O2I Streamlined the Underwriting Processes of a Leading US Residential Lender Using Automation

The Client

The client is one of the top US residential lenders in the Texas region.

Client's Requirement

The client wanted to improve its underwriting productivity.

Client's Challenges

This project had to overcome many challenges, including -

• Missing information
• Absence of metrics for benchmarking
• Low underwriting productivity

These challenges were resulting in -

• Wrong income and asset calculation
• Generation of poor-quality loans
• Increase in denial rates
• A massive backlog of loans requiring immediate underwriting

O2I's Solution

Our solution included -

• Automating the loan file indexing process using our proprietary tool, MSuite
• Extracting and validating data using MSuite
• Redefining the process of lending decision analysis (ensuring that two years of employment history and resident history was included in the paperwork)
• Basing the credit capacity on the existing income
• Properly supporting the property values with accurate comparables
• Preparing the correct questionnaire to validate the data accuracy from customers
• Red flagging issues that required further investigation
• Reviewing every loan file by an appropriate special guidelines team

The Results

With our high-quality services, the client was able to achieve -

• Significant reduction in the amount of information the underwriter needed to review
• 2X improvement in the underwriting productivity and efficiency within 3 months
• 40% reduction in the underwriting turnaround time
• Substantial increase in the growth of the home loan portfolio (almost $5 million within 6 months)
• 40% decrease in operational costs

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