05/13/2013
Borrower applies for a refinance. Original application was based on a value that would be 80% LTV. Appraisal came back a little low. LO goes over options with borrower that would include PMI on the loan. Borrower thinks about it and calls back the next day and indicates they do not wish to proceed. Is this a denial or withdrawn by applicant?
03/25/2013
If a presently delinquent, residential mortgage borrower is owed a refund for unearned PMI payments associated with the automatic cancellation provision, can the bank apply those proceeds towards the past due payments on the loan?
12/17/2012
When calculating PMI in the APR, I know that the up front PMI app fee, premium and reserves are calculated into the apr. What I would like to know is that if the PMI payments over the life of the loan is calculated into the APR also?
09/10/2012
Since the establishment of escrows for all HPMLs became mandatory, we are having an issue with consumers who pay their homeowners insurance on a monthly basis. They don't want to make duplicate payments to the insurance company as well as our bank to fund their escrows. Understandably, they view this as a hardship, and are unable to afford an annual payment to their insurance company in order to get their premium paid in full and then start to fund their escrow. Any ideas what we can do in these situations? I understand that we can't simply have them sign a waiver releasing us from paying their homeowners premium, but still paying their real estate property taxes from their escrow.
09/10/2012
Are initial PMI disclosures required on non-owner occupied purchase transactions?
05/28/2012
Do I have to re-disclose to the borrower if the appraisal came back lower than expected and now has to have PMI on loan? I did not disclose with PMI.
01/16/2012
Currently, during loan closing our Originations Dept only collects 2 months cushion and 1 month of P & I. Example: loan Closed in April and first P & I and T & I payment due 6/1. PMI company wants April and May PMI paid upfront. When I collect customer's payment in June that is for the June PMI Premium we get billed for around June 25th and must be paid by end of July to PMI Company because it's in arrears. Origination says they can't collect 2 months cushion and 2 months needed upfront because it's against the law (this coming from their ORIG System software update that occurred around 2006). It makes the customer short and during escrow analysis their payment goes up because it's missing. What are we doing wrong upfront? Can they really collect this and put it on POC Line? Before that software update in 2006, they collected 4 months now they only collect 3.
07/11/2011
When including PMI insurance based on a monthly premium in the finance charge, how many months of the premium do you include as part of the finance charge?
08/02/2010
Truth in Lending Tolerance for APR is typically .125%. I have mixed information regarding this tolerance for ARMS. What is the tolerance and where is it found in the Reg?
06/28/2010
What are the consequences if we incorrectly quote the monthly PMI premium on the GFE? For example, we quote $50 per month, but the actual premium is $70.00 per month. Since this is not a valid reason to redisclose, would we need to pay the difference on behalf of the customer each month?