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#2037984 - 09/10/15 09:40 PM Prepayment Penalty - bona fide third-party charges
Ninkasi Narcosis Offline
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Greetings!

We are going through and finalizing all of our forms and procedures for TRID and I'm stuck on one - the definition of a pre-payment penalty.

The ATR-QM guide from CFPB says that the definition of pre-payment penalty does not include certain bona fide third-party charges that are waived at consummation. That's exactly what I have on our equity products. We call them Recapture Fees and will only charge them in the event that the borrower pays off the loan in less than 24 months.

Now for TRID - the LE and CD - would that be considered a pre-payment penalty? My LOS allows me to say that certain product have a pre-payment penalty, and then allows me to code that only fees paid by the lender are included, and for 24 months. This information does print on the LE and CD, but I wonder if it needs to be there or not.

Thanks.

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#2038073 - 09/11/15 03:33 PM Re: Prepayment Penalty - bona fide third-party charges Ninkasi Narcosis
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No, as far as I know, the definition of pre-payment penalty has not changed.

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#2038099 - 09/11/15 04:44 PM Re: Prepayment Penalty - bona fide third-party charges Ninkasi Narcosis
Ninkasi Narcosis Offline
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I didn't think it did, but just wanted to be sure because not all regulations speak the same language and use the same definitions.

While QM-ATR says our recapture fees aren't a pre-payment penalty, I'm not certain if they are for the TRID CD and LEs, especially since our LOS gives us that option.

Yay.

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#2038100 - 09/11/15 04:50 PM Re: Prepayment Penalty - bona fide third-party charges Ninkasi Narcosis
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Nevermind - found a citation on CFPB's Guide to the LE and CD:

Prepayment Penalty . . . does not include a waived third-party charge that the credit imposes if the consumer prepays . . .

So good.

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#2038130 - 09/11/15 06:53 PM Re: Prepayment Penalty - bona fide third-party charges Ninkasi Narcosis
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See also 1026.37(b)(4) and its Commentary.

https://www.bankersonline.com/regulations/12-1026-037#37b
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