How BoldSign eSignatures Transform Mortgage Processes

Mortgage transactions are governed by a complicated series of federal and state regulations designed to protect both lenders and borrowers, requiring numerous forms, disclosures, and documents to be signed to meet legal obligations. Traditionally, this process involved challenges like the need for physical presence and extensive printing and scanning. BoldSign addresses these challenges by enabling stakeholders to sign documents securely and conveniently from anywhere, at any time, using any internet-enabled device, streamlining the entire process.

Simplifying mortgage processes with BoldSign features

BoldSign provides a range of features that can simplify the mortgage process. Here’s how each feature makes the process more effective.

Customizable templates

BoldSign allows you to create customizable templates for frequently used documents like mortgage loan agreements, mortgage disclosure statements, and promissory notes. These speed up the document preparation process by eliminating the need to create new documents from scratch every time.

Prepare templates page

Signer authentication

Mortgage transactions are heavily regulated, requiring strict verification of the signer’s identity to ensure the documents are legally binding. BoldSign helps meet these requirements with robust authentication methods, including email OTP, SMS OTP, access codes, and identity verification. These measures safeguard against fraud and maintain the integrity of the signing process, ensuring that only authorized individuals can access and sign mortgage documents.

Signer authentication methods

Multiple signers

Mortgage processing often involves multiple parties, including buyers and lenders. Multi-signer support allows all necessary signers to sign a single document, streamlining the process and ensuring all required signatures are collected efficiently.

Add recipients

Document tracking

BoldSign provides real-time document status tracking, allowing all parties involved to monitor progress and identify any bottlenecks or delays. This enables them to address issues before they become bigger problems and keep the process moving forward smoothly. Built-in statuses include waiting for me, waiting for others, needs attention, revoked, declined, and completed.

Dashboard page

Expiration dates and reminders

You can set expiration dates and reminders for your documents, ensuring that everyone stays informed and on track with the signing process. This helps prevent missed deadlines and ensures that documents are signed promptly, facilitating efficient collaboration.

Set reminder and expiration

Custom branding

BoldSign allows users to customize their signature request emails with their own logos and colors, creating a cohesive and professional experience for all parties involved.

Branding page

Remote and mobile accessibility

BoldSign’s mobile accessibility ensures that signers can access and sign documents using their smartphones or tablets, making it easy to complete transactions anywhere. This flexibility accommodates busy schedules and remote signings.

Signing via mobile device

Security and compliance

Security and compliance are essential in the mortgage process to safeguard sensitive personal and financial information, ensure adherence to legal and regulatory requirements, and mitigate potential risks. They protect against identity theft, fraud, and unauthorized access while ensuring the transaction complies with federal, state, and industry standards.

BoldSign prioritizes security and compliance, offering encrypted document protection, and adhering to SOC 2®, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS standards. Users benefit from a secure, legally sound environment for mortgage transactions, complete with a comprehensive audit trail that tracks every action on a document, including viewing, signing, and signer details, ensuring transparency and accountability.

Audit trail document

No signer accounts required

BoldSign simplifies the signing process by not requiring signers to create accounts. Signers can quickly and easily sign documents by clicking on the link received via email or SMS with no passwords or app downloads required.

User-friendliness

BoldSign’s user-friendly interface makes it easy for all parties to navigate and complete the signing process. It provides clear instructions and visual hints to guide users.

Document preparation

You can easily prepare documents and send them for signature using BoldSign.

1. Log into your BoldSign account or create a new one.

2. Click Create New and select Create New Document.

Create new document option

3. Upload the documents you need to get signed from your device.

Upload files

4. Fill in any required fields and click Next.

5. On the Configure fields page, drag the required form fields onto the document and customize them as needed.

Configure fields page

6. Finally, click Send to send the document for signature.

Review and sign

Signers can conveniently review and sign directly within the platform, expediting the approval process:

1. Simply click the Review and Sign link received via email to open the document.

Review and sign link

2. Read the disclosure terms and check the checkbox to confirm your agreement to the eSignature terms. Click Continue.

Disclosure terms

3. On the signing page, click Start signing to begin the signing process. Once you have completed signing, click the Complete signing button to finalize the process.

Signing page

Conclusion

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