HAMP Update Preliminary Reporting Files

November 5th, 2010

The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a HAMP Update titled, Preliminary Reporting Files Available for Nov 22 HAMP Reporting Tool Release.

Preliminary Reporting Files Available for Nov 22 HAMP Reporting Tool Release

The preliminary schema and column header files associated with the November 22nd release of the HAMP Reporting Tool are available on HMPadmin.com. Servicers must use the preliminary files in order to support the new functionality associated with:

  • Home Affordable Unemployment Program (UP);
  • Principal Reduction Program (PRA);
  • Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund for the Hardest-Hit Housing Markets (HHF);
  • federally declared disaster (FDD) guidance (pending the release of policy guidance); and
  • new survey reporting.

Servicers are encouraged to use the preliminary schema and column header files, understanding that these are subject to change prior to November 17, 2010. Following this date, final schema and column header files will be made available.

Note: Both the current and preliminary schema and column header files will be available for use until February 1, 2011. After this date, servicers will no longer be able to use the schema and column header files that are current as of this notice to report on Home Affordable Modification Programs (HAMP) through the HAMP Reporting Tool.

To access, log in to HMPadmin.com. Then select "HAMP Loan Reporting: Tools & Documents" and navigate to the File Formats for Servicers Submitting Loan Data section.

Questions?
For more information, contact the HAMP Solution Center at support@hmpadmin.com or 1(866)939-4469. To reach Lender Processing Services, Inc. (LPS), call the HAMP Solution Center and select option 1, then option 5.

HMPadmin.com Outage on November 6 Due to scheduled site maintenance, servicers may find that HMPadmin.com is inaccessible on Saturday, November 6, 2010, from 6 a.m. to 12 noon ET.

Servicers can access the HAMP Reporting Tool and the NPV Transaction Portal through these direct links:

Questions?
If you have questions, do not reply to this e-mail -- please contact the HAMP Solution Center at support@hmpadmin.com or 1-866-939-4469.

To view the online HAMP Update, please click here

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