passionate service, innovative products and superior technology

Built for scale. Designed for service. Certified Credit is a nationwide mortgage solutions provider delivering credit reporting, verification, and risk management solutions to lenders across the country.

Our Offering

Mortgage Credit Reports

Insights That Deliver More Than Just a Score

Certified Credit offers a full suite of mortgage credit reporting tools designed to give you a clear, comprehensive view of your applicant in a customizable format that’s easy to interpret.

Pre-Qualification Soft Pull Report

Say “yes” with confidence with our Pre-Qualification Soft Pull report. Choose from one, two, or three bureaus and pre-qualify more prospects in less time and for less money. 

Tri-Merge Credit Report

Get a comprehensive picture of your applicant’s creditworthiness with our Tri-Merge Credit Report.  This customizable report empowers your efforts to make more loans in less time and with less risk.

Smart Select Report

Improve your closing ratio and save time and money with Smart Select. This solution filters out applicants who won’t meet your score criteria while moving those who do along through the process. 

Refresh Credit Report

Ensure smooth sailing at closing and prevent fallouts with our Refresh Credit Reports. This solution monitors borrower activity throughout the loan process and alerts you to activities that could impact closing.

Mortgage Comparison Report

Prevent surprises at closing with our Mortgage Comparison Report. This solution allows you to quickly and easily spot any significant changes that could affect closing.

Business Credit Report

Our business credit reports equip you with the information you need to minimize business risk, make sound lending decisions, or affirm your choice of suppliers.

Employment & Background Screening
DataCheck
 
Certified Credit’s sister company, DataCheck is a full-service background investigation company that specializes in employment screening. DataCheck offers detailed criminal background checks on a statewide, national, and international level. Our screening service is astoundingly thorough. We provide full employment and background history information, as well as background investigations for reference checking, education verification, driving records, drug screening, credit reports, and many more. We help you feel confident about your most crucial investment of all:  people!

Why background checks?

Background checks reduce turnover and improve productivity by providing crucial information about each candidate.The type of background check allowed by law depends on the type of employment. A comprehensive background check should be performed on each applicant as part of the screening process.A company would be prudent to conduct one on each potential hire to reduce risk. Companies that specialize in pre-employment background checks can assist in the process. Pre-employment background checks are valuable for nearly every industry and company size, whether you own a small business, hire seasonal workers, or run a multi-national organization.This due diligence can save you time, money, and stress. 

DataCheck Services

  • ATS/HRIS Integration
  • Background Investigation
  • Identity Verification Services
  • Qualification Verification Services
  • Motor Vehicle Record Screening
  • Sanctions Searches
  • Pre-Employment Drug Screening
  • Social Media Searches
  • Credit Report
  • International Search and Background Checks
Fraud, Risk & Collateral Assessment

It’s What You Don’t Know That Can Hurt You

Prevent fraud & risk from taking a bite out of your profitability

Mortgage fraud takes many forms and is more common than you may think. Do your part to prevent fraud at the earliest stages of the mortgage process with Certified Credit’s best-in-class fraud & risk mitigation solutions suite. We deliver the  analytics and insights you need to spot and prevent fraud before it’s too late.

ADV-120 Fraud Report

Comprehensive, investor-approved verification of all borrower information that can be tailored to your organization’s risk tolerance levels.

Wire Transfer Fraud Report

CFPB and secondary market compliant solution that verifies the borrower’s bank account information and provides a status report on the settlement agent to combat wire fraud risk.

Liens & Judgment Report

Complete picture of your applicant’s unreported credit activities that identifies any liens or judgements to prevent foreclosure and default threats.

Undisclosed Debt Monitoring

Fully customizable notification system that alerts you to activity that may pose a risk to the loan process, such as new inquiries, late payments, debt-to-income increases, and more.   

4506-C Tax Transcripts

Direct IRS connection that ensures borrower stated income aligns with verified tax return information to reduce risk of material income misrepresentation.

MERS Reports

Comprehensive search of all liens registered with MERS under the borrower and/or co-borrower SSNs.

ID Risk Review

Add-on report that summarizes bureau alerts appearing within the credit file, including:

  • Active Duty Alert
  • Address Alert
  • Fraud Alert
  • Credit File Freeze
  • SSN Alert

SSA-89 Verification

Direct connection to the Social Security Administration provides crucial verifications of borrower Social Security information that reduces risk of loss from identity theft. 

Mortgage Participation Report

Due diligence report, also known as exclusionary report, compares up to 20 names against various government exclusion lists to comply with LQI.

Flex ID Smart Select Shield

Verification of critical identity elements, such as name, address, date of birth, social security number, and phone status to help you spot and prevent fraud before it affects your portfolio.

Portfolio Review

A scan of your customer and applicant database to help you monitor the health of your portfolio, prevent early payoffs, and detect other risks before they impact your bottom line. No firm offer of credit is required.

Third Party Verifications

Mitigate Risk & Ensure Loan Quality

Protect your investment of time and avoid surprises at closing

Now more than ever you need a reliable partner to help you effectively and affordably mitigate risk and ensure loan quality. Certified Credit offers a robust, holistic third-party verification solution that enables you to streamline critical due diligence validations, reducing underwriting time, and enhancing loan quality.

Comprehensive

Certified Credit’s full suite of verification solutions includes:

  • Tradeline Updates
  • Verification of Assets
  • Cascade Verification of Income & Employment
  • Verification of Deposit
  • TaxChek 4506-C Tax Transcripts
  • Verification of Mortgage
  • Verification of Occupancy
  • SSA89 Verification

Reliable

You can count on Certified Credit to provide accurate, actionable information to enhance your underwriting process.

Compliant

Our verifications solutions conform to secondary market guidelines and LQI standards, enhancing loan quality.

Hassle-Free

We have numerous LOS integrations to offer a seamless ordering experience, or you can order directly through our customer portal.

We combine powerful technology, flexible pricing, and award-winning, onshore support to help TMC members streamline workflows, reduce risk, and deliver better borrower experiences without the tradeoffs of traditional providers. Our goal is simple: help you become more efficient, more effective, and more profitable.

Think of us as a

Trusted Partner

With more than 40 years of industry experience, we have always valued our reputation as a committed and reliable partner that’s invested in your success. Beyond reports, we’re motivated by people. Our team knows it’s about more than just numbers; what we value most is strong client relationships and the highest standard of customer service.

 

We Offer

Passionate Service

Our nationwide Customer Service team of cross-trained, FCRA-Certified experts delivers real support when it matters most. 95% of calls are answered in 30 seconds or less, with an average Client Success pickup time of 10 seconds. Our team is 100% onshore and more than 25% fluently bilingual, because your borrowers deserve service without barriers.

 

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A Nation-Wide Leader

Since 1986, Certified Credit has been the partner lenders trust. We bring a full spectrum of solutions from pre-qual to closing, backed by decades of innovation and a reputation for outstanding service. When you work with Certified Credit, you get more than a vendor. You get a mortgage solutions partner built to help you perform at every stage of the loan cycle.