Industry makes early plans to exterminate Y2K bug
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Mortgage-lending institutions are working feverishly to ensure that their computer systems and products are Year 2000-compatible. Required by the government to have Y2K-ready programs in place by Dec 31, 1998, mortgage lenders are busy testing their systems's ability to communicate with other companies in a Y2K environment. Like others in the mortgage sector, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp works to ensure that its operations are not disrupted by the Y2K problem and has completed testing on 99% of all key systems that support both external and internal applications.
Publication Name: Secondary Mortgage Markets
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0740-4271
Year: 1999
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Pilot program tests automated jumbo, B&C loan evaluation
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The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac) has joined forces with Standard & Poor's to develop a loan evaluation program using Freddie Mac's automated unwriting system called Loan Prospector. The program integrates the Loan Prospector's statistical models with Standard & Poor's loss coverage models to evaluate loans that are more than $207,000 and loans that have credit grades below Freddie Mac's investment-quality standards. The program provides lenders with a single evaluation system for conventional mortgage products.
Publication Name: Secondary Mortgage Markets
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0740-4271
Year: 1996
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Homeownership 2000
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The Clinton Administration called on housing industry members to support the government's plan to increase national home ownership in the country to 67.5% by 2000. Led by Dept. of Housing and Urban Development Sec. Henry Cisneros, about 50 groups launched various programs to develop affordable housing programs for more households including minorities, young adults, single parents and married couples.
Publication Name: Secondary Mortgage Markets
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0740-4271
Year: 1995
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