The SMART Box isn't intended to replace a lender's
current loan disclosure information or documentation, but rather is intended as a supplemental disclosure that identifies key pricing information to make it possible for a small business to assess different loan products and determine the right fit for the business» need or use case.
Not exact matches
The annual interest rate
disclosure by the Mortgage Company making the promotional offer is as follows and is
current as of May 19, 2018: The $ 594 payment is based on $ 150,000
loan with a maximum 80 % Loan To Value Ratio (LTV) and Fees and Points of $ 6,909 for a three year period («3 Year Fixed») rate of 4.750 % and a 7.172 % Annual Percentage R
loan with a maximum 80 %
Loan To Value Ratio (LTV) and Fees and Points of $ 6,909 for a three year period («3 Year Fixed») rate of 4.750 % and a 7.172 % Annual Percentage R
Loan To Value Ratio (LTV) and Fees and Points of $ 6,909 for a three year period («3 Year Fixed») rate of 4.750 % and a 7.172 % Annual Percentage Rate.
Based on the information you have provided, you understand that those
disclosures will contain estimates of costs related to closing a
loan, as well as
current market interest rates.
The closing process with change significantly as the
Loan Estimate will replace the
current Good Faith Estimate and early Truth - in - Lending
disclosure, while a Closing
Disclosure will replace the HUD - 1 and final Truth - in - Lending.
HUD and the Federal Reserve have also asked the public to submit opinions on whether regulations relating to home mortgage
loan disclosures should be changed under
current law or whether Congress should be asked to amend the law.
The commenter stated its position that any State law or regulation that requires a mortgage lender to provide not only the proposed integrated
disclosures but also the existing or
current versions of the RESPA and Regulation X required
disclosures in connection with chattel - dwelling
loans is inconsistent with RESPA and Regulation X.
Further, although the Bureau learned from the Quantitative Study that the Bureau's integrated
disclosures generally performed better than the
current disclosure forms, the Bureau also learned that consumer participants performed better at identifying the total estimated closing costs using the RESPA GFE and early TILA
disclosure than with the
Loan Estimate.
Indeed, respondents in the Bureau's Quantitative Study that used the integrated
disclosures performed statistically significantly better than respondents using the
current disclosures at answering questions comparing their estimated and final
loan terms and costs, as well as at answering questions about their final
loan terms and costs.
The lone industry commenter to argue that industry could successfully implement the final rule within 12 months asserted that such a period should be more than sufficient for industry to implement the new
disclosures and update technology and software programs, as the
current disclosure forms are already implemented in all
loan origination software and could be updated quickly.
In addition, the harmonization of the
Loan Estimate and Closing Disclosure forms will make it easier for consumers to compare the estimated information they initially receive from creditors with the actual costs of the loan than can be done with the current disclosu
Loan Estimate and Closing Disclosure forms will make it easier for consumers to compare the estimated information they initially receive from creditors with the actual costs of the
loan than can be done with the current disclosu
loan than can be done with the
current disclosures.
In addition, at the Bureau's Quantitative Study, consumer participants using the Bureau's integrated
disclosures performed statistically significantly better at understanding their final
loan terms and costs than consumer participants using the
current RESPA settlement statement and final TILA
disclosure.
At the Bureau's Quantitative Study, consumer participants using the
Loan Estimate and Closing
Disclosure performed statistically significantly better than the consumer participants using the
current RESPA GFE, early TILA
disclosure, RESPA settlement, and final TILA
disclosure at comparing their estimated and final terms and costs.
The Kleimann Quantitative Study Report shows that the
Loan Estimate will facilitate better consumer understanding of the loan terms and closing costs of possible loans than do the current disclosu
Loan Estimate will facilitate better consumer understanding of the
loan terms and closing costs of possible loans than do the current disclosu
loan terms and closing costs of possible
loans than do the
current disclosures.
Therefore, this rulemaking might mitigate two problems in the
current real estate market: Insufficient amount of shopping by consumers for
loans and also for settlement services (mitigated because the
disclosures are easier to understand, and thus compare)[324] and consumers not having sufficient time to ask questions, negotiate with respect to terms that have changed, and otherwise adjust the
loan terms or settlement costs prior to consummation (mitigated by the clearer and more informative early and closing
disclosures, and the three - business - day waiting requirement).
In addition, although the Closing
Disclosure also performed better than the
current final TILA
disclosure and RESPA settlement statement with respect to questions that did not require such comparison and merely required respondents to identify or understand the final
loan terms and costs, see Kleimann Quantitative Study Report at 47 - 48, the Bureau believes that the consumer confusion that would result upon receipt of a
disclosure three business days before consummation that is substantially different from that received at application would outweigh any such benefit.
This
disclosure will make it easier for consumers to consider the
loan and underlying real estate transaction's overall affordability, as compared to
current Federal forms.
Based on the results of its consumer testing and outreach, described in part III above and in the Kleimann Testing Report as well as the results of the Kleimann Quantitative Study Report, the Bureau believes the
Loan Estimate is easier for consumers to use and understand than
current Federal
disclosures.
The Bureau's Quantitative Study determined that consumer participants using the Bureau's integrated
disclosures performed statistically significantly better than consumer participants using the
current disclosures at comparing estimated and final
loan terms costs.