Imaging

PCLender offers significant advantages over stand-alone imaging applications. Our integrated solution identifies necessary file documentation right from loan origination and creates a "virtual" file for loan processing. This file is accessible for the life cycle of the loan and is designed to allow you to centralize or outsource key activities for processing, underwriting, or loan closing. Additionally, our unique system "views" simplify the delivery of investor files to the secondary market and offer a superior solution for file archiving.

Imaging views create a virtual loan file that identifies required documentation and sorts the images according to the user's role in the loan process. Moreover, security rights are implemented to filter documents for users to access on authorized documentation for specific loans.

PCLender provides loan boarding and initial underwriting reviews for lenders who receive wholesale loan applications via fax or e-mail. Typically the lender receives a 1008, 1003, credit report, disclosures, title reports, and an appraisal as a fax or PDF file. Working from these image formats, PCLender conducts reviews for accuracy and basic underwriting issues, creates a new record within InHouse Mortgage (or appends existing records), and links the images within the loan record.

We complete this process overnight for each file. On the following day the lender runs reports that identify and prioritize remaining steps based on equity, credit, income, or other relevant factors. The lender can batch-print or e-mail responses based on the characteristics of the information received. For example, if a loan is missing key documentation, the lender can communicate this to fifty brokers in one step, resulting in a higher service level and significant cost reductions.

Integrated Document Management Summary

Integrating document management within the LOS provides new levels of efficiency for loan processing, underwriting, investor delivery, and file archiving. Imaging allows lenders to create a virtual file, starting with the loan prequalification process. Documents are requested, added, and managed within each transaction based on the user’s role and responsibility within the life cycle of a loan.

Features

• Web-based storage allows all authorized users to load and view documents via a fully hosted system
  
  
• PCLender does not require proprietary scanning hardware. Acceptable file formats include PDF and TIF. Once received, these files may be managed within the imaging platform for proper linking, approval, and storage
  
  
• Documents are linked to loan status and conditions specific to loan requirements based on integrated rules for product type, loan information, and investor delivery requirements
  
  
• Security rights may be assigned to view, load, or clear documents based on a user's role within a loan transaction
  
  
• Automated indexing features provide the ability to create multiple stacking sheet views for processing, investor delivery, or audit purposes
  
  
• Tools are provided to organize and approve documents within the virtual file with easy drag-and-drop or icon features
  
  
• Images may be viewed on a "clipboard" basis to create a virtual file while working within a loan transaction
  
  
• Images may be archived online or on the lender’s drive for long-term file storage

Benefits

• Permits originators to easily link images such as pay stubs, W-2s, or bank statements for centralized review by the processing and underwriting departments
  
  
• Allows all documents required for electronic delivery to the investor to be managed and exported for streamlined distribution.
  
  
• Provides simplified document search for closed, cancelled, and denied transactions
  
  
• Creates a streamlined process for access to outsourcing solutions such as contract processing, underwriting, or quality control reviews
  
  
• Simplifies implementation and training steps for immediate system integration and use
  
  
• Reduces copy, overnight delivery, and storage expenses associated with hard copy files
  
  
• Increases service levels and allows for faster file access