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New Loan Estimate/Closing Disclosures

Question: 
If a bank pulls a credit report on a home loan but absorbs the cost and doesn't charge the borrower, it used to be reported as POC by Lender. How does it get reported on the New Loan Estimate and/or Closing Disclosures?
Answer: 

by Randy Carey: If the bank is going to absorb the fee, the CFPB has indicated that it is not necessary to list the fee on either disclosure.

Answer: 

by John Burnett: If you decide to list the credit report fee on the closing disclosure, you don't use the old "POC" label. Instead, you put the cost of the report in the column for "Paid by Others" and (optionally) tag it with "(L)" to show it was lender-paid. It won't factor into the amount due to or from the borrower.

First published on 05/01/2016

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