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Taking advantage of ill-informed consumers through excessively high fees, misrepresented loan terms,
frequent refinancing that does not benefit the borrower and other prohibited acts is called
__________________________. - ANSWER-P...
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MLO SAFE NMLS safe test practice
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Taking advantage of ill-informed consumers through excessively high fees, misrepresented loan terms,
frequent refinancing that does not benefit the borrower and other prohibited acts is called
__________________________. - ANSWER✔✔-Predatory Lending.
RESPA-Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act - ANSWER✔✔-The Federal Statute that deals with the
settlement of residential mortgage loans.
RESPA's section 9 Prohibits - ANSWER✔✔-Home sellers from requiring home buyers to purchase title
insurance from a particular company providing title services.
The Dodd-Frank Act modifies ECOA to require a creditor to furnish a copy of an appraisal developed in
connection with a first mortgage_____________________ and absolutely not later than ________
business days prior to closing. - ANSWER✔✔-upon completion and 3 business days
TIL (Truth In Lending Disclosure) & GFE (Good Faith Estimate) - ANSWER✔✔-Per the Dodd Frank Act, a
single disclosure form combines these 2 statements.
Per the Dodd-Frank Acvt, to be a "qualified mortgage" total points and fees may not exceed ________%
of the total loan amount. - ANSWER✔✔-3% (three percent)
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Per a provision of the Dodd-Frank Act mortgage lenders are to determine that a borrower has a
reasonable ability to repay a loan. Does this provision apply to all loans or just owner occupied loans? -
ANSWER✔✔-All loans, whether owner occupied or not.
A loan subject to HOEPA allows prepayment penalties for the first ______ years of the loan. -
ANSWER✔✔-2 (two) years
Per the Dodd-Frank Act an abusive act would include which of the following:
1. One that materially interferes with the consumers ability to understand the product or service.
2. One that take unreasonable advantage of a consumers' lack of understanding.
3. One that takes unreasonable advantage of the consumer's reasonable reliance on the MLO. -
ANSWER✔✔-All three would be considered abusive acts.
Per the Dodd-Frank Act if an MLO receives compensation directly from a consumer, up to how much
additional compensation may be received from a lender in the same transaction? - ANSWER✔✔-$0.00,
dual compensation is not allowed. Compensation must be borrower paid or lender paid.
What kinds of reasons are necessary for a lender to take adverse action with regard to a borrower? -
ANSWER✔✔-Specific reasons.
Adverse action means ______________________. - ANSWER✔✔-A denial or revocation of credit. Also, a
change in the terms of an existing credit arrangement or a refusal to grant credit in substantially the
amount or terms requested.
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Per Regulation B, Lenders should retain certain records for _____________ months. - ANSWER✔✔-25
Months
Because of the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on a second mortgage, an APR that exceeds the ________
by more than _____% is the trigger that defines a high cost loan. - ANSWER✔✔-APOR ( Average Prime
Offer Rate), 8.5%
Regulation C is known as ________________________. - ANSWER✔✔-HMDA, The Home Mortgage
Disclosure Act.
What is the purpose of HMDA? - ANSWER✔✔-The HMDA determines whether financial institutions are
serving the housing needs of their communities. It also identifies patterns of discriminatory lending.
Under what circumstances can a lender with an Affiliated Business Arrangement require a borrower to
use a specific third party service provider? - ANSWER✔✔-If there are no kickback or referral fees and the
service provider is an attorney, credit reporting agency or appraiser the lender can require that the
borrower uses the provider
If a transfer of servicing occurs, the _______________ must provide a servicing transfer statement not
less than ________ days before the transfer occurs. - ANSWER✔✔-Servicer, 15 (fifteen) days.
An individual who fails the MLO written exam 3 times must wait _________ months to retake the exam. -
ANSWER✔✔-6 (Six) Months
Per RESPA, an annual escrow statement is required to ______________. - ANSWER✔✔-determine
shortages and surpluses in the escrow account.
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When must the Servicing Disclosure Statement be provided to the borrower? - ANSWER✔✔-Within 3
(three) Business Days of the Application.
Any party involved in a federally covered loan that submits fraudulent information is subject to a fine of
up to $___________ and up to __________years in prison. - ANSWER✔✔-$1,000,000 (one million
dollars), 30 years in prison
Per RESPA, an escrow cushion is limited to a maximum of _________ of the annual payments and
surpluses over $_____must be refunded within ________ days. - ANSWER✔✔-1/6th (2 months), $50
(fifty dollars), 30 (thirty) days.
A seller takes back a $100,000 PMM @ 5.5% interest. This straight note will balloon after 10 years of
payments. How much is the balloon payment? - ANSWER✔✔-$100,000 + interest for the last month. A
straight note (term mortgage) is a non-amortizing interest only mortgage. The balloon would include the
entire principal plus the last month's interest, as interest is paid in arrears.
FNMA conforming debt ratios equal ______/________. - ANSWER✔✔-28%, maximum housing
expense/36% maximum total obligations
HOEPA stands for ___________________________. - ANSWER✔✔-Home Ownership and Equity
Protection Act.
RESPA applies to what type of properties? - ANSWER✔✔-1-4 Unit Residential Properties
On a conventional mortgage loan, who makes the final decision regarding approval, denial or counter
offer? - ANSWER✔✔-The Underwriter
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