those fields.

    • Review and understand the impact of the new and changed options in dropdown lists for verifications and other URLA 2020 form fields. Determine how will this affect your company’s business rules and integrations.

Contact

For a full list of operational issues to consider when converting loans to use the URLA 2020 version of the forms, refer to the Encompass Guide to the New URLA in the Resource Center.

Additional URLA Updates and Enhancements Coming in Future Releases

(Updated on 7/11/2019)

The following table lists additional URLA enhancements and fixes to known issues to be addressed for URLA support that are currently planned to be provided in future releases.

Encompass-related URLA items are listed below. Related URLA items planned for future Encompass Consumer Connect and other product releases will be added as plans are finalized.

Item Identifier Description Planned Fix Version
Encompass
CBIZ-22052 Provide side-by-side comparison of present and proposed housing expense on URLA - Lender form. 19.3 August Service Pack
CBIZ-22608 Establish mapping from Purpose of Refinance field 299 to new Refinance Type field URLA.X165 on URLA - Lender form 19.3 August Service Pack
CBIZ-23591 Lender L3. Loan Features - Biweekly checkbox (field ID 423) is selected on 1003 URLA - Lender form but it is not selected on other forms and screens. 19.3 August Service Pack
CBIZ-23017 Update ATR/QM Max Payment Calculations to support new Supplemental Property Insurance field 19.4 Major Release
CBIZ-23032 Update ATR/QM Appendix Q Income Import to Map Military Entitlements 19.4 Major Release
CBIZ-23356 Options in Repayment Type Code field 424 to copy to CD4.X2 19.4 Major Release
CBIZ-24356 When converting piggyback loans from using URLA 2009 forms to URLA 2020 forms, system to capture additional financing details outside the
current transaction so the correct URLA form and AUS request are generated for both loans
19.4 Major Release
CBIZ-24368 Modify the Other Income pop-up window shown on Borrower Summary forms to reflect URLA Verification of Other Income fields 19.4 Major Release
CBIZ-23025 ATR/QM Impact - New URLA VA Taxable and Non-Taxable Income impact due to Military Entitlement income 19.4 Major Release
CBIZ-24016 Due to the new Other Liabilities and Expenses section 2d. of the new URLA form, updates will be made to the current ATR/QM Appendix Q to incorporate
the new data points when using the 2020 URLA form version
19.4 Major Release
CBIZ-24543 New URLA Financed Unit Count field added to 1003 URLA - Lender form and Verification of Mortgage (VOM). 19.4 Major Release
CBIZ-24029 Update to how the system handles the Does not Apply indicators; indicator to be disabled for the borrower or co-borrower if data is present. 19.4 Major Release
CBIZ-23606 Unit # field allows 300+ characters in both the New URLA Part 1 Template and on the New URLA Part 1 form 19.4 Major Release
CBIZ-20845 Automate HMDA Loan Purpose Field (HMDA.X107) 20.1 Major Release
CBIZ-23994 Encompass Input Form Builder: After searching for field URLA.X142, the pop-up modal to define what value of the field it should represent needs to be provided to user TBD
Encompass TPO Connect
NGENT-11331 URLA 2020 - Page 8 (section 7) Borrower and Co-borrower Demographic Information 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-11339 URLA 2020 - Page 3 (section 2 sub 2d) Borrower and Co-borrower Other Liabilities and Expenses 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-11340 URLA 2020 - Page 4 (section 3 sub 3a, 3b, 3c) Borrower and Co-borrower Additional Property 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-11343 URLA 2020 - Page 5 (section 4 sub 4b) Borrower and Coborrower Other New Mortgage Loans on the Property You are Buying or Refinancing 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-11344 URLA 2020 - Page 5 (section 4 sub 4c) Borrower and Co-borrower Rental Income on the Property You Want to Purchase 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-11345 URLA 2020 - Page 5 (section 4 sub 4d) Borrower and Co-borrower Gifts or Grants You Have Been Given or Will Receive for this Loan & Comments 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-11379 URLA 2020 - Telephone and Email Formatting 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-11394 URLA 2020 - Page 8 (section 8) Loan Originator Information URLA - Page 8 (section 8) Loan Originator Information 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-11398 URLA 2020 - Lender Loan Information - L5 Homeownership Education and Counseling 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-11433 URLA 2020 - Part 1 Base Income Calculator (Military Income) 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-11511 URLA 2020 - Import/Export Liabilities 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-11513 URLA 2020 - Link Mortgage and HELOC Liabilities to REO 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-11938 Population Logic for New Import Source Last Updated Date Field 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-12281 URLA 2020 - Encompass Product and Pricing Service Scenarios 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-12338 URLA 2020 - Additional Updates 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-12386 URLA 2020 - Optimal Blue Scenarios 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-12619 Ensure Encompass TPO Connect 1003 Admin Settings Enforced 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-12032 URLA 2020 - MIP/PMI/Guarantee Fee Modal (USDA Loans) 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-11700 URLA 2020 - New MIP/Funding/Guarantee Fee Calculation 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-12029 URLA 2020 - New Get MI Button Functionality 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-12333 URLA 2020 - New MIP/Funding/Guarantee Fee Calculation Functionality 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-11671 Add New Loan (Correspondent Delegated Channel): Loan Information Updates based on URLA Version 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-12151 URLA 2020 - L3. Mortgage Loan Information ARM and Loan Features Pop Up Windows 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-12359 URLA 2020 - Subordinate Mortgage Loan Amounts Pop Up Window 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-12570 URLA 2020 - L1 Property and Loan Information Page 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-12668 URLA 2020 - L4 Qualifying the Borrower Calculations 19.3 Sept Service Pack
NGENT-11509 URLA 2020 - Alternate Names Pop UpAlternate Names Pop Up Window 19.4 Major Release
NGENT-11380 URLA 2020 - Zip Code Look Up and Auto Population of City, State, and County 19.4 Nov Service Pack
NGENT-12264 URLA 2020 - Present and Proposed Monthly Payment Pop Up Window 19.4 Nov Service Pack
NGENT-11656 URLA 2020 - Encompass TPO Connect Admin Settings TPO Seller Loan Number Comparison 19.4 Nov Service Pack
NGENT-8812 URLA 2020 - Support of new API Integration for Services (DU, LPA, Credit) 19.4 Nov Service Pack
NGENT-11510 URLA 2020 - View Credit Functionality 19.4 Nov Service Pack
NGENT-11603 URLA 2020 - Encompass TPO Connect Admin Settings Add Fields 19.4 Nov Service Pack
NGENT-11928 Add New Loan (Wholesale and Correspondent Non-Delegated Channels): Quick Registration Screen Updates Based on URLA Version 19.4 Nov Service Pack
NGENT-12010 EPPS Scenarios - Honor Admin Settings (based on URLA Version) 19.4 Nov Service Pack
NGENT-12013 EPPS Product and Pricing - Honor Admin Settings (based on URLA Version) 19.4 Nov Service Pack
NGENT-12233 URLA 2020 - Encompass TPO Connect Admin Settings Additional Configuration of Left Navigation 19.4 Nov Service Pack
NGENT-11835 URLA 2020 - Bankruptcy, Foreclosure and Mortgage Delinquency Pop Up Window 19.4 Nov Service Pack
NGENT-12440 URLA 2020 - Calculation for Number of Borrowers 19.4 Nov Service Pack
NGENT-12595 URLA 2020 - Does Not Apply Functionality 19.4 Nov Service Pack
NGENT-11435 URLA 2020 - Part 1 Base Income Calculator 20.1 Major Release
NGENT-11944 URLA 2020 - L3. Mortgage Loan Information Proposed Monthly Payment Pop Up Windows 20.1 Major Release
NGENT-11915 URLA 2020 - New Temporary Buydown Modal 20.1 Major Release
NGENT-11425 Ensure the Encompass TPO Connect URLA Form Restrictions Admin Settings Enforced TBD
Encompass Consumer Connect
NGCC-31791 Admin Portal & Loan App - Expected Borrower Count Updates 19.3 August Service Pack
NGCC-31785 Field Mapping and Enumeration Updates 19.3 August Service Pack
NGCC-31380 Automated Underwriting System (AUS) Integration 19.4 Major Release
NGCC-32530 Admin Portal - Updates to Current Housing Expense Fields TBD

 

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