LAWS Flashcards
RESPA
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
(Reg X)
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
seeks to ensure that consumers throughout the nation are provided with greater and more timely info on the nature and costs of the settlement process & are protected from unnecessarily high settlement charges caused by certain abusive practices
RESPA
- requires effective advanced disclosure of costs
- eliminates kickbacks and referral fees
- limits amt held in escrow or reserve accts
- reforms recordkeeping of local land title info
Federally-related mortgage loan
any loan secured by a first or subordinate lien on a residential property designed for the occupancy of 1 - 4 families made by any lender which meets the following criteria:
- its deposits are insured by the fed
- it is regulated by the fed
- the loan is insured by HUD
- the lender: intends to sell the loan to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or Ginnie Mae OR makes more than $1Mil in residential real estate loans / year
aggregate escrow analysis
to ensure that the proper amount is being held in escrow or reserve accts
RESPA does not apply to the following transactions:
- Loans on vacant or unimproved property
- Loans for business, commercial, or agricultural purposes
- Construction loans, unless:
- The lender issues a commitment for permanent financing, or
- They are used to purchase the property
- An assumption of a loan where the creditor’s approval is not required
- The conversion of a federally-related mortgage loan
- The transfer of a loan to the secondary mortgage market
TILA
Truth In Lending Act
Regulation Z
TILA
Truth in Lending Act
part of the Consumer Credit Protection Act; intended to assure a meaningful disclosure of credit terms so that the consumer will be able to compare more readily the various credit terms available to him and avoid the uninformed use of credit
finance charges
the costs of obtaining credit paid by the consumer, expressed as a dollar amt
prepaid finance charges
charges which are paid separately before or at the time of consummation or which are withheld from the proceeds of the loan
HOEPA
Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act
Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act
deals with high-cost home loans; loans APR exceeds the avg prime offer rate (APOR) for a comparable transaction by more than:
- 6.5% for a first lien loan
- 8.5% for a first lien loan of less than $50k and secured by a dwelling that is personal property or
- 8.5% for a subordinate lien
HPML
Higher Priced Mortgage Loan
Higher Priced Mortgage Loans
a closed-end consumer credit transaction secured by the borrower’s principal dwelling that has an APR that exceeds the APOR by:
- if a first-lien loan eligible for purchase by Freddie Mac (not exceeding conforming loan limit), 1.5 percentage points
- if a first-lien jumbo loan, 2.5 percentage points
- if a subordinate-lien loan, 3.5 percentage points
ATR
Ability to Repay
Dodd-Frank Act
authorized creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which implemented the ATR & Qualified Mortgage Rule
Ability to Repay Rule
requires a creditor to make a reasonable, good faith determination that a person applying for a residential mortgage loan has a reasonable ability to repay the loan according to its terms
Exceptions to ATR
- HELOCS
- Timeshares
- Reverse Mortgages
- Temporary or bridge loans w/ terms of less than 12 mos
- construction loan of 12 mos or less that are part of construction-to-permanent loans
- loans made by a housing finance agency or other gov agency
qualified mortgage
- has a loan term of no more than 30 years
- does not provide for points and fees that exceed 3% of the total loan amt
- a loan transaction that provides for substantially-equal periodic payments that does not:
- provide for negative amortization
- allow the deferral of the payment of principal, or
- result in a balloon payment
prepayment penalties
prohibited on high-cost home loans and HPMLs; may not be impose after the first 3 years of the loan term
conditions where a mortgage loan may include a prepayment penalty
- the loan is a fixed-rate qualified mortgage loan
- the penalty is permitted by law
- the transaction has an APR tha tmay not increase after the consummation
- the fee does not exceed:
- if prepaid during the first 2 years of the loan, 2% of the outstanding balance prepaid
- if prepaid during the third year of the loan, 1% of the outstanding balance is prepaid