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Term to use on HMDA Rate Calculation
02/16/2004
When using the HMDA rate calculator, which term would we use on our loans? On most of our real estate loans, we lock the interest rate in for 2-4 years, but set the payments up on a 10 year payoff. Would we use the 2-4 years or the 10 year term that it will take to pay the loan off? We want to use the correct term.
Decline Reasons and the FCRA Notice
02/16/2004
If I have a customer that applied for a loan and I declined it based on employment history and not the customer's credit, do I have to check the FCRA box if I pulled a credit report? Can the customer still receive a free copy of their credit report if I didn't decline them for derogatory credit?
Credit Scoring and Fair Lending
02/16/2004
Are there potential fair lending issues if we use credit scoring for dealer paper credit decisions and pricing, when all of our other traditional loan products use other criteria?
Are business credit cards reportable as small business loans?
02/09/2004
Are business credit cards reportable as small business loans?
Escrow for Income Taxes on Commercial Loan
02/09/2004
A loan officer here is wanting to set up an escrow account, on a commercial mortgage, that is to pay income taxes. He wants the money to be part of the monthly payment, and once a year we would transfer the money to the customer's DDA for the customer to pay the income taxes. Is there any reason why this can't be done, and if it can, what needs to be disclosed? Also, would an analysis need to be done yearly for this?