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Costs & Escrow Reserves

Question What do you mean when you say MC added Costs & Escrow Reserves enhancement to RapidApp, WebApp, and the new Web-based Mortgage Office Software packages?
Answer

Many times the loan originator or borrower do not know what the annual estimated taxes and hazard insurance will be.

Some origination software packages compute just a P&I. Mortgage Computer's enhancement provides the borrower with a more accurate picture of the total PITI payment as well as what the projected closing costs will be.

Costs & Escrow Reserves when set up enables all this.

ENHANCMENT

    Mortgage Computer added to the packages a feature where this information is set up to be more accurate than a guess.
    • Set up the percentage (%) the annual hazard insurance premium would be based on the sales price or appraised value.
    • Set up the mill levy (rate per 1,000) for any state and county for the program to compute the annual property tax based on sales price or appraised value.
    MC realizes within a county there could be varying insurance percentages or property mill levy. It would be almost impossible to set up for each and every hazard insurance or tax district. To set up an average county hazard insurance percentage or mill levy is a darn good guide. This is much better than no guide at all. The dollar amount is computed but can be modified if the amount is known to be more or less. With the next software release, the data that is set up in one PC can be transferred to other PC using RapidApp.
Best The data entered in the Good Faith Estimate is all transferred to the MC OFFICE or the new Web-based Mortgage Office Software.
Great Using WebApp, a borrower sees the PITI and estimated costs.

Why not set up and use the Costs & Escrows Reserves?

Updated July 31, 2006 at 2:48 p.m.