Our wholly owned Mortgage subsidiary wants to condition a loan on the applicant(s) paying for their loan with automatic payment from an account either with our Bank.
I don't see this as a violation of anti tying regs and I’m fairly confident it shouldn’t raise a red flag with regards to ECOA or FHA.
(e) Compulsory use--(1) Credit. No financial institution or other person may condition an extension of credit to a consumer on the consumer's repayment by preauthorized electronic fund transfers, except for credit extended under an overdraft credit plan or extended to maintain a specified minimum balance in the consumer's account.
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You can (and most banks do) give them an incentive to have the payment auto-debited, though. For example, give them a break on the rate, or waive a fee or something.