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Salt Lake City, UT, March 28, 2019 --(PR.com)-- MetaSource, a leading provider of mortgage
technology and services, completed their annual third-party review process for MERS Clients at the end
of 2018. These reviews are required by MERS for companies having more than 1,000 mortgage
identification numbers (MIN) in their servicing portfolios on March 31st of the current year as part of the
eAnnual Report process which must be completed by the end of every year.
Many clients have great Quality Assurance programs and received high marks, however there were five
distinct findings that stood out in last year's review cycle.
Below is a list of the most pressing issues noted during Third Party Client Reviews in 2018:
1. Written internal policy and procedures were not detailed enough to comply with MERS Requirements.
2. Members were not completing monthly data reconciliation, were not reviewing all required data fields,
or were not using the MRE Report for comparison.
3. Members' internal Quality Assurance audits, their subservicers' process audits, and third-party vendor
process audits did not meet MERS Standards or were inadequate to ensure compliance.
4. Default account triggers for bankruptcy and foreclosure were either poorly documented or missing.
Overall, they noted a higher than normal turnover of MERS-related personnel within our client
companies, according to MetaSource MERS Operations Manager, Kelly Jensen. Missing or inadequate
written internal policy and procedures then created problems for clients who had turnover.
"If you haven't documented your processes, it is very difficult for someone new to come in and take on
the role," Jensen said. Additionally, in some cases, our review found that some smaller servicers had
someone still listed in a MERS security role who no longer worked for the company.
Best Practices
Among the best practices recommended by MetaSource to its MERS member clients is the establishment
of a process that ensures an early start in the year to surface any potential compliance issues in time to
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correct them.
"Scheduling third-party reviews at the beginning of the third quarter helps provide time needed to identify
and correct weaknesses in process and procedures in order to submit a clean annual report by the end of
the year," said Mary Kladde, SVP of MetaSource Mortgage Services.
MERS annual reports are due December 31 and can take some time to complete depending on the client
documentation and needed process repair and revisions.
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Contact Information:
MetaSource, LLC
Colin Graf
(888) 634-7684
Contact via Email
https://www.metasource.com
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