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Document backlog at a bank
12/01/2024
What is a “document backlog”?
Loan officer credits to borrowers
12/01/2024
Can a loan officer give a borrower a credit from their lender paid compensation?
LTV on a Lease Assignment
11/24/2024
When securing a loan with an assignment of leases and rents, how much could be advanced compared to value of the lease assignment? Is there any "standard" which is acceptable?
Applications, Reg B, Fair Lending
11/24/2024
Can you remove the primary borrower off a pending loan? I was under the impression that as long as both borrowers were married, and they both completed the application and received the initial disclosures that the primary borrower could be removed and the co-borrower moved over to the primary borrower position. This was the only way, and any other attempt would result in a denial, or withdrawn application. We have done this with a couple of our loans, but upper management wanted documentation stating that this can be done.
Advertising, IRS tax forms, Privacy, RESPA
11/24/2024
Our marketing department brought up the idea of handing out $50 coupons to our customers to entice them to refer folks to get a mortgage loan with the bank. The idea is that if a customer refers someone for a mortgage loan and it closes, the customer can redeem the $50 coupon for cash. I reviewed 1026.36 but it only seems to cover MLO compensation. RESPA's 1024.14(b) seems most applicable but i'm not sure if that just pertains to the parties involved in the transaction. This would be a referral for our customer who told someone to get a mortgage with us. Are there any regulations on a $50 referral ‘bonus/compensation’ to our customer for referring someone to one of our MLO’s to close a mortgage? It seems similar to what the big banks do with something like a $200 bonus to open an account with them.