To: Collections Manager
From: Risk Manager
Subject: Mortgage Underwriting – Go Live
Congratulations on completing your three trial runs. Hopefully the ability to test different assumptions on our portfolio was helpful. Now that we are going live, there is no need to make macroeconomic assumptions or forecasts. Once the actuals are recorded each quarter be sure to observe the actual trend of unemployment in your tabular data.
You’ll need to make your final recommendation for the application score cut-off here. We’ll use that cut-off score for the next 12 months.
As already mentioned, collections management is part of our overall business planning process. As such, we need your review and recommendation for the underwriting cut-off score based on the portfolio data you’ve reviewed. Make your recommendation in the spirit of working as a business partner with Risk and Operations. Until we return the portfolio to sustainable financial health, we’ll require your sign-off on the underwriting strategy.