NMLS Test Outline Questions and
Answers Already Passed
RESPA disclosures?
due dates? ✔✔3 days after application:
Home loan tool kit
Loan estimate
List of HUD counselors
Mortgage Servicing Disclosure Statement
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NMLS Test Outline Questions and
Answers Already Passed
RESPA disclosures?
due dates? ✔✔3 days after application:
Home loan tool kit
Loan estimate
List of HUD counselors
Mortgage Servicing Disclosure Statement
Know before you owe booklet
Special Info Booklet
3 days before consummation:
Initial Closing Disclosure
AfBA disclosure
At consummation:
Final Closing Disclosure
Initial Escrow Statement (45 days after closing)
After closing:
Annual Escrow Statement
Servicing Transfer Statement (sent 15 days before transfer)
RESPA covers which loan types?
exempt loan types? ✔✔FHA,VA,conventional, USDA,purchase loans, REFI, HELOC
all cash salesRESPA 4 sections ✔✔Section 6: Mortgage Servicing Disclosure Statement: mortgage servicers
are required to correct errors and work with home buyers if payments aren't being made.
Section 8: No kickbacks/referral fees
Section 9: Seller cannot require borrower use a specific title insurance company
Section 10: limits amounts a lender can require a borrower to put into escrow account to 1/12
disbursement and 2 reserves. Requires annual escrow analysis.
RESPA properties types?
exempt? ✔✔owner occupied 1-4 unit residential property
Agricultural 25+ acres
Businesses
Commercial
Temporary Financing
Vacant Land
Assumes existing 1st lien
The Loan Estimate combines which old disclosures? ✔✔GFE and Initial TIL Statement
How long are Loan Estimate terms available? ✔✔10 business days
What if the changed circumstance causes third party charges subject to a cumulative 10% tolerance
to increase? ✔✔creditor must send a revised Loan Estimate and refund excess money within 60
days
Are there any restrictions on how many days before consummation a revised Loan Estimate may
be provided? ✔✔- receives revised LE at least 4 business days before consummation
- cannot provide revised LE after providing closing disclosure
What is a "changed circumstance"? ✔✔Event beyond the controlInaccurate info used in Loan Estimate
New info that creditor didn't know when providing Loan Estimate
Mailbox Rule ✔✔creditor needs to place Loan Estimate in mail 3 days after application and 7 days
before consummation
The Closing Disclosure combines which old disclosures? ✔✔HUD-1 and Final TIL Statement
Who is responsible for providing the closing disclosure to the:
borrower? when?
seller? when? ✔✔creditor to borrower
settlement/title agent to seller
Name some valid change in circumstances that require you to revise the Closing Disclosures?
✔✔changes before consummation that require 3 day waiting period
- change in APR
- change loan product
- add prepayment penalty
changes before consummation that do not require 3 day waiting period
- consumer requests revised CD - at consummation
- any other changes
changes after consummation
- event causes inaccurate info for consumer or seller - 30 days after consummation
- non numerical clerical errors - 60 days after consummation
- creditors refund money to cure tolerance violations - 60 days after consummation
Which law requires an adverse action notice?
How long do they have to deliver it? ✔✔ECOA30 days after application
ECOA definition ✔✔ensures all consumers have an equal chance to obtain credit.
What is the correct way to ask about marital status?
under which law? ✔✔Are you married, unmarried or separated?
ECOA
How long do you have to retain ECOA disclosures?
why? ✔✔25 months
because consumers can take you to court for ECOA violations
Penalties for:
RESPA
TILA
ECOA
Red Flag Rules
State Regulatory Authorities
Fraud
DNC ✔✔RESPA - $10,000/1 year imprisonment for each violation
TILA - $10,000 per day of noncompliance
ECOA - $10,000 for each violation
Red Flag - $3,500 per incident
State Reg. - $25,000 each act or ommission
Fraud - $1,000,000/30 years imprisonment for each violation
DNC - $16,000 each
The borrower has how long to request a copy of his appraisal report?
How long does the creditor have to deliver the appraisal report?
This is under which law? ✔✔90 days30 days
ECOA
Which law allows the borrower to challenge the value?
Where is this stated? ✔✔ECOA
appraisal
While looking at your customer's pay check stubs, you see that child support is being paid, what
is the correct way to ask?
according to which act? ✔✔Do you pay child support, alimony or separate maintenance?
ECOA
TILA definition
things to remember? ✔✔requires lenders to disclose the cost of credit to consumers.
1. established 3 day right of rescission:
2. HOEPA section 32 & 35
3. Loan Originator Compensation
4. Mortgage Disclosure Improvement Act - 3/7/3 Rule
TILA applies to transactions with how many intallments? ✔✔more than 4
aka 5+ installments = TILA
TILA disclosures ✔✔loan estimate
closing disclosure
if applicable:
- ARM disclosure- Right to Rescind dislcosure
- CHARM booklet
- Section 32 and 35 (HOEPA)
- When your Home is on the Line booklet (HELOC/REFI)
TILA Advertising Trigger Terms ✔✔down payment
terms of repayment
APR
3 day Right of Rescission applies to which transactions?
how many copies does the borrower need?
how many days does the creditor have to refund monies? ✔✔- Home Equity loans
- HELOC
- REFI
- Home Improvement loans
- secured by principal residence
2 copies
20 calendar days
MDIA
things to remember ✔✔Mortgage Disclosure Improvement Act - 3/7/3 Rule
- Initial disclosures must be sent 3 days after application
- Earliest consummation: 7 days after disclosures delivered
- Revised disclosures must be received 3 days before consummation
Which items are required to appear on the TIL Statement? ✔✔APR
amount financed (loan amount)
finance charges
APR definitionincludes:
generally not included? ✔✔relationship between total cost of borrowing and actual amount
borrowed
loan costs (lender/broker fees)
interest rate
mortgage insurance
- appraisal fee, hazard insurance, property taxes, credit report, title insurance
Qualified Mortgage definition
year started?
things to remember?
characteristics? ✔✔creates new categories of mortgages and imposes underwriting standards.
2014
ATR requirements, safe harbor
Max DTI = 43%
Max points/fees = 3%
Max term = 30 years
ARMs underwritten to max interest rate first 5 years
NO negative amortization, prepayment penalties, interest only loans, NINA loans, No doc loans,
teaser rates
Safe harbor
under which law? ✔✔protect lenders against lawsuits by borrowers who claim they received credit
without verifying they had met ATR requirements.
Qualified Mortgage RulesAbility to Repay info: ✔✔1. current income/assets
2. current employment status
3. credit history
4. current monthly mortgage payment
5. other monthly mortgages payments
6. monthly payments for mortgage expenses
7. other debts
8. max DTI = 43%
HOEPA restrictions ✔✔Prohibits:
1. negative amortization
2. prepayment penalties after 2 years
3. balloon payment
4. increasing interest rate after default
5. REFI high cost loan into another high cost loan within 1 year unless in consumer's best interest
6. financing points and fees
7. modification fees
8. due on demand features
9. Late fees >4%
10. payment schedule with more than 2 periodic payments
11. selling in secondary market without high cost mortgage notice
HOEPA triggers ✔✔1. APR > APOR
6.5% 1st lien >$50,000
8.5% 1st lien <$50,000
8.5% 2nd lien
2. Points and Fees
>5% loan amount for loans > $20,000>8% loan amount or >$1,000 for loans <$20,000
3. Charge Prepayment Penalties
>36 months after consummation
>2% prepaid amount
Which type of properties are subject to HOEPA?
Exempt?
Which type of transactions are subject to HOEPA?
? ✔✔Properties
- principal dwelling - 1st and 2nd lien
- manufactured housing and personal property if principal dwelling
- Exempt: non-onwer occupied, 2nd home
Transactions
- Purchase money mortgages
- REFI close end home equity loan
- Home Equity Loan closed end
- HELOC
- bridge loans
- Home improvement
- Temporary loans
Exempt:
- New construction loans
- Reverse Mortgage
Reverse Mortgage
Purchase MortgageHELOC
business loans
Which law prohibits making a loan to a customer without verifying the customer's ability to repay
the loan? ✔✔HOEPA
Section 35 stands for?
triggers?
things to remember? ✔✔Higher Priced Loan
APR > APOR
- 1.5% 1st lien
- 2.5% jumbo oan
- 3.5% subordinate lien
requires escrow account for minimum of 5 years
Loan Originator Compensation Rule Purpose?
month/year started?
things to know? ✔✔Prohibits:
- upselling
- steering
- compensation based on terms
- dual compensation - only receive from lender or consumer
April 2011
Regulates affiliated party fees - (No unaffiliated 3rd parties)
What is considered consumer's money?
What is not considered consumer's money?Under which law? ✔✔- seller paid closing costs
- cash back from equity in the home
- consumer money before closing
YSP
Loan Originator Compensation Rules
Acronyms:
BPO
LPO
SRP
YSP ✔✔BPO - borrower paid origination - all compensation paid by borrower
LPO - lender paid origination - all compensation is paid by lender.
SRP - servicing released premium - paid to creditor as secondary transaction
YSP - yield spread premium - lender pays 3rd party originator to lock borrower's rate higher than
par. overage credited to consumer
Tolerances ✔✔0% tolerances
- points, application fee, underwriting fee, processing fee,
- Services you CANNOT shop for
- transfer taxes
10% tolerances
- gov. recording fees
- Services you CAN shop for - on list
No tolerances
- prepaid interest
- property taxes
- homeowner's insurance- owner's title
- escrow reserves
- Services you CAN shop for - not on list
TRID Loan Estimate combines:
Closing disclosure combines: ✔✔GFE
Truth in Lending Statement
Truth in Lending Statement
HUD-1
Loan Application consists of?
things to know? ✔✔- name
- address
- SSN
- income
- estimated property value
- loan amount
- Form 1003 - Fannie Mae or
- Form 65 - Freddie Mac
What are the record retention requirements for the TILA-RESPA rule? ✔✔Escrow Cancellation
Notice - 2 years
Partial Payment Policy - 2 years
loan estimate - 3 years
closing disclosure - 5 years
Important Dates:
TRID
Dodd Frank ActHPA ✔✔Aug 1, 2015
2010
1998
Which transactions are subject to TRID?
exempt? ✔✔home equity loan closed end secured by real property
HELOC
reverse mortgages
chattel dwelling - not attached to real property (mobile home)
Which type of loans are subject to TILA but not RESPA under TRID? ✔✔construction only
vacant land
agriculture 25+ acres
Credit extended for taxes/estate planning
TRID delivery method and timing:
Loan Application
Revised Loan Application
Loan Estimate
Revised LE
Closing Disclosure
Revised CD ✔✔LA - mail,email, over phone, in person. No timing
LE- hand deliver or put in mail 3 days after application and 7 days before consummation
Revised LE - hand deliver or put in mail 3 days after changed circumstance and 4 days before
consummation.
CD - mail,email (electronic signatures of global and national commerce), in person. Consumer
receives 3 days before consummationRevised CD - mail, email, in person. Consumer receives 30 days after consummation.
Bona Fide personal financial emergency ✔✔emergency that requires the credit transaction before
the end of the waiting period.
All Business day definitions ✔✔Loan Estimate - any day a creditor is open
Revised Loan Estimate 3 business days - any day a creditor is open
Revised Loan Estimate 4 business days - any day except Sunday and legal holidays
Closing Disclosure - any day except Sunday and legal holidays
What is the general accuracy requirement for the Loan Estimate disclosures? ✔✔As long as actual
costs are less than Loan Estimate, it is made in good faith.
What if the creditor estimates a charge for a service that is not actually performed? ✔✔the estimate
for the charge should be removed
What if a consumer pays more for a
particular charge for a third-party
service or recording fee than estimated,
but the total charges paid are still within
10% of the estimate? ✔✔it's ok as long as sum of all charges is 10% or less
What if the creditor does not provide an
estimate of a particular charge that is
later charged? ✔✔it's ok as long as sum of all charges is 10% or less
When are revisions or corrections permitted for Loan Estimates? ✔✔Event affects eligibility for
loan or value of collateral
consumer gives intent to proceed > 10 days after LEinterest rate is NOT locked
consumer requests change in terms
increase settlement charges
expired loan estimate
new construction loan delays settlement > 60 days
The rule requires creditors to provide the Closing Disclosure three business days before
consummation. Is
"consummation" the same thing as closing or settlement? ✔✔No, Consummation is when the
consumer becomes contractually obligated to the creditor on the loan.
Who is responsible for providing the Closing Disclosure to a _________in a purchase transaction?
✔✔settlement agent
seller
Name some valid change in circumstances that require you to revise the Closing Disclosures?
✔✔changes before consummation w/ 3 day waiting period
- change in APR
- change loan product
- add prepayment penalty
changes before consummation w/o waiting period
- consumer requests revised CD - at consummation
- any other changes
changes after consummation
- event causes inaccurate info for consumer or seller - 30 days after consummation
- non numerical clerical errors - 60 days after consummation
- creditors refund money to cure tolerance violations - 60 days after consummationAre there exceptions to the disclosure requirements for loans secured by a timeshare transactions?
✔✔yes
- earliest consummation is 3 days after application
- only requires closing disclosure at consummation (not Loan Estimate)
Can creditors provide estimates of costs and terms to consumers before the Loan Estimate is
provided? ✔✔yes, but the estimate must state, "Your actual rate, payment and costs could be
higher. Get an official Loan Estimate before choosing the loan."
What is the special info booklet?
When must creditors deliver the special information booklet? ✔✔helps consumers understand
settlement costs
3 day after application
Which disclosures does TILA-RESPA require? ✔✔Loan Estimate
Closing Disclosure
Special Info Booklet
Escrow Closing Notice
Servicing Transfer Notice
Partial Payment Notice
What transactions are subject to the Escrow Closing Notice requirement?
When must the Escrow Closing Notice be provided? ✔✔home equity loan (closed end) secured
by 1st lien real property
3 days before cancellation if requested by consumer.
Otherwise 30 days before cancellation.If you are required to provide ____________________, you must also provide the partial payment
policy ✔✔mortgage transfer notice
Can the consumer be charged an appraisal review fee? ✔✔Only if the review fee is disclosed on
the Loan Estimate
When are Home Owner Association (HOA) dues disclosed? ✔✔only after the fee is known
HMDA definition?
reg?
found where?
things to know? ✔✔home mortgage disclosure act - identify discriminatory lending patterns by
collecting consumer ethnicity, sex, race.
Reg. C
section X of 1003.
- collect LARs
- Lenders must document how they are serving the lending needs within their communities.
LAR
under which act? ✔✔Loan Application Register - companies under HMDA are required to keep a
LAR each time someone applies.
HMDA
FCRA
Reg?
things to know? ✔✔Fair Credit Reporting Act - credit reporting agencies/credit reports
Reg. V- 5 rights:
1. Adverse Action Notice
2. Free copy of credit report
3. Paid credit score
4. dispute inaccurate info
5. limit prescreened offers
- Entitled to a Free Credit Report if:
1. info resulted in adverse action
2. victim of identity theft
3. inaccurate info due to fraud
4. public assistance or unemployed
If denied credit, the borrow must be provided with?
according to what law? ✔✔name, address and phone of agency providing credit report
FCRA
According to which law, how many days does a credit information provider usually have to
respond to the consumer after receiving a notice of a dispute? ✔✔FCRA
30 days
Under which law, how long does the creditor have to send an applicant an adverse action
disclosure? ✔✔FCRA
30 days after application
FACTA stands for?
things to know? ✔✔Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act
- Section 114/ Red Flag Rules/ Ide
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