Encompass 21.4 Release Notes - Broker Edition

These are the release notes for the Encompass 21.4 Major Release. They include a high-level overview of new features, feature and form enhancements, and fixed issues, followed by more detailed information and instructions where appropriate.

These release notes also provide information about an update (21.4.0.1 Server Patch 1) to the 21.4 release that was added toaddress issuesdiscovered during testing and to describefeature enhancementsfor year-end updates from government entities.

Refer to the online help and the Guides & Documents page for additional information and related documents.

This Encompass 21.4 Major Release will be applied to your users' computers automatically and cannot be controlled manually via the Encompass Version Manager tool. Users will receive the update upon their initial log in of Encompass following the release.

Please refer to the Major Release announcement you received from ICE Mortgage Technology for the planned release date. You can review these announcements on your My Messages page in the Resource Center. (Click here for more information.)

What's in This Release

Highlights of this release include the following:

• Update to Windows Support- Windows 11 (Build 22471.1000)

• HELOC Loans Updates - Updates have been made in the method used to set the starting date for the minimum, maximum, FL, and historical schedules included in HELOC loan disclosures. Updates have also been made to ensure that the Send Initial Disclosures alert is not triggered for HELOC loans.

• Automated Calculation of Present Housing Expenses - Automated calculations have been implemented to ensure that Encompass uses the same logic as Fannie Mae Desktop Underwriter (DU) when determining the borrower and co-borrower combined present housing expenses for Rent (field ID 119), 1st Mortgage (field ID 120), and R.E. Taxes (field ID 123).

• New Use for UCD Export Indicator Added to Disclosure Tracking Tool - A new Use for UCD Export indicator is now provided in the Disclosure Tracking Tool to enable users who send UCD (Uniform Closing Dataset) files to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac to indicate the CD (Closing Disclosure) to send.