You can use Appraisal Firewall to submit completed appraisal reports to either the UCDP or EAD portal. Depending on your account setup, you can choose to submit reports automatically, or launch Appraisal Firewall within your FICS loan file and submit reports to the portal on a case by case basis. Whether you are setup for automatic or manual submission, SSR results can be retrieved within FICS.
Once your account is enabled for UCDP/EAD submission, follow these instructions to manually submit a report to UCDP/EAD.
1. Open the loan file that contains the appraisal you need to submit to either UCDP/EAD. Standard reports are eligible for submission to UCDP. FHA reports are eligible for submission to the EAD portal. You can launch Appraisal Firewall through FICS.
2. Login to Appraisal Firewall (enter email address/password if not already entered and click Sign In).
3. By default, when you login to Appraisal Firewall the Communications log of the order is displayed. Along the right hand side are series of button that allow you to work within the order. Depending on the report you are submitting (Conventional/FHA) you can either select the Send to UCDP or Send to FHA EAD buttons. After clicking either button, confirm that you want the report submitted to the portal. Only orders that are complete can be submitted to a portal.
Please note: When a report is submitted to either UCDP or the EAD portal, the order will switch to a reviewing status and SSR results may take several minutes to return.
4. You can obtain completed SSR outputs within FICS the same way you retrieve completed reports.