Brief Refinance Shift Tests Mortgage Lenders’ Compliance Controls
Critical defect rate jumps 23.9% as math-based compliance findings expose the potential for one systemic error to affect loans across a lender’s book
Critical defect rate jumps 23.9% as math-based compliance findings expose the potential for one systemic error to affect loans across a lender’s book
ACES Quality Management is a leader in enterprise quality management and control software for the financial industry. Founded in 1994 as one of the mortgage industry’s first QC auditing platforms, ACES remains a top provider of loan auditing software and continues to advance QC loan automation.
ACES Quality Management reported that the mortgage industry’s overall critical defect rate rose to 1.51% in the second quarter of 2025, driven largely by sharp increases in appraisal and borrower eligibility defects