8/06/2021

Mortgage Questions and Answers



 










 

 Which of the following is an acceptable entity to telemarket? 

 

An organization must truly be a non-profit and cannot conduct business for its own profit.

According to the Insurance Information Institute, how many individuals had their identities stolen in 2018?

 

In 2018, 14.4 million people had their identities stolen. In January 2019, 24 million mortgage and banking documents, including original documents, were exposed in a data breach of unsecured servers. Identity thieves drain accounts, damage credit, and even put medical treatment at risk. The cost to businesses left with unpaid bills racked up by scam artists has a significant impact as well.

Under RESPA, what may a real estate professional give to a colleague who refers real estate settlement service business?

 

RESPA prohibits any person from giving or receiving a fee, kickback, or "a thing of value" for referring business to a settlement service provider, or SSP, such as a mortgage banker, mortgage broker, title company, or title agent. Saying thank you is not considered a thing of value for purposes of the Act.

RESPA allows financial institutions to provide real estate professionals:

 

The RESPA provision prohibiting the payment of a referral fee does not include normal educational and marketing activities that are not contingent on the referral of business. Since the notepads were not contingent on the referral of business and are typical marketing materials for a financial institution, they are not prohibited.

What is the purpose of the Red Flag Rules?

 

The rules detect red flags of identity theft for businesses and organizations.

 

John calls and speaks with Ben and applies for a loan. Does John have an established business relationship with the bank?

 

The second type of established business relationship is based on a consumer’s inquiry or application regarding a seller’s goods or services, and exists for three months starting from the date the consumer makes the inquiry or application. The inquiry must be of a nature that would create an expectation on the part of the consumer that a particular company will call them. For example, a call requesting information on hours or location would not trigger the established business relationship exemption. However, submitting a loan application or inquiring about the institution’s products or services would satisfy as an inquiry or application.

When must a lender provide the consumer with the Loan Estimate?

 

The Loan Estimate must be provided to the consumer within 3 business days of the receipt of the consumer's loan application.

Which of the following charges are NOT allowed to be changed from the initial loan estimate?

 

For certain costs or terms, creditors are permitted to charge consumers more than the amount disclosed on the Loan Estimate without any tolerance limitation. Prepaid interest; property insurance premiums; amounts placed into an escrow, impound, reserve or similar account are such allowable charges. A loan origination charge cannot be changed.

What is the consumer still entitled to if they authorize e-consent?

 

Regardless of an e-consent authorization the consumer is entitled to paper copies

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The GLBA includes provisions to protect:

 

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act was enacted on November 12, 1999. The GLB Act seeks to protect consumer financial privacy.

The disclosure of the privacy policy must be:

 

Financial institutions must give their customers - and in some cases their consumers - a "clear and conspicuous" written notice describing their privacy policies and practices.

For charges subject to a 10% aggregate tolerance, what must a lender do when that tolerance is exceeded?

 

To the extent the zero tolerance charge aggregate exceeds the estimate, the difference goes back to the consumer.



What must the e-consent disclosure require?

 

The notice must inform the consumer of the right to withdraw consent given

 

A copy of the appraisal must be provided to each applicant no later than three business days after consummation.

 

A creditor shall provide a copy of each appraisal or other written valuation promptly upon completion, or three business days prior to consummation of the transaction in closed-end credit transaction, whichever is earlier.

 

"Customer" means;

 

A Consumer is someone who obtains or has obtained a financial product or service from a financial institution that is to be used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, or that person's legal representative. Customers are a subclass of consumers who have a continuing relationship with a financial institution. It's the nature of the relationship - not how long it lasts - that defines a customer.

 

VA residual calculation tables are based on which of the following?

 

 

Geography (cost of living) and family size.

A lender offers a credit card with a limit of up to $750 for applicants age 21-30 and $1,500 for applicants over 30. Is this offer permissible under ECOA, Regulation B?

 

Disparate treatment occurs when a creditor treats an applicant differently based on a prohibited basis such as age, race, or national origin.


Privacy notices can be delivered to customers electronically?

 

Information required by law, to be in writing, can be made available electronically to a consumer only if he or she affirmatively consents to receive the information electronically and the company clearly and conspicuously discloses specified information to the consumer before obtaining his or her consent.

Question 19

Financial institutions are required to send annual privacy notices to individuals who have done what?

 

A former customer "has obtained" a financial product or service from a financial institution but no longer has a continuing relationship with it. For purposes of a company’s obligations under the Privacy Rule, a former customer is considered to be a consumer.


When is it permissible to ask about age on a credit application?

 

In any system of evaluating creditworthiness, a creditor may consider the age of an elderly applicant when such age is used to favor the elderly applicant in extending credit. In an empirically derived, demonstrably and statistically sound, credit scoring system, a creditor may use an applicant's age as a predictive variable, provided that the age of an elderly applicant is not assigned a negative factor or value. In a judgmental system of evaluating creditworthiness, a creditor may consider an applicant's age or whether an applicant's income derives from any public assistance program only for the purpose of determining a pertinent element of creditworthiness.



The term "nonpublic personal information" means:

 

The Privacy Rule protects a consumer's "nonpublic personal information" (NPI). NPI is any "personally identifiable financial information" that a financial institution collects about an individual in connection with providing a financial product or service, unless that information is otherwise "publicly available."



The primary qualification for a VA loan to determine how much money is left over after expenses is called what?

 

Residual income will determine if a Vet can afford a home.



Joe's Trucks services vehicles on credit. Does Joe's Trucks need to comply with the Red Flags Rule requirements?

 

To determine if your business is a creditor under the Red Flags Rule, ask these questions: Does my business or organization regularly: Defer payment for goods and services or bill customers? Grant or arrange credit? Participate in the decision to extend, renew, or set the terms of credit? If you answer: No to all, the Rule does not apply. Yes to one or more, ask: Does my business or organization regularly and in the ordinary course of business: Get or use consumer reports in connection with a credit transaction? Give information to credit reporting companies in connection with a credit transaction? Advance funds to — or for — someone who must repay them, either with funds or pledged property (excluding incidental expenses in connection with the services you provide to them)? If you answer: No to all, the Rule does not apply. Yes to one or more, you are a creditor covered by the Rule.



When is a financial institution required to provide customers with the initial privacy notice?

 

It must provide an "initial notice" by the time the customer relationship is established. If this would substantially delay the customer's transaction, it may provide the notice within a reasonable time after the customer relationship is established, but only if the customer agrees.


A compliant Red Flags Program will have policies and procedures to identify, detect, and ______ Red Flags

 

4- Step Process to the Red Flags Rule: Identify relevant red flags, Detect red flags, Respond by preventing and mitigating identify theft, Update the program

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