Pricing & Locking a Loan

Your Responsibilities

1. Determine your borrower's interest rate. 

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

   Tip: Pricing Example & Review of the MPF Price Sheet

   Tip: Subproduct Pricing

2. 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.
   • Delivery Commitments greater than $10,000,000, call the MPF Help Desk.
   • 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.
     View Video Demo

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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: Transaction tab | Delivery Commitment | 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).
       View Video Demo
    

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     Delivery Commitment Reductions Prior to Expiration
     • A delivery commitment may be reduced prior to expiration using the eMPF website: Transaction tab | Delivery Commitment | Reduce.
     • Pair-off fees are charged on a mandatory delivery commitment when the amount will be reduced below the allowable 5% tolerance. (Only do the reduction if the new dollar amount is below the tolerance.)  For DCs greater than $2 million, the tolerance is 1%.
     • When reducing a delivery commitment prior to expiration the pair-off fee will be based on the full amount of the reduction. It is not given the benefit of tolerance.
     • Pair-off fees are calculated by comparing the price at the time the DC was issued to the price at the time of pair-off (based on the days left in the DC).  If the current price is better there will be a pair-off fee.
     • Pair-off fees will be calculated and quoted via the eMPF Delivery Commitment reduction screen once submitted. You will have 60 seconds to accept the quote. 
       • Reduction fees will be charged to your general DDA within eAdvantage on the date the reduction fee is accepted.
       • You will want to have sufficient funds in your general DDA to cover this fee. 

         Tip: See MPF Traditional Delivery Commitment Reduction examples.

         View Video Demo

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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.
       • 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 the 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.

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     • Canceling a Delivery Commitment
       When a loan is not going to close, there are three options:
       • You can substitute a different loan or multiple loans into the DC.
         • If the loan amount is smaller, consider reducing the DC amount prior to selling the loan/loans to MPF.
       • The DC can be reduced by the full amount of the DC, resulting in a zero DC amount. If there will be a pair-off fee charged, it will be calculated on the full amount of change using the current price at the time of the reduction transaction.
       • Let the DC expire. When a DC expires, the pair-off fee will be calculated on the difference between the original DC amount less the tolerance and the amount sold to MPF. The fee will be calculated based on the last price sheet of the day.

3. Government loan pricing is indicated with GL: GL15 and GL30.