Unit 8: Gov Programs Flashcards
HUD
United States Housing and Urban Development
- Federal Dept created to increase homeownership
- OVersees Secondary Mortgage market, FHA, VA, and Fair Housing Laws
FHA Insured Loan Program,
FHA Provides mortgage default insurance
- Insures lenders against loss due to default
- Mortgage insurance premium, user fee paid by borrower (PMI)
FHA Provisions
- Loans from Approved Lenders
- Higher LTV because of lower DP
- Appraisal Required - minimum property standards
- LOAN LIMITS BASED ON COUNTY
- Caontract for sales and purchase must contain escape clause - if borrower can’t get loan, they can walk away and not lose EMD.
- Assumable to qualified buyers
- No prepayment penalty
VA Loan
Guarantee to lenders that they will be paid back.
- No PMI
- Must Pay User Fee/Funding Fee
VA Loan Provisions
- Approved Lender
- Up to 100% LTV
- No Limit
- Appraisal - minimum property standards
- Escape Clause
- Assumable by Vet and NON Vet
- No Prepay penalty
2 Certificates Required for VA loan
Cert of Eligibiltiy (entitlement) shows and amount
Cert of Reasonable Value - VA Apraised (CRV)
Secondary Market Activities
- Buying notes secured by mortgages from primary mortgage market lenders to supplement the mortgage and lending process.
- Keep low cost $$ flowing to the primary mortgage market
- Provides liquidity to mortgage market
3 Main secondary mortgage market orgs
Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Ginney Mae
The whole purpose is to put money back into the primary mortgage market so they can continue to write loans.
Federal Reserve System - The Fed
Purpose: To set monetary policy that provides a safe and stable monetary system by influencing short term rates through the availablity and cost of: MONEY AND CREDIT - change rate - print money - buy and sell treasury bills
Open Market Operations Manage the Supply of Money
- Money supply increases, interest rates decrease.
- Money supply decreases, interest increases
INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL
Discount Rate
Rate charged banks for borrowing money from fed.
Discount increase - Interest Increase
Discount decrease - interest decrease
Reserve Requirement
The amount of money banks must keep in coffers.
Reserve increases - interest increases
reserve decreases - interest decreases
Prime Rate
The interest rate charged to most trustworthy borrowers.
Prime goes up - interest goes up
Prime goes down - interest goes down
Intermediation
Financial middlemen collect many small saving accounts belonging to individual depositors and invet those funds in larger projects.
ie: Money flowing into banks gets unleashed as big development projects etc.
Disintermediation
Money withdrawn from banks leads to no projects
Mortgage Servicing
Process by which a loan correspondant or servicing firm on behalf of lien holder:
- Collects payments
- disburses tax and interest payments
- keeps records
Warehousing
Larger bank warehouses loans for smaller bank.
Lender borrows funds from commercial bank to close loan,
Commercial banks store the docs and services the mortgage
Truth in Lending Act - Reg Z
Nothing but Z truth!
- Purpose: promote the informed use of consumer credit by requiring the disclosure of costs and terms.
Truth in Lending Act - Reg Z APPLIES TO
ONLY: loans from institutional lenders, to consumers for non-business loans.
Truth in Lending Act - Reg Z DOES NOT APPLY TO
Loans made to corporations
Loans made for business or commercial purposes
Seller financing (not an institutional lender) (Such as a contract for deed, or purchase money mortgage)
Disclosure Requirements
- Total Finance Charges - all fees by charged by the lender in exchange for the loan
- Annual Percentage Rate (APR) - the effective rates
Total Fianance Charges that must be disclosed included
- nominal interest
- loan origination
- borrower paid points
- mortgage insurance
- guarantee charges
Total Fianance Charges that must be disclosed DO NOT include
- settlement charges for title insurance costs, credit report charges, appriasal fee, legal fee, or points paid by seller.
APR - Annual Percentate Rate
Aka Effective Rate, states the relationship of the total finance charge to the amount of the loan, expressed as an annual percentage.
A uniform measure of the cost of credit that inlcludes interest and finance charges
Disclosure Statement must be delivered
3 days after receipt of completed loan application
Recission (Cancellation)
Allowed 3 days after consummating the loan except in primary home loan.
Would work for HELOC, cash out refi, etc
Advertising requirements
- Price and APR are only specific finance terms allowed in ad.
- Terms that trigger the need for Price and APR are very specific monetary words:
- Down Payment of…
- Interest Rate of…
- Montly Payment of…
- Number of Payments - General words are ok - LESS THAN rent, LOW down payment, BELOW market interest rate
Settlement portion -RESPA
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
Standardize and regulate real estate settlement practices.
Applies to all federally related loan transactions, including loans to purchase.
Disclosure Requirements - all 3 days
- Special info booklet, detailing what the costs are, 3 days after completed loan app
- Good Faith Estimate of what costs will be - 3 days after getting completed loan app.
- Uniform Settlement Statement - at least 3 days before closing - itemizing all settlement charges
TILA-RESPA - Consolidated required disclosures:
Loan Estimate, Closing Disclosure, HUD1