servicing
ser·vice
S0286800 (sûr′vĭs)servicing
(ˈsɜːvɪsɪŋ)servicing
Noun | 1. | servicing - the act of mating by male animals; "the bull was worth good money in servicing fees" |
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释义 | servicingser·viceS0286800 (sûr′vĭs)servicing(ˈsɜːvɪsɪŋ)servicing
Servicingservicing[′sər·vəs·iŋ]Servicinga system of technical and organizational measures taken during the operation of engineering equipment to ensure required operational efficiency. Servicing is performed on all engineering equipment, whether in current operation, in storage, being transported, or being prepared for use after storage or transport. For modern complex equipment, such as motor vehicles and multicomponent machines, a system of unified servicing rules is established, which is given in the corresponding technical documentation. Servicing systems may be divided into two major subsystems: preventive maintenance and repair. The structure of a servicing system takes into account the nature and conditions of operation of a given piece of equipment. It includes a list of preventive maintenance work, the frequency with which such work must be performed, the personnel required, and the tools, materials, and instruments needed. Properly organized servicing lowers operating costs as a result of reductions in the possibilities of a breakdown, expensive unplanned repairs, and the cost of planned repairs. It also increases the service life of equipment. REFERENCESRakhutin, G. S. Nauchnye osnovy tekhnicheskogo obsluzhivaniia, fascs. 1–3. Moscow, 1971.Barzilovich, E. Iu., and V. A. Kashtanov. Nekotorye matematicheskie voprosy teorii obsluzhivaniia slozhnykh sistem. Moscow, 1971. Druzhinin, G. V. Protsessy tekhnicheskogo obsluzhivaniia avtomatizirovannykh sistem. Moscow, 1973. V. N. FOMIN servicingDebt ServiceservicingProviding management,oversight,payment receipt,property insurance monitoring,and all other functions related to ongoing loan activities after origination.Most loan originators sell the servicing to third-party companies. ServicingAdministering loans between the time of disbursement and the time the loan is fully paid off. Servicing includes collecting payments from the borrower, maintaining payment records, providing borrowers and investors with account statements, imposing late charges when the payment is late, and pursuing delinquent borrowers. In many cases, servicing agents also pay property taxes and insurance with money placed in escrow by the borrower. The Poor Quality of Servicing Overall: From a borrower perspective, the quality of servicing is generally low. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reports that two of every five complaints they receive from borrowers involve servicing issues. J.D. Powers and Associates, which measures consumer satisfaction with business services of many kinds, reports that only 10% of borrowers are happy with their servicing agent. The financial incentives to provide good service, which work in other sectors of our economy, don't work for loan servicing. The borrower selects a lender or mortgage broker, not a servicing agent. The major focus is the price of the loan. Rarely if ever does the expected quality of servicing come into the picture. Information on the quality of servicing is not generally available, and even if it was, the borrower has no way to know that the lender making the loan will also be servicing it. Most loans are sold shortly after origination, and while servicing sometimes is retained by the seller, often it isn't. In addition, servicing contracts are bought and sold in an active market, much like bonds. This means that any borrower at any time can find his loan suddenly being serviced by a different firm. The fact that borrowers have little say in who services their loan would not be so bad if they could fire their servicing agent for poor performance, but they can't. The only way to rid yourself of a servicing agent is to refinance, but then you are gambling that the new one will be better, which is a bad bet. Since borrowers can neither choose nor fire their servicing agents, quality of service has no impact on an agent's bottom line. For most, there is no business reason to provide quality service to borrowers. Quality Servicing by a Few: A few enlightened firms have adopted the view that the borrowers they are servicing are potential customers for new services. A business strategy of “targeted cross-selling” requires attention to service quality. A borrower who is miffed because his taxes weren't paid on time is a poor candidate for cross-selling. Unfortunately, this approach has not made major inroads in the industry. Predatory Servicing:At the opposite pole are the servicing predators, whose business strategy is to extract as much additional revenue from the borrowers they service as the law allows. Here is an outrageous example: A borrower made his monthly payment on the 16th of the month—one day after the grace period. Without notice, the lender Predatory servicing agents who purchase servicing will examine each note to determine whether they are entitled to shorten the grace period or raise the late fee. If there is some excuse for considering the property to be underinsured, the agent will purchase over-priced insurance and add the cost to the loan balance. Extra payments to principal will not be credited in a timely fashion and the borrower will not know because monthly statements are incomplete. Recourse: Since borrowers can't fire their servicing agents, what can they do to protect themselves? If you have been mistreated, you should file a written complaint with the lender addressed to customer service. Do not include it with your mortgage payment, which you should continue to make separately. State: If this doesn't do the trick, you can file a complaint with HUD. You can also sue. According to HUD, “A borrower may bring a private law suit, or a group of borrowers may bring a class action suit, within three years, against a servicer who fails to comply with the provisions of Section 6.” You can also file a complaint with the government agency that regulates the servicing agent. Here are Web sites you can use to contact these agencies: • For national banks, www.occ.treas.gov/customer.htm. If you don't know the proper agency, you can send the complaint to the Consumer Protection Division of the state attorney general. It will be forwarded to the relevant state or federal agency. Preventative Measures: Borrowers should periodically check their transaction history to make certain that a) payments are always applied to the balance at the end of the preceding month, b) tax and insurance payments from escrow are correct and there have been no double payments, c) rate adjustments on ARMs are in accordance with the method stipulated in the note, and d) there isn't anything in the history that looks “funny.” Any borrower who does not receive a complete transaction statement at least annually should periodically submit a “qualified written request” for one using the form described above. Servicing for Borrowers: Under existing arrangements, servicing systems are designed to meet the needs of lenders and they won't meet the needs of borrowers until they are redesigned for that purpose. This is possible and may be in the cards. Borrowers must be willing to pay for the service. Aservicing system for borrowers (SSB) would not replace existing servicing systems. The firms providing the services described below could be called “second-tier servicers.” Borrowers would make their payments to second-tier servicers, which would then make payments to the primary servicers. With the payments going through its hands, the second-tier servicer has command of information on the borrower's payment history. In contrast to the primary servicer, however, the second-tier servicer will use the information to provide useful services to the borrower. The services, for which the borrower will pay a modest monthly fee, will be provided over the Internet. Access to Payment History: The major purpose is to provide peace of mind that the lender is properly crediting mortgage payments. The SSB would allow borrowers to monitor their accounts continuously and the “what-if” capacity would allow them to experiment with different future payment patterns. Access to Details of ARM Rate Adjustments: The major purpose is to provide peace of mind that the new rate has been properly calculated. The SSB would show the details of the ARM rate adjustment, rather than just the resulting new rate, which is all borrowers get now. Borrowers will also be able to forecast what the new rate will be months in advance so they can prepare for a possible refinancing. Cost-Reduction Refinance Opportunities: The purpose is to flag profitable refinance opportunities. The SSB would continually monitor the relationship between the borrower's interest rate, current market rates, and the borrower's credit as affected by his or her mortgage payment record. Cash-Raising Opportunities: The purpose is to provide borrowers who request it with a tool for assessing alternative ways to raise cash. The system would already know many of the required data inputs, including the borrower's existing mortgage balance and terms, as well as current market terms. Other data inputs, such as the amount of cash needed, would be entered by the borrower. PMI Termination: The purpose is to give the borrower a “heads-up” that it may be possible to terminate mortgage insurance. Automatic termination under the federal legislation passed in 1999 does not take account of extra payments to principal or house price appreciation. Earlier termination that does take account of these factors requires that the borrower take the initiative. Alternative Payment Options: The purpose is to allow borrowers to pay biweekly, bimonthly, or weekly. Borrowers may prefer one of these options because they find the schedule more convenient or because they want to build an early payoff plan around shorter payment periods. servicing
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