Loan commitment system and method

• US 8,032,450 B2
• Filed: 06/10/2010
• Issued: 10/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fannie Mae
• Original Assignee: Fannie Mae
• Inventors: Nolan, William R. III, Kemper, John L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kalinowski; Alexander
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chang; Edward
• Application Number:
  US12/813,288
• Publication Number:
  US 20100312684A1
• Time in Patent Office: 481 Days
• Field of Search: 705/38
• US Class Current: 705/38
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

The processing of loans techniques includes a system, and a method. In some embodiments, the system includes a processor, a machine readable storage media, a committing logic, and a user interface. The committing logic is configured to permit a seller of a plurality of mortgage loans to enter into and update commitments to sell the plurality of mortgage loans in secondary mortgage market. The user interface logic is configured to provide an Internet-enabled interface to permit the seller to access the committing logic and to receive the commitments to sell the plurality of mortgage loans by way of the Internet. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented data processing system, comprising:

a processor;

a machine readable storage media;

committing logic configured to permit a seller of a plurality of mortgage loans to enter into and update commitments to sell the plurality of mortgage loans in secondary mortgage market, the committing logic stored in the machine readable storage media and executed by the processor;

user interface logic configured to provide an Internet-enabled interface to permit the seller to access the committing logic and to receive the commitments to sell the plurality of mortgage loans by way of the Internet, the Internet-enabled interface including a plurality of web pages configured to prompt the seller through entering into and updating the commitments, the user interface logic stored in the machine readable storage media and executed by the processor, including

a plurality of loan commitment input fields configured to receive loan commitment data, the data input fields including

a loan type input field,

a commitment amount input field, and

a commitment period input field, and

a loan commitment output field including loan commitment price information, and

an interactive tool accessible to the seller by way of the Internet that allows the seller to obtain access to information regarding the commitments, the commitments including forward commitments, and the forward commitments including open forward commitments, the forward commitments being commitments in which the seller has committed to deliver a specific quantity of loans to a secondary market participant on a specific future date and in which at the time of entering into commitments the seller has not identified the specific loans to be delivered and has not identified the specific properties to be purchased with the loans and, in which on the specific future date the loans delivered by the seller have already been made to borrowers, and the open forward commitments being unfulfilled forward commitments in which the specific future date has yet to occur,

wherein the loan commitment price information is further configured to be customized based on the loan commitment data received in the loan commitment input fields, and

wherein the loan commitment price information is configured to display intra-day pricing information based on the loan commitment data received in the loan commitment input fields.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the specific quantity of loans is a specific dollar quantity of loans the seller has committed to deliver.

3. The system of claim 1, further including an access and security web page configured to receive a user identification and a user password to provide secured access to the interface.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the interface is configured to be customized based on the user identification received by the secure access function.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the drop down menu is populated with loan types based on the user identification.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the commitment period input field is a drop down menu and is configured based upon the loan type.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein the loan commitment price information is customized based on the user identification.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the loan commitment price information is further customized based on the loan commitment data received in the loan commitment input fields.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the loan commitment price information is configured to display intra-day pricing information based on the loan commitment data received in the loan commitment input fields.

10. The system of claim 3, further including a web page including a listing of existing commitments.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the listing of existing commitments is populated based on the user identification.

12. The system of claim 11, further including an existing commitment processing function listing associated with the existing commitment listing.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the existing commitment processing function listing allows the user to select a processing function from a drop down menu and wherein the selected processing function is performed for an existing commitment.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the existing commitment processing function listing includes at least one of a forward commitment function, an over-delivery function, a pair-off function, and an extension function.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the loan type input field is a drop-down menu.

16. A method of processing data in connection with a plurality of loans, the method comprising:

receiving, via an Internet-enabled interface, loan commitment data from a seller regarding a plurality of loans to be sold to a purchaser, the loan commitment data including at least a loan type, a loan commitment amount, and a loan commitment period;

displaying pricing information based on the received loan commitment data, the pricing information indicating a price that the purchaser will pay for the plurality of loans;

receiving an acceptance of the displayed pricing information from the seller, wherein the acceptance is provided by the seller via a computing device, wherein receiving the acceptance comprises providing a commitment button that allows the seller to accept the displayed pricing information and form a commitment, the commitment being a forward commitment, and the forward commitment being an open forward commitment, the forward commitment being a commitment in which the seller has committed to deliver a specific quantity of loans to a secondary market participant on a specific future date and in which at the time of entering into commitments the seller has not identified the specific loans to be delivered and has not identified the specific properties to be purchased with the loans, and in which on the specific future date the loans delivered by the seller have already been made to borrowers, and the open forward commitment being unfulfilled forward commitment in which the specific future date has yet to occur; and

transmitting information regarding the existing commitments to the computing device of the seller, wherein transmitting the information comprises providing an interactive tool accessible to the seller by way of a network that allows the seller to obtain access to the information regarding the existing commitments, wherein the interactive tool is accessible to the seller by way of the Internet.