2018 Peer Data (Classic format) Is Ready for Download from Support Site

The much anticipated 2018 HMDA Peer data was finally released by the CFPB last Friday. We have finished converting the data and retro-fitting it back to the older peer format which should satisfy 98% of your Peer Analysis needs. We would have had it done yesterday, but there was a pesky storm named Dorian knocking on our door earlier this week. Anyway, you can download the peer data file (PEERHMDA18.RZ) to be used in Comply from our support site (support.rataassociates.com).

Once downloaded you can import the data into Comply using the Import System Data option on the Data Manager ribbon. Once the data is imported, if you want to use it in DataMine you will need to Sync Data before running any Excel Pivot tables. You will also want to create new Peer groups and possibly Peer Reporting entities for individual peer analysis.

We will be uploading the 2018 Peer data to the Peer2Peer website over the weekend and it should be available to run some reports by Monday afternoon.

Keep in mind this is Classic Version of Peer data and was converted to be the same as peer data in the past. We will be working to create an expanded version of the data to include the new data fields and some new RATA calculated fields. This new data may be of limited value to a small subset of RATA clients because a lot of the expanded fields are of little to no use to the average public analysis. Once completed we will give you a schema of the data so you can decide if it will be beneficial for you to use. It will be over 3 times as big as the current peer data file which is already around 10GB.               

We are still waiting on the 2018 CRA Peer data and will get that out as quickly as we can when released also. For those of you waiting on the 2018 PE (Performance Evaluation) data for the PE Tables in Comply, we have to have both the HMDA and CRA Peer data to create that, and we still have no timeline.

If you have questions about any of this, please give us a call.