Federal Mortgage-Related Laws Flashcards
A borrower has gone to settlement for a cash-out refinance on Tuesday for his principal residence. His rescission period is over at midnight on Friday. According to the provisions specified under federal law, what is the first possible day the loan could fund?
Saturday
According to fair lending laws, which of the following may loan applicants be asked to disclose for HMDA data collection purposes?
Their race
The penalties for paying or accepting an illegal referral fee are:
Fines of up to $10,000 and up to one year in prison
Finance charges always include which of the following?
Mortgage broker fee
An annual escrow analysis is used to do which of the following?
Prevent escrow overages
If a creditor denies an application for a first lien mortgage, a copy of the appraisal:
Must be provided within 30 days of the decision to deny
HOEPA was enacted as a part of:
TILA
The mandatory waiting period between issuance of disclosures and consummation may be waived:
If the consumer requests a waiver due to a bona fide financial emergency
There is a ____ accuracy tolerance for amounts stated on the Loan Estimate and the actual closing costs if the consumer is allowed to shop for his/her own settlement service provider.
10%
Closed-end loans with rates that exceed the average prime offer rate, but are not high enough to trigger protections under HOEPA, are known as:
Higher-priced mortgage loans
Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which of the following entities has the burden of protecting a consumer’s privacy when his/her credit information is being reported?
Credit reporting agency
If a mortgage broker decides to use telemarketing to establish leads for loan origination, which of the following should occur?
Obtain access to the Do-Not-Call registry
The Loan Originator Compensation Rule is intended to discourage which of the following practices?
Steering
All but which of the following may serve as a legal, non-discriminatory basis for denying a mortgage loan application?
The consumer is purchasing a home located in a neighborhood primarily occupied by minorities
Mr. Jones’s loan application has been denied and he is provided with an Adverse Action Notice as required by ECOA. Which of the following pieces of information would not be included on the notice?
His credit score
The disclosure requirements of RESPA would apply to which of the following loans?
A loan to purchase a duplex and rehabilitate it into a single family dwelling
A customer with an excellent credit score submits a loan application. When does ECOA require that the applicant be advised of the status of the application?
Within 30 days
Which of the following is not included in calculating the APR?
Escrow fees
HOEPA would not apply to:
A bridge loan to finance construction
If a creditor denies an application for a first lien mortgage, a copy of the appraisal:
Must be provided within 30 days of the decision to deny
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) are used to help detect and prevent:
Money laundering
Lenders must report detailed information about loan transactions and demographic information concerning borrowers in order to prove they are not discriminating. Which of the following laws creates that reporting requirement?
HMDA
If a consumer opens an account online, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act states that what period of time constitutes a “reasonable opportunity” to opt out of information sharing?
30 days
If a loan applicant chooses not to disclose his or her race on a loan application, what recourse does a mortgage professional have?
Note that the applicant has declined to answer and select a race based on visual observation
The Do-Not-Call Implementation Act authorized the implementation and enforcement of:
The Do-Not-Call Registry
The amount of the down payment, the amount of the finance charge, or the number of payments needed are all examples of _________ under TILA.
Trigger terms
XYZ Mortgage Company just mailed a Closing Disclosure to a consumer. The waiting period prior to closing will begin:
Three business days after the disclosure is placed in the mail.
The Loan Originator Compensation Rule defines compensation to include all of the following, except:
Payments collected by a mortgage company for services other than loan origination services
Under the Homeowners Protection Act, borrowers can request that lenders cancel PMI when their loan balance is less than _______, or a lender may collect PMI until __________ loan-to-value is reached.
80%; 78%
This Rule applies to commercial communication used to market mortgage loan products and services to consumers.
MAP Rule
Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which of the following is considered nonpublic information?
A borrower’s current loan balances
An application is defined to consist of six pieces of information. These include the borrower’s name, income, and desired loan amount, as well as:
An application is defined as the submission of six pieces of information: (1) the consumer’s name, (2) the consumer’s income, (3) the consumer’s Social Security number to obtain a credit report (or other unique identifier if the consumer has no Social Security number), (4) the property address, (5) an estimate of the value of the property, and (6) the mortgage loan amount sought.
When must a lender advise loan applicants about the status of their application?
Within 30 days