B1-1-01: Contents of the Application Package (12/16/2014)

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Documenting the Loan Application

A loan application must be documented on the following forms:

• the Uniform Residential Loan Application (Form 1003 or Form 1003(S))
• if applicable, a Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Form 1003A or Form 1003AS).

The initial loan application must include sufficient information for the underwriter to reach an informed decision about whether to approve the mortgage loan. The final loan application signed by the borrower must include all income and debts disclosed or identified during the mortgage process.

A complete, signed, and dated version of the original and final Form 1003 or Form 1003(s) must be included in the mortgage file. Except as provided below, if either the note or the security instrument is executed pursuant to a power of attorney in accordance with this Guide, then the final (but not the original) loan application may also be executed pursuant to that same power of attorney. See B8-2-03, Signature Requirements for Security Instruments, B8-3-03, Signature Requirements for Notes, B8-5-06, Requirements for Use of a Power of Attorney, for additional information. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a power of attorney may be used to execute both the original and final Form 1003 or Form 1003(s) if either

• a borrower is on military service with the United States armed forces serving outside the United States or deployed aboard a United States vessel, as long as the power of attorney
• expressly states an intention to secure a loan on a specific property, or
• complies with the requirements under the VA Lender’s Handbook relating to powers of attorney for VA-insured mortgage loans, or
• such use is required of lender by applicable law.

Requirements for the Loan Application Package

The table below provides the requirements for the loan application package.

Note: Any available technology may be used to produce copies of the documents in the mortgage loan file, such as a photocopier, facsimile machine, document scanner, or camera. Copies of documents provided by the borrower may be photos or scanned versions of the original documents and can be delivered to the lender in hardcopy or via email or other electronic means.

Uniform Underwriting and Transmittal Summary and DU Underwriting Analysis Report

The Uniform Underwriting and Transmittal Summary (Form 1008) summarizes key data from the loan application package. Lenders use this information in reaching the underwriting decision. Form 1008 must be retained in the mortgage file for manually underwritten mortgage loans. Lenders may, but are not required to, retain Form 1008 for loans underwritten with DU.

For loans underwritten with DU, the final DU Underwriting Analysis Report must be retained in the mortgage file.

Preliminary Review of Borrower’s Application

The lender should perform a preliminary review of the borrower’s application to determine that the requested mortgage loan satisfies Fannie Mae mortgage eligibility criteria. The lender’s level of review should be the same for each mortgage. This eligibility review should take place before underwriting begins and be based on predictive risk factors that are incorporated into the Eligibility Matrix, specifically:

• loan-to-value/combined loan-to-value ratios,

• representative credit score,

• product type,

• purpose,

• occupancy, and

• number of units.