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03/04/2002
If a bank requires an upfront deposit on a mortgage loan application for appraisal and credit report fee costs, is this considered an application fee that must be charged to all applicants even if the application is declined prior to incurring the charges? Reg Z seems contradictory on this issue since appraisal and credit report fees are generally not to be considered finance charges in a real estate transaction.
11/05/2001
We are associated with Metro bankers for Title Insurance. The new required disclosure we received has me confused because the first disclosure says: "The lender may not condition an extention of credit, or any subsequent renewal thereof on either: (1) My purchase of an insurance product from the lender or any of it's affiliates;or (2)My agreement not to obtain, or a prohibition on my obtaining, an insurance product from an unaffiliated entity: (3) as long as the coverage provided is acceptable to the lender. I'm unclear because we require title insurance on all real estate loans. The disclosure does not say we require the insurance. Can you tell me if I'm missing either the meaning of the disclosure or is there something else we should be saying.
11/05/2001
The question I have is regarding a loan that has several 14 family dwellings on one tract of land. Do we fill out a HMDA form for each dwelling or report the total loan amount on one HMDA form?
11/05/2001
Can a bank deny someone credit based soley on the fact that the applicant is a permanent resident of the US but not a citizen?
11/05/2001
We do not actively solict the purchase of credit life insurance. However, occasionally a customer will request it. When this happens, we do sell it to them. Do we have to give the Consumer Protection Insurance Disclosure at time of application to all consumer loan applicants on the off chance that we might end up selling them credit life insurance? If not, do we have to give it when a customer asks for credit life insurance? And last but not least am I correct in assuming that if we do not sale insurance to the consumer the initial purchase disclosure is not required?
11/05/2001
With falling rates, we're having several customers who want lower rates on their loans. We're agreeing to do this but charging a 1% (of the outstanding loan balance) modification fee. Does this require redisclosure under Reg Z? We are not refinancing, simply lowering the rate and charging the 1% fee. If we were only lowering the rate, I don't find in Reg Z that redisclosure is required, but the 1% fee would that be a finance charge and therefore, trigger new disclosures?
11/05/2001
Could someone supply me with the citation in Reg Z which indicates that we must show on our arm tils fed box the different payment streams.For example: 5/l 30 year arm60 months at such and such a payment based on the initial rate300 months at such and such a payment based on the index & margin as of the date of closing.
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