System and method for transferring mortgage loan servicing rights

• US 8,438,108 B1
• Filed: 06/28/2010
• Issued: 05/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fannie Mae
• Original Assignee: Fannie Mae
• Inventors: Palumbo, Donald R., Carter, Thomas J., Dixon, Amelia M., Keller, Kathleen P., Jozwiak, John J.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TIEN C
• Application Number:
  US12/825,155
• Time in Patent Office: 1,044 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705 30- 45, 705/80, 705/316, 705/64, 705/51, 710/310
• US Class Current: 705/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03

Abstract

A method for facilitating the sale of a loan having a loan asset and a service asset is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving a bid from one or more servicers for purchasing the servicing asset and receiving a loan commitment selection from a lender. The method further includes selecting a servicer from the one or more servicers with a lender based upon a predefined set of criteria for selecting a servicer. The method also includes generating an all-in price, the all-in price including the price for purchasing the loan asset and the servicing.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating the sale of a loan, the loan having a loan asset and a service asset, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving, by a computing system, a bid from one or more servicers for purchasing the servicing asset;

receiving, by the computing system, a loan commitment selection from a lender;

selecting, by the computing system, a servicer from the one or more servicers to match with a lender based upon a predefined set of criteria for selecting a servicer;

generating, by the computing system, an all-in price, the all-in price including the price for purchasing the loan asset and the servicing asset; and

disbursing, by the computing system, funds for purchasing the servicing asset from the selected servicer to the lender, the funds comprising a gross price associated with the selected servicer'"'"'s bid less fees charged by the selected servicer, wherein the funds are disbursed after the servicer has been selected and after closing of the loan such that the selected servicer and not the lender supports and manages the servicing asset after closing of the loan, wherein closing of the loan occurs when a borrower signs a financial note associated with the loan and receives a deed to property associated with the loan.

2. A method according to claim 1, further including collecting funds from the servicer, the funds being representative of the all-in price.

3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the servicer accesses the servicing logic for importing and exporting data.

4. A method according to claim 2, wherein the servicer accesses the servicing logic for managing the servicer'"'"'s loan commitments.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein a lender or a servicer are provided access to a user interface to access loan commitment data over a global communication network.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the loan commitment from the lender is a servicing-released commitment.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein the loan commitment selection is a best efforts commitment.

8. A method according to claim 6, wherein the loan commitment selection is a mandatory commitment.

9. A system for interfacing one or more lenders with one or more servicers to facilitate the sale of a loan from a lender to a servicer, the loan having a loan asset and a servicing asset, the system comprising:

committing logic configured to receive a loan commitment selection from the lender, wherein the committing logic comprises instructions that are stored on at least one computer-readable medium and are executable by at least one processor; and

servicing execution logic configured to receive a bid to purchase the servicing asset of the loan submitted by one or more servicers, wherein the servicing execution logic is configured to match one of the one or more servicers to a lender based upon a predefined set of criteria for matching a servicer to a lender, wherein the servicing execution logic comprises instructions that are stored on the at least one computer-readable medium and are executable by the at least one processor;

funding logic configured to calculate funds to be remitted from the servicer to the lender for purchasing the servicing asset of the loan, wherein the funds comprise a gross price associated with the selected servicer'"'"'s bid less fees charged by the selected servicer, wherein the funding logic is configured to disburse the funds from the selected servicer to the lender after the servicer has been matched with the lender and after closing of the loan such that the selected servicer and not the lender supports and manages the servicing asset after closing of the loan, wherein closing of the loan occurs when a borrower signs a financial note associated with the loan and receives a deed to property associated with the loan, and wherein the funding logic comprises instructions that are stored on the at least one computer-readable medium and are executable by the at least one processor.

10. A system according to claim 9, wherein the funding logic is configured to collect a servicing-released premium from the servicer for the servicing asset of the loan.