Pricing & Locking a Loan

Your Responsibilities

1. Determine your borrower's interest rate. Access pricing at the eMPF website.

   • Access pricing at the eMPF website.
     • Rate sheets are posted between 8:30 AM and 3:30 PM (CT).
     • Price the loan using the actual/actual servicing remittance option.
     • When selecting the MC# from the MC list, your remittance option is provided.
     • Servicing remittance option for loans serviced by Colonial will be Scheduled/Scheduled.
     • Pricing is subject to change based on bond market movement. 

   Tip: How to read the MPF Price Sheet.

2. Review Colonial's Servicing Release Premium (SRP) schedule.

   • The SRP paid by Colonial is based on the SRP fee schedule in effect on the day the loan was locked.
   • View Colonial's SRP schedule.
   • Colonial's SRP schedule does have adjustment you will need to include to determine the actual SRP paid by Colonial.
   • Colonial pays the SRP once a month for all loans boarded in the previous month.
     • The SRP will be paid by the fifth business day of the month.
   • Each month Colonial will provide a loan level detail report to support SRP payments.

   Tip: Find out how SRP is calculated.

3. Loans can be locked via the eMPF website between 8:30 AM and 3:30 PM (CT).

   • With MPF mandatory delivery, you will not lock a specific borrower or property address; you will only lock a dollar amount, term, interest rate and lock period.
   • What you’ll need:
     • Master Commitment Number- can be selected from the MC list
     • Delivery Amount ($)- can be for a single loan or a bulk delivery (multiple loans)
     • Product- choose 15, 20 or 30 year pricing as the product type
     • Commitment Term/Expiration Date
     • Note Rate (%)
   • Once your lock is submitted and confirmed within eMPF, you will be emailed a lock confirmation.
   • Additionally, within the DC confirmation screen, you have the option to print the confirmation and email the confirmation to someone else in your institution, provided they are on the dropdown list.
   • It is recommended you print the confirmation for the loan file as it will be needed later in the process.
   • Always proof your confirmation for accuracy.
   • You can deliver multiple loans using one Delivery Commitment (DC) number.
   • You cannot use multiple delivery commitments for one loan.
   • You can over-deliver a loan amount.

   • Learn more about MPF Traditional Locks and Tolerances.
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   • Lock Extensions
     • There will always be an extension fee regardless of how the bond market has moved.
     • Extensions can be for one day at a time or for multiple days; an extension cannot exceed a total of 30 calendar days.
     • Extension fees will be calculated and quoted to you; you will have 60 seconds to accept or decline the quote. (For quotes not accepted within 60 seconds, simply resubmit.)
     • Extension fees will be charged to your general Demand Deposit Account (DDA) within eAdvantage (your institution's banking site with FHLB Des Moines) on the date the extension is accepted.
     • You will want to have funds in your general DDA to cover the extension fee.
     • To request an extension, go to the eMPF website's “Transaction” tab and select "Delivery Commitment", then "Extensions."
     • MPF Traditional Conventional and Government delivery commitments may be extended until 4:00 PM CT. This allows an additional 1/2 hour to obtain an extension. When MPF announces an early close for deliver commitments and funding activity, extensions will have the same earlier cut-off time (typically 1:00 PM CT).
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     Loan Amount Reductions
     • When reducing a delivery commitment, try to be as close to the new loan amount as possible. 
     • Once a DC is reduced, the 5% tolerance rule no longer applies and the new tolerance becomes $50.
     • When reducing a DC prior to price expiration, the pair off fee will be based on the amount of change without the benefit of the tolerance rule and the price (based on the days left in the (DC) in effect at the time of reduction).
     • Reduction fees will be calculated and quoted to you; you will have 60 seconds to accept or decline the quote. 
     • For quotes not accepted within 60 seconds, you may simply resubmit.
     • Reduction fees for a pair-off will be charged to your general DDA within eAdvantage, on the date the reduction fee is accepted.
     • To submit a DC reduction go to the eMPF website‘s “Transaction” tab select “Delivery Commitment”, then “Reduction.”

     • Tip: See MPF Traditional Loan Amount Reduction examples.

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     Pair-off At Expiration
     Pair-offs are charged when a mandatory delivery commitment is delivered at less than 95% of the original amount. Pair-off fee will be calculated by comparing price at the time of execution to the current price (based on the days left in the delivery commitment) at the time of pair-off.
     • Pair-off fees will be charged for loans delivered at less than 95% of the original Delivery Commitment.
     • If you sell MPF a loan prior to price expiration, the fee will not be calculated/charged till the last price sheet of the day on the day of expiration. (The reason for this is DC’s can be over delivered by greater of 1% or $100,000.00)
     • These fees are charged at expiration with the benefit of tolerance.
     • Pair-off fees will be charged to your general DDA within eAdvantage, on the date the day of expiration.

     Tip: See MPF Traditional Pair-Off Fee examples.

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   • Over-Delivery / Price Adjustment Fee
     Occasionally, the lender or borrower may decide to increase the loan amount to an amount that is greater than maximum allowable under the existing DC. This may occur for various reasons, including when a borrower lowers their down payment or when a mortgage is substituted to prevent or reduce a pair-off fee.
     • An over-delivery fee (also known as a price adjustment fee) will be charged on amount delivered in excess of 105% of the original delivery commitment.
     • The fee will be based on the last price sheet of the day on the day the DC is over-delivered.
     • A delivery commitment (lock) can be over-delivered by the greater of 1% or $100,000 but cannot exceed the maximum loan limits.
     • The amount charged to your general DDA account will be based on the last price sheet of the day on the day the loan is purchased by MPF.

     Tip: See MPF Traditional Over-Delivery / Price Adjustment Fee examples.