Business Glossary-Term List
Welcome to the MISMO Business Glossary - your online source of mortgage industry business terms and data point descriptions. Follow the links provided for Term Type; Focus Area; and Source descriptions; complete terms of authorized usage; and a more detailed description of the MISMO Business Glossary. Search tip: Use quotes for an exact search (e.g., "keyword or phrase").
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Term Source: LDD Acronym
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #LDD, #MISMOApprovedAcronym
American Land Title Association
Term Source: LDD Acronym
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #LDD, #MISMOApprovedAcronym
A national association of title insurance companies, abstractors and attorneys specializing in real property laws. The association speaks for the title insurance and abstracting industry and establishes standard procedures and title policy forms.
Term Source: MBA Glossary
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #MBAGlossary, #MISMOApprovedAcronym
Army Post Office
Term Source: LDD Acronym
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #LDD, #MISMOApprovedAcronym
Architecture Work Group. The AWG manages MISMO engineering disciplines providing overall technical direction and support for all MISMO Products. AWG is responsible to ensure that MISMO Products follow all published MEGs and other established product development guidelines.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #MISMOApprovedAcronym
The Business Executive Team (BET) is responsible for reviewing proposed change / project requests received from Work Sponsors and to prioritize the work efforts of the organization to maintain and update the MISMO Products.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #MISMOApprovedAcronym
The Budget and Finance Committees (BFC)� primary responsibility is to manage, review and recommend to the Board the annual budget.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #MISMOApprovedAcronym
Credit Alert Interactive Voice Response System
Term Source: LDD Acronym
Term Type: Actor, Process
Focus Area: #LDD, #MISMOApprovedAcronym
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Term Source: LDD Acronym
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #LDD, #MISMOApprovedAcronym
California Land Title Association
Term Source: LDD Acronym
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #LDD, #MISMOApprovedAcronym
Council of Chairs. The CoC serves as a forum for all MISMO WGs to communicate and exchange information on topics of general and shared interest across all WGs.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #MISMOApprovedAcronym
Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB)
Term Source: MBA Glossary
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #MBAGlossary, #MISMOApprovedAcronym
Community of Practice. A COP represents the business or technology interests of an industry segment and is made up of subject matter experts for that particular segment of the industry.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #MISMOApprovedAcronym
The Residential Standards Governance Committee and the Commercial Standards Governance Committee work in concert with the MISMO Officers and the MISMO Manager and other MISMO committees and report to the MISMO Board of Directors.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #MISMOApprovedAcronym
Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures
Term Source: LDD Acronym
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #LDD, #MISMOApprovedAcronym
A governmental entity responsible for the implementation and administration of housing and urban development programs. HUD was established by the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 to supersede the Housing and Home Finance Agency.
Term Source: MBA Glossary
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #MBAGlossary, #MISMOApprovedAcronym
A cabinet-level agency of the federal government. The Servicemen�s Readjustment Act of 1944 authorized the agency to administer a variety of benefit programs designed to facilitate the adjustment of returning veterans to civilian life. Among the benefit programs is the VA Home Loan Guaranty program, which encourages mortgage lenders to offer long-term, low down payment financing to eligible veterans by partially guaranteeing the lender against loss upon foreclosure.
Term Source: MBA Glossary
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #MBAGlossary, #MISMOApprovedAcronym
Development Work Group. A DWG produces a MISMO Product, or set of Products, as specified in its Charter.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #MISMOApprovedAcronym
The nation�s largest mortgage investor, created in 1968 by an amendment to Title III of the National Housing Act (12 USC 1716 et seq.). This stockholder-owned corporation, a portion of whose board of directors is appointed by the President of the United States, supports the secondary market in mortgages on residential property with mortgage purchase and securitization programs. aka Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA).
Term Source: MBA Glossary
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #MBAGlossary, #MISMOApprovedAcronym
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Term Source: LDD Acronym
Term Type: Actor
Focus Area: #LDD, #MISMOApprovedAcronym
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