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What Is A ‘Business Day’ For Real Estate Loan Disclosures?
“Business day” is defined slightly differently for Loan Estimates and Closing Disclosures.
For Loan Estimates, each day on which a creditor’s offices are open to the public count as a business day. Loan estimates must be delivered or placed in t...
Do Creditors Have To Approve TRID Loans In 3 Days?
If your loan is approved, on the terms you requested the creditor is required to provide a Loan Estimate within 3 business days.
If they determine that your application will not or cannot be approved they do not have to provide a Loan Estimate.
Likewise, if yo...
Can Creditors Collect Information Beyond The 6 Required Pieces?
In addition to the required pieces:
Name
Income
Social Security Number
Property Address
Estimated Property Value
Mortgage Amount Sought
a creditor may collect whatever additional informa...
What 6 Pieces of Information Make A TRID Loan Application?
Submitting these 6 pieces of information:
Name
Income
Social Security Number
Property Address
Estimated Value of Property
Mortgage Loan Amount sought
constitutes a valid loan application...
What Disclosures Are Used For Loans Not Covered By TRID?
Creditors must continue to use the Good Faith Estimate, Truth-In-Lending Disclosure and the HUD-1 form for reverse mortgages, HELOCs, mobile home or other non-attached dwelling loans and others NOT covered by TRID.
Housing assistance loans for low- and moderate-...
What Kinds Of Loans Do TRID Disclosures Cover?
TRID rules apply to MOST consumer credit transactions secured by real property. These include mortgages, refinancing, construction-only loans closed-end home-equity loans, and loans secured by vacant land or by 25 or more acres.
The rule does NOT apply to Home ...
What Do Lenders Have To Tell You About Your Real Estate Loan?
Federal “disclosure” forms define the information that creditor businesses MUST provide to consumers applying for real estate loans.
As of Oct 1, 2015 lenders must provide TWO New “TRID” disclosure forms. for the most common kinds of real ...
What Is Equity?
Equity is the value YOU own in property such as a house. It’s the difference between what’s OWED and what the property is WORTH in the current market.
The example this video shows - you have a house worth $300,000 today and you owe the bank $200,000. ...
What Are Real Estate Commissions?
Like the video says - real estate agents aren’t paid by the hour!They’re paid a percentage of the purchase price in a successful real estate transaction.
When one agent represents the sellers and another represents the buyers the commission is typically...
What Is “Prime”?
The Prime Lending Rate - sometimes just called “Prime” - is the interest rate that banks charge each other for overnight loans. Some consumer rates - like ARMs - are set in relation to Prime.
In the US, Prime is affected by the Federal Reserve lendi...
