And it's evidence that the housing market is gradually opening up to a greater number of potential homebuyers following years of tighter regulations
imposed by mortgage lenders.
Not exact matches
Those federal rules, which double down on restrictions adopted in 2014 and stern warnings to
lenders issued
by OSFI earlier this summer, require banks to qualify borrowers at higher interest rates,
impose additional limits on
mortgages for buyers with small down payments, and compel financial institutions to share the risk
by taking out insurance policies on low - ratio
mortgages.
A jumbo
mortgage exceeds the conforming loan limits
imposed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government - sponsored enterprises that buy
mortgages from
lenders.
A
mortgage overlay is an additional
mortgage guideline
imposed by a
lender, which goes beyond the loan's official minimum standard.
By itself, Bank of America accounts for nearly two - thirds of the $ 43 billion in
mortgage lender fines
imposed since 2010.
The requirements for a conventional
mortgage vary from
lender to
lender, and may exceed the requirements
imposed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Mortgage lenders impose their own (often stricter) requirements on top of the minimum guidelines established
by the FHA.
(Points are additional charges
imposed by the
lender that are usually pre-paid
by the consumer at settlement but can sometimes be financed
by adding them to the
mortgage amount.
A jumbo
mortgage exceeds the conforming loan limits
imposed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government - sponsored enterprises that buy
mortgages from
lenders.
Since the
mortgage crisis, many media articles have been written about the overlays that
lenders impose on top of the minimum credit quality standards established
by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and HUD.
An «overlay» is when a
mortgage lender imposes a stricter requirement on top of the minimum requirements established
by the FHA (in this case).
Recently, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition asked HUD to investigate 22
lenders that
impose stricter underwriting criteria than required
by FHA to insure
mortgages, claiming that requiring higher credit scores discriminates against minority
mortgage applicants.
The
mortgage APR is the total finance charge on the loan, including the additional costs
imposed by the
lender.
A fee
imposed by a
lender to cover certain processing expenses in connection with making a
mortgage loan.
Returning to the
mortgage at hand, when it was boiled down to its essence, the arrangement offered
by the
lender in this
imposed a 25 per cent interest rate on arrears, as compared to 7.5 per cent interest on principal money not in arrears.
FHA - approved
mortgage lenders often
impose their own credit guidelines, on top of those used
by the FHA.
A jumbo
mortgage exceeds the conforming loan limits
imposed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government - sponsored enterprises that buy
mortgages from
lenders.
(Points are additional charges
imposed by the
lender that are usually pre-paid
by the consumer at settlement but can sometimes be financed
by adding them to the
mortgage amount.
Although TILA does not address fees related to the preparation of disclosures, RESPA provides that no fee may be
imposed on any person, as a part of settlement costs or otherwise,
by a
lender in connection with a federally related
mortgage loan made
by such
lender for the preparation or delivery of the settlement statement required
by section 4 of RESPA or for statements required
by TILA.
The non-depository
lender commenter explained that some States have laws that
impose requirements that have been interpreted to require
mortgage lenders to fully comply with the disclosure requirements of RESPA and / or TILA or their implementing regulations for loans secured
by both personal property and real estate.