Why is it important for mortgage companies to scan mortgage documents?

In the aftermath of the economic downturn that has been wrecking commercial interests all over the world, the US mortgage industry is realizing better ways to propel itself into a more organized and effective working mannerism. Mortgage lenders have been forced to take a serious look at the functionality and induce methods that can substantially reduce costs and increase their chances of success in mortgage-related legal predicaments such as handling foreclosures.

Efficient Mortgage Processing — homeowners often demand that the lender provides original documents that contain the financial history and a list of any financially obligations related to the concerned property. Typical documents that are often demanded by prospective property buyers include documents detailing the sale/resale history and securities. Securities are the original legal note that bears the signature of the homeowner. These are often difficult to locate if the property has been sold/resold numerous times over a period.

The simplest solution lies in scanning such security notes and electronically storing them in the form of scanned images. This also helps to negate the costs that are often incurred in extracting original documents from government warehouses — a process that is time consuming and could create a time gap during which a home buyer’s interest can be lost.

Handling Faster Turnarounds — many mortgage companies are now projecting themselves as being able to provide a quicker turnaround time (for mortgage processing). To make this a reality, it is vital that a major portion of post-loan documentation is conducted via transmitting/accessing records that have been electronically saved. A faster workflow process means that the customer is given lesser time to think away from his funding decision and the loan is quickly executed, i.e. giving the customer lesser time to reconsider his decision.

There is another aspect of benefiting from faster mortgage operations. Thousands of smaller brokers depend upon sending loan applications to be funded by larger, established lenders. Many times, a broker submits the same application to numerous mortgage companies. Whosoever responds first, is the one that gets to handle the portfolio. Companies that have PDF-based operations stand to gain substantially, since their turnaround time would be drastically lesser than that of conventional mortgage firms.

Handling Mortgage Foreclosures — it has been confirmed that judges are willing to view electronic documentation for foreclosure arguments. Lenders and nj real estate attorney who can provide paperwork in the form of PDF files for quickly overviewing the documentation are able to establish that they are still holding on to the loan.

Nearly 2.3 million homeowners have faced foreclosure proceedings last year and even more are on the verge of losing their homes in the current fiscal.

Inability to present the demanded records is the primary reason why many mortgage-servicing companies are unable to support their foreclosure arguments in the court. Lack of the original Note alone counts for about 40% of the foreclosure proceedings that went against the contesting mortgage companies. ‘Produce-the-Note’ demand wherein lenders have been asked to locate paperwork that simply cannot be traced can single-handedly delay a foreclosure for about 10-to-12 months. Often, the apprehension related to the time wastage in digging-up conventionally stored documents is used as a pressure tactic against the lender, forcing him to renegotiate his conditions for the mortgage — an apparently insignificant aspect regarding the storage medium of mortgage documents can directly hamper the profitability of a mortgage deal for the lender.

Paperless Medium — it is easy-to-comprehend that an increased use of accessing/sharing mortgage records and processing documents that have been scanned and saved as PDF files means a gradual shift towards a paperless environment. This means direct, daily cost savings. Being paperless, i.e. adopting an electronic documentation format through the scanning of paper records means:
• Using a central, secured, electronic mortgage information storehouse that can be accessed from remote locations and shared with mortgage partners like third-party vendors.
• Presenting prospective customers with a more organized and transparent process — removing the fear of fraudulent dealings from a customer’s mindset
• Reduced processing charges due to removal of paper shipment, storage (warehousing) costs and expenditures caused due to manual filing and copying.
• Presence of standardized loan folders containing the scanned files reduces chances of misplacing important documents.
• The opportunity to perform quicker, performance-linked, analytical electronic audits.
• Eliminating document copying requirements and manual file search — resulting in quicker retrieval of desired documents.

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35 Responses to “Why is it important for mortgage companies to scan mortgage documents?”

  1. Mhunter says:
    have never thought about it that way before… thanks for sharing. As more education about the value proposition behind going electronic is discovered, the movement toward paperless processes and eventually electronic mortgages is accelerating. A recent study conducted indicates that those lenders currently engaged in adopting emortgage technologies are growing at a faster rate than most expect. The study conducted by imaging and collaborative workflow vendor Advectis here surveyed over 60 organizations including 10 of the top 20 lenders and five of the top 10 lenders.
  2. detox kits says:
    Thanks for the information. I’ll keep it in mind.
  3. First of all thanks a lot for the useful and informative post. I have to admit that I am very interested in mortgage companies and their work. I really want to stat my own business in this sphere but I do not known if is worth to start it now, when financial crises have not finished yet. Maybe someone could express his or her own opinion about this question? It would be really interesting to find out other people opinion about that. Thanks a lot one more time for the useful information about mortgage business and I will be waiting for more such an interesting posts like this one from you.
  4. Jay says:
    I think more people are finally starting to get on board with the idea of a paperless office, and scanning their documents into a searchable system. My company finally hopped on the train a few months ago and signed up with ScanMountain.com. It’s been great!
    Their functionality pretty much matches what this article is talking about. We can search our files anywhere (since the database is online), email files to clients, and the files are safe from natural disaster since they aren’t in the same location. (sorry, just thinking of poor Nashville).
  5. I am so glad that I have found this post about mortgage companies indeed. I have to do a little research in my university about such kind of companies and the information which you have shared for me would be really useful for me. Reading this post I have known so many new things about mortgage and its companies which i have not known before. Thanks a lot one more time for the great and informative article!
  6. essay writer says:
    It’s very interesting that mortgage uses paperless ways for documents. But can it be some fraud? Using Photoshop or something like that? I think that can be dangerous in some cases.
  7. Laura Morton says:
    Going paperless is great. And if this technology means that we can clear the backlog of foreclosures, whoopee! My concern is security and fraud. How do we prevent corrupt employees from selling this information to criminal. The crooks can scan fraudulent documents and compromise the system.
  8. “Going paperless is great. And if this technology means that we can clear the backlog of foreclosures, whoopee! My concern is security and fraud. How do we prevent corrupt employees from selling this information to criminal. The crooks can scan fraudulent documents and compromise the system.”
    I agree with you.
  9. Bonjour et merci pour les information bonne continuation
  10. A lot of mortgage companies are now projecting themselves as being able to provide a quicker turnaround time – great fact I must admit!
  11. batterie says:
    The crooks can scan fraudulent documents and compromise the system
  12. If these documents are not properly scanned then how could one know the correct owner.
  13. Mark Sanders says:
    A very interesting post but like many others my main concern is security, I think we would need an industry wide solution to this to ensure the integrity and security of such sensitive documents.
  14. batterie says:
    I think that can be dangerous in some cases.
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  18. Typical documents that are often demanded by prospective property buyers include documents detailing the sale/resale history and securities. Securities are the original legal note that bears the signature of the homeowner. These are often difficult to locate if the property has been sold/resold numerous times over a period.
  19. I have always admired your point of view mate. I am really glad to be a part of your blog.
  20. Steve Herb says:
    Oh, come on! Everything for decades has been switched over. Mortgage closing docs even state electronic signature to be valid. Everything in the financial industry is on a computer file. Now you say originating docs. never got scanned? . I’ve been requesting original docs for a year and half and been given several excuse as to has them and where they are. It’s fraud just buying time.
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