Mobile home on business property

Posted By: Winning

Mobile home on business property - 04/09/18 08:11 PM

Just to double check....We have a loan to build storage units (business purpose) where the collateral consists of several things including a mobile home. We are refinancing that loan with the SAME collateral. Is this HMDA under the new rules?
Posted By: RR Joker

Re: Mobile home on business property - 04/09/18 08:13 PM

Sounds like it will be primarily non-dwelling purpose to me.
Posted By: raitchjay

Re: Mobile home on business property - 04/09/18 08:16 PM

Sounds like a reportable refi to me.
Posted By: raitchjay

Re: Mobile home on business property - 04/09/18 08:17 PM

Unless the mobile home is on a tract of land with other commercial property where the mixed-use test reveals the property to be primarily commercial.....but none of that is represented in the original post.
Posted By: RR Joker

Re: Mobile home on business property - 04/09/18 08:18 PM

True. And I started out with refi, and talked myself right out of it crazy
Posted By: David Dickinson

Re: Mobile home on business property - 04/10/18 12:32 PM

Winning: What raitchjay and Joker are referring to is the "Mixed Use Property" issue found in the definition of "dwelling".

If a dwelling is located on property used for both residential and commercial purposes the lender must decide the property’s primary purpose. The Commentary to §1003.2(f) #4 states "An institution may use any reasonable standard to determine the primary use of the property, such as by square footage or by the income generated (or income per square foot, borrower’s intent, etc.). An institution may select the standard to apply on a case-by-case basis.

If the MH is located on the same property as the commercial use property, then you have a mixed-use property. If that's true, it sounds like this would not be a dwelling for HMDA. If it's not located on the same property, then you have a dwelling secured loan replacing a dwelling secured loan - a "refinancing" for HMDA.
Posted By: David Dickinson

Re: Mobile home on business property - 04/10/18 12:33 PM

I forgot to add a sentence to the last paragraph. Let me try again:
If the MH is located on the same property as the commercial use property, then you have a mixed-use property. If that's true, it sounds like this would not be a dwelling for HMDA. Therefore, this loan would not be subject to HMDA since it is not secured by a dwelling.