Computerized Loan Origination System

2006-12-10T21:52:00.000-08:00

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Computerized Loan Origination (CLO)

Online network that lists residential mortgage loans, including rates and fees, offered by different mortgage lenders, accessible through mortgage brokers and real estate agents. Many CLO networks also support online mortgage applications. CLO networks give home buyers the convenience of comparison shopping mortgage loans from competing lenders directly from the broker's office. A downside risk is the list of participating lenders may not be very extensive. Mortgage originators use CLO networks to offer home buyers rapid approval of mortgage applications, and also to pool mortgages for resale in the Secondary Mortgage Market.

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Computerized Loan Origination (CLO)

A computer-based network of lenders that allows affiliated real estate brokers, builders, or advisors to originate loans at the site of the home. Provides a streamlined process whereby a person can buy a home and apply for a loan at the same place and time.
Example: Several regional and national firms offer computerized loan origination systems, consisting of computer software, a network of lenders, and technical support. Real estate brokers can subscribe to the MBSD service and offer loan analysis and origination services to prospective homebuyers.

2006-12-03T22:17:00.000-08:00

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Some clients have requested that MBSD perform finance and accounting activities for them. This is an alternative that makes more and more sense for companies wishing to focus on their core business, like computerized loan origination systems, with the goal of eventually bringing the finance and accounting function in-house.

Whether your goal is to grow from mortgage brokering into mortgage banking or establish a new stand-alone mortgage bank or anything in between, MBSD offers a practical, hands-on solution. With highly credentialed, industry-experienced consultants, MBSD is able to address your needs in a very empathetic manner.

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2006-11-23T20:39:00.000-08:00

What's really happened is that much of the lending process has been automated, the Internet is bringing more information to the public, some consumers are looking for "one-stop" shopping, and HUD's view of a CLO is what federal rules allow has evolved. And for buyer/borrowers who want "one-stop" shopping, such arrangements can hold value.

In essence, these are deals where the realty broker tells a lender that buyer Smith needs a computerized loan origination in return. To this day naked referrals -- a cute term for kickbacks -- are banned by RESPA. Under the 1974 Real Estate Settlement and Procedures Act, known generally as RESPA, realty brokers are not allowed to make so-called "naked referrals."

In 1992 HUD added disclosure requirements and an obligation to offer loans from a variety of sources and by the mid-1990s lenders could place CLOs -- Computerized Loan Origination systems -- in broker offices. But what would happen if a real estate broker performed services needed for the production of a loan? Unlike a naked referral, actual work is being done in such cases.

In 1984, HUD determined that under RESPA brokers could be paid fair value for the use of their facilities while in 1986 HUD said realty brokers could charge for loan origination services.

The catch was that to this point, HUD said only borrowers could pay real estate brokers for lending services -- it didn't say lenders could pay such fees.

Such payments, however, must reasonably reflect the value of the computerized origination and what the broker contributes to the lending process. Today it's possible for brokers to earn loan origination fees when they provide something of value, perhaps the use of a facility or the provision of goods and services. In 1996, however, HUD agreed that brokers could be compensated for loan origination services by lenders if certain conditions were met.

What services can be compensated? HUD lists 14 specific items, but they generally can be boiled down into five categories:

Schedule closing and attend settlement.

Verify employment, credit, and other data as underwriters require

Order appraisal and title services.

Discuss loan options with consumers and prequalify applicants.

Take the loan application and submit loan packages for underwriting.

Checking the computerized loan origination marketplace today, the rules for brokers who now want to offer mortgage services look largely like this:

One buyer cannot be given preference over another because of the decision to obtain or not obtain financing from a broker.
State rules may impact the ability of brokers to provide services and collect fees. For details, speak with legal counsel.
Consumers must have a choice of loans and lenders -- the more the better.
Naked referrals are forbidden.
Reasonable fees for services are allowed.
The broker's activities as a loan originator must be fully disclosed.
A buyer cannot be required to use a given lender or loan source as a condition of purchasing a property.

If you have good credit and need conventional, portfolio, VA, or FHA financing the process is much faster than in the past because of such technology. The Internet allows brokers and consumers to computerized loan origination systems and look for mortgage programs on thousands of sites.

While there was once a time when computers were exotic -- think of those CLOs -- that's not the case today. Also new is the emergence of software which allow many loans, but not all, to be processed more-or-less automatically.

Combine changing rule interpretations and the emergence of the Internet with new technologies and the result is that realty brokers have a growing ability to generate a computerized loan origination system. For consumers, access to more loan sources should be seen as a positive advance. The result is that realty brokers are increasingly involved in the loan origination process.

Contact the MBSD Group today about a computerized loan origination system

2006-10-04T22:41:00.000-07:00

The MBSD GROUP , the industry’s leading secure B2B

exchange for real estate transactions, announced today the establishment of a relationship

with Financial Industry Computer Systems’ (FICS), a mortgage technology specialist that provides in-house origination and servicing technology to the mortgage industry.

“Our relationship with FICS streamlines the origination process for RealEC clients who utilize

Loan Producer , FICS’ loan origination system,” said Jeff Sanderson, president of RealEC

Technologies. “The combined functionality supports RealEC’s strategy to facilitate the computerized loan origination systems , servicing, and closing of real estate transactions toward a truly paperless environment,” Sanderson said. This seamless data exchange will

significantly improve processes and ultimately provide significant benefits to our companies’ mutual client base.”

Loan Producer users are now able to export a file, upload the input file, retrieve any completed

or delivered products, and check the status of orders directly on the RealEC Web site. This eliminates the need for originators to re-key loan origination data between the two systems. “Our company is committed to providing our customers with the necessary technological tools to help them increase productivity,” said Dawn Gibbs, president and CEO, Financial Industry Computer Systems, Inc. “Our relationship with RealEC is a natural fit.

It handles data translation and facilitates rapid information flow while integrating seamlessly with vendors’ production systems.

RealEC is designed to facilitate the origination, servicing and closing of real estate transactions and to enable real estate practitioners to significantly enhance their businesses through core components including the RealEC Exchange. The RealEC Exchange is an intelligent routing process that offers traditional transaction capability and provides a standardized connectivity and data transport functionality for originators and vendors involved in the transaction.

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About RealEC Technologies

FICS’ Loan Producer is a Windows -based, 32-bit client/server loan origination system that handles all aspects of origination, processing, underwriting, closing and secondary marketing for mortgage loan originators. Loan Producer also features iNetAp, an optional suite of online mortgage origination tools, and Loan Originator, an optional add-on tool that enables laptop use of certain Loan Producer point-of-sale features.

Founded in 1998, RealEC Technologies provides a CLO's intelligent, electronic exchange for mortgage loan originators, realtors, and settlement service providers.

Through one connection, the RealEC Exchange enables mortgage originators to conduct e-

business with thousands of service providers while offering more direct connections to providers than any other network in the industry. RealEC’s iSelect™ intelligent ordering tool personalizes and automates the lender’s choice of products and providers.

The company’s products are designed to facilitate the origination, servicing, statusing and closing of real estate transactions and enable real estate practitioners to significantly enhance their business by increasing operational efficiencies, improving customer service and generating new sources of revenue. RealEC provides integration services, installation resources, sales management, and customer/help desk support designed to ensure successful implementation of this robust B2B exchange. For more information visit: www.realec.com.

About FICS

This 32-bit client/server

application supports ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) relational databases, providing lenders with quick access to computerized mortgage loan data with Microsoft Word, Excel and other ODBC compliant systems such as Access, IQ/Eureka or Crystal Reports.

Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Financial Industry Computer Systems, Inc. (FICS) is a mortgage technology specialist that provides flexible, in-house loan origination solutions to the mortgage industry. FICS’ loan origination system (Loan Producer ) represents true, Windows -based systems utilizing advanced Windows technology.

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2006-09-19T02:22:00.000-07:00

Computerized Loan Origination Systems

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner; Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA); Statement of Policy 2006-1, Regarding Computer Loan Origination Systems (CLOs)

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Statement of Policy 1996-1: Computer Loan Origination Systems (CLOs).

SUMMARY: This statement explains the statutory and regulatory framework for HUD's treatment of payments to CLOs. This Statement of Policy sets forth the Department's interpretation of Section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and its implementing regulations with regard to the applicability of RESPA to payments for services from certain computer systems, frequently called CLOs, used by settlement service providers in connection with the origination of mortgage loans or the provision of other settlement services covered by RESPA.

In reading this policy statement, the reader should be aware that HUD's RESPA rule was recently streamlined through a separate rulemaking. 61 FR 13232 (Mar. 26, 1996). This streamlining caused several provisions of the RESPA rule to be renumbered. Except as is otherwise indicated in the context of the policy statement, this policy statement refers to provisions by their current section number, incorporating all revisions to date as a result of the streamlining and today's rulemaking, published elsewhere in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Williamson, Director, Office of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, Room 5241, telephone (202) 708-4560; or, for legal questions, Kenneth Markison, Assistant General Counsel for GSE/RESPA, or Grant E. Mitchell, Senior Attorney for RESPA, Room 9262, telephone (202) 708-1550. (The telephone numbers are not toll- free.) For hearing- and speech-impaired persons, this number may be accessed via TTY (text telephone) by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339. The address for the above-listed persons is: Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Individuals and firms have developed and are developing various systems that employ computer technology to assist consumers in finding a lender, selecting a mortgage product, originating a mortgage, or choosing among other settlement service providers and products. These systems are sometimes called computer loan origination systems (hereafter ``CLOs''), although other terminology may be used, such as computer loan information systems. These systems differ in the way they interact with consumers, in the way they collect and display information on mortgage options, in the range of choices of products and services they provide to consumers, and in the extent to which they share work with other providers in the settlement service process. HUD expects product diversity to increase as technology evolves and new telecommunication options become available.

The following exemption was set forth in the November 2, 1992 final rule, effective December 2, 1992: Section 8 of RESPA does not prohibit * * * any payment by a borrower for computer loan origination services, so long as the disclosure set forth in Appendix E of this part is provided to the borrower. 24 CFR 3500.14(g)(2)(iii).

This exemption from Section 8 was for ``any payment by a borrower for computer loan origination services,'' as long as certain disclosures were provided. This rule did not address payments made by lenders, thus leaving such payments subject to Section 8 scrutiny. Although the term ``CLO exemption'' is frequently used, including in the preamble of the 1992 final rule, the exemption was not for the CLO itself, but only for payments made for CLO services by borrowers. The 1992 final rule did not speak to other issues; notably it did not define a CLO or explain how RESPA applies to payments by lenders to CLOs for CLO services. The November 2, 1992 rule also withdrew all previous informal legal opinions, including those stating the Department's views on various CLO issues.

In response to numerous expressions of concern about the new exemption and other aspects of the revised regulations, HUD requested public comments in a Federal Register Notice on July 6, 1993, and held public hearings on August 6, 1993.

On July 21, 1994, HUD issued proposed regulations that would repeal the general CLO exemption for borrower payments and, in its place, establish an exemption for borrower payments to certain ``qualified CLOs'', that is, CLOs having characteristics that HUD considered beneficial to consumers. The proposed exemption would apply only to payments by borrowers, but HUD did solicit public comments on whether to provide a similar exemption for payments by lenders to qualified CLOs. Under the proposed rule, payments by borrowers to CLO systems that did not qualify for the exemption were subject to scrutiny under section 8 of RESPA. HUD also invited those with active CLOs or those developing CLOs to demonstrate their systems at a Technology Demonstration Fair on September 30, 1994. Twenty-one CLO operators accepted the invitation and participated in this all-day demonstration in Washington, D.C.

The public comments in response to the proposed rule raised a number of specific questions about the proposed exemption for payments to qualified CLOs, and generally displayed skepticism or uncertainty about the usefulness of the proposal. Concerned that the comments did not adequately address all the issues, HUD held two informal meetings with industry and consumer groups to seek additional individual input on the likely future development of CLOs. These meetings were held on August 11, 1995, and September 21, 1995. While HUD learned many things from the public comments and the meetings with industry and consumer groups, one message seemed to predominate. All parties wanted clearer guidance from HUD on how RESPA's disclosure and anti-kickback provisions apply to borrower and lender payments for CLO services.

Both the 1992 and the proposed 1994 exemptions for borrower payments to CLOs were offered because of concern that uncertainty about how RESPA applied to payments to CLOs might be impeding the development or use of potentially beneficial technology. However, by limiting the exemptions to borrower payments, in both cases, HUD did not address the primary issue of how RESPA's anti-kickback provisions applied to lender payments to CLOs.

Many participants in the informal meetings urged that it was impossible to

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create a useful safe harbor or exemption for ``qualified CLOs'', because changes in technology and in its use in the market would repeatedly make that safe harbor obsolete. CLO service providers would take their chances of running afoul of RESPA, rather than develop systems to meet the ``qualified CLO'' criteria. More helpful, many participants argued, would be if HUD explained clearly how RESPA's anti-kickback prohibitions and disclosure requirements applied to various sorts of CLO payments.

After considering the public comments and informal meetings, HUD has decided: (1) To eliminate the exemption for borrower payments to CLOs and the associated disclosure; (2) to abandon the idea of establishing a similar or broader exemption for qualified CLOs; and (3) to issue this policy statement to help those developing and using CLOs to understand better how RESPA applies to their activities.

HUD does not think it is useful to continue a modest exemption or to develop a separate and elaborate regulatory structure for a still emerging industry. However, clarification of certain matters in the form of a policy statement would be useful to the industry and consumers. The effect of this action is to subject payments to CLOs to the same RESPA provisions as payments for any other service; however, HUD is providing specific guidance on how HUD will apply these provisions in the CLO context.

Today HUD is simultaneously issuing a revision to the 1992 rule. The preamble to this new final rule contains a fuller discussion of the decision for computerized loan origination system - making process leading from the November 2, 1992 rule to the withdrawal of the exemption and the issuance of this guidance.

To the extent this guidance interprets rules that become effective 120 days from the date of this publication, then this guidance will be applicable as of the effective date of such rules. Statement of Policy--1996-1

To give guidance to interested members of the public on the application of RESPA and its implementing regulations to these issues, the Secretary, pursuant to Section 19(a) of RESPA (12 U.S.C. 2617(a)) and 24 CFR 3500.4(a)(1)(ii), hereby issues the following statement of policy.

For purposes of this statement of policy, a CLO is a computer system that is used by or on behalf of a consumer to facilitate a consumer's choice among alternative products or settlement service providers in connection with a particular RESPA-covered real estate transaction. Such a computer system: (1) may provide information concerning products or services; (2) may pre-qualify a prospective borrower; (3) may provide consumers with an opportunity to select ancillary settlement services; (4) may provide prospective borrowers with information regarding the rates and terms of loan products for a particular property in order for the borrower to choose a loan product; (5) may collect and transmit information concerning the borrower, the property, and other information on a mortgage loan application for evaluation by a lender or lenders; (6) may provide loan origination, processing, and underwriting services, including but not limited to, the taking of loan applications, obtaining verifications and appraisals, and communicating with the borrower and lender; and (7) may make a funding decision.

This definition is not meant to be restrictive or exhaustive; it merely attempts to describe existing practices of service providers. With the use of technology evolving so rapidly, however, it is difficult for the Department to provide guidance on future unspecified practices in the abstract.

This statement of policy provides guidance on how RESPA applies to service providers and interprets existing law. It does not add any new restrictions on business practices.

Section 3 of RESPA defines ``settlement services'' to include:

[A]ny service provided in connection with computerized loan origination systems a real estate settlement including, but not limited to * * * the origination of a federally related mortgage loan (including, but not limited to, the taking of loan applications, loan processing, and the underwriting and funding of loans), and the handling of the processing, and closing or settlement. 12 U.S.C. 2602(3).

The regulations define a ``settlement service'' to mean ``any service provided in connection with a prospective or actual settlement.'' 24 CFR 3500.2. This definition specifically includes the providing of any services related to the origination, processing, or funding of a federally-related mortgage loan. 24 CFR 3500.2. To the extent that a CLO performs ``settlement services'', it is a settlement service provider. Conversely, if a CLO does not perform settlement services, it is not a settlement service provider.

NOTHING IN THIS POLICY STATEMENT SHOULD BE READ AS A HUD ENDORSEMENT OF ANY CHARGE TO CONSUMERS OR AS A REQUIREMENT FOR ANY CHARGE TO CONSUMERS.

1. Payments by Consumers to CLOs

CLOs that provide services to consumers may charge consumers for services performed. 12 U.S.C. 2607(c)(2). RESPA requires that all charges for settlement services be reported on the Good Faith Estimate and the HUD-1 or HUD-1A; however, the regulations do not address the exact timing of the payment. 12 U.S.C. 2603(a) and 2604(c). Similarly, any payment for CLO services that is paid outside of closing must be so identified on the HUD-1 or HUD-1A settlement statement. 24 CFR 3500, App. A, General Instructions for computerized loan origination. In addition, settlement service providers whose products are made available on CLOs may reimburse consumers for any fee charged them by the CLO.

2. Payments by Settlement Service Providers to CLOs

Section 8(a) of RESPA prohibits payments for the referral of a consumer to a settlement service provider; however, Section 8(c)(2) permits payments for goods or facilities actually furnished or for services actually performed. 12 U.S.C. 2607(c)(2).

The definition used in this policy statement encompasses various types of CLOs. Regardless of the type of CLO, compensable goods, facilities, or services must be provided by the CLO in return for payments by settlement service providers. Any such payment must bear a reasonable relationship to the value of the goods, facilities, or services provided. 24 CFR 3500.14(g)(2). A charge for which no or nominal services are performed or for which duplicative fees are charged is an unearned fee. 24 CFR 3500.14(c). For example, if a CLO lists only one settlement service provider and only presents basic information to the consumer on the provider's products, then there would appear to be no or nominal compensable services provided by the CLO to either the settlement service provider or the consumer, only a referral; and any payment by the settlement service provider for the CLO listing could be considered a referral fee in violation of section 8 of RESPA. Note, however, that a new provision of HUD's RESPA rules at 24 CFR 3500.14(g)(1)(ix), discussed at Section 4 below, allows employees who do not perform settlement services to market settlement services or products of an affiliated entity and to receive employer payments for these referrals. A company may not pay any other company for the

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referral of settlement service business. 24 CFR 3500.14(b).

RESPA places no restrictions on the pricing structure of CLOs as long as the payments are not referral fees and are reasonably related to the value of the services provided. However, the value of a referral is not to be taken into account in determining whether the payment exceeds the reasonable value of the goods, facilities, or services. 24 CFR 3500.14(g)(2). If these requirements are met, CLOs may charge settlement service providers a fixed or periodic fee or a fee for each closed transaction arising from the use of the CLO. However, if a CLO charges different fees to different settlement service providers in similar situations, an incentive may exist for the CLO to steer the consumer to the settlement service provider paying the highest fees. HUD may scrutinize these circumstances to determine if the differentials constitute referral fees.¹

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Settlement service providers may pay CLOs a reasonable fee for services provided by the CLO to the settlement service provider, such as, having information about the provider's products made available to consumers for comparison with the products of other settlement service providers. If a CLO elects to act as a mortgage broker, as that term is defined in 24 CFR 3500.2, then all RESPA rules related to compensation of mortgage brokerage services apply to the CLO. On December 13, 1995, HUD convened a negotiated rulemaking that could result in changes to these RESPA rules. CLOs should review carefully any changes in the regulations applicable to mortgage brokers and others that result from this rulemaking.

3. CLOs in a Controlled Business Context

When a CLO is used in a controlled business arrangement, the RESPA regulations relating to controlled business arrangements apply. Section 3(7) of RESPA (12 U.S.C. 2602(7)) defines a controlled business arrangement in terms of an affiliate relationship or a direct or beneficial ownership. The regulations provide definitions of affiliate relationship, beneficial ownership, and direct ownership. 24 CFR 3500.15(c). Separate entities are a necessary component of the controlled business arrangement definitions. For example, if a real estate brokerage firm uses a CLO within its own business structure and there is no separate affiliated business entity involved, then the CLO is not being used in a controlled business arrangement with the real estate brokerage firm.

A controlled business arrangement does not violate RESPA if three conditions are met. 12 U.S.C. 2607(c)(4)(A)-(C). Section 3500.15(b) of the regulations elaborates on the three requirements. First, when consumers are referred from one business entity to an affiliated business entity, a written disclosure of the affiliate relationship must be provided. For example, if a real estate firm has an affiliate relationship with a company providing CLO services and an agent of the real estate firm refers a customer to the CLO company, then the real estate agent must provide the required disclosure to the customer at the time of the referral. Similarly, if the CLO company has an affiliate relationship with one of the settlement service providers listed on the CLO, then the CLO operator must provide the customer with the required disclosure before the consumer uses the CLO. Second there can be no required use, i.e., the referring entity cannot require the consumer to use the CLO and the CLO cannot require the consumer to use an affiliated company listed on the CLO. Thirdly, the only thing of value that is received by one business entity from other business entities in the controlled business arrangement, other than payments permitted under 24 CFR 3500.14(g) for services actually performed, is a return on an ownership interest or franchise relationship.

4. Payments of Commissions or Bonuses to Employees

CLOs are subject to the same RESPA provisions regarding employee compensation as any service provider. For example, a settlement service provider listed on the CLO may not pay a CLO employee a referral fee or commission if the consumer selects that settlement service provider. 24 CFR 3500.14(b). Employees of a CLO may receive a bona fide salary or compensation from the CLO--their employer. 24 CFR 3500.14(g)(1)(iv). Compensation from CLOs to their employees may include commissions for transactions closed on the system. 24 CFR 3500.14(g)(1)(vii). However, if a CLO pays commissions for transactions closed with some settlement service providers but not for transactions closed with other settlement service providers, HUD may scrutinize these payments to determine if the commissions constitute referral fees or are exempt under other provisions (see below).

HUD established two new exemptions related to compensation of employees in a final rule published today and effective 120 days from their publication. The first exemption (24 CFR 3500.14(g)(1)(viii)) allows an employer to pay managerial employees who do not routinely deal with the public bonuses related to the referral of settlement service business to a business entity in a controlled business arrangement. The CLO employee who routinely deals with customers is not considered a managerial employee within the meaning of 24 CFR 3500.2. A CLO may have managerial employees within the meaning of 24 CFR 3500.2, such as a district manager who oversees several CLO operators who work in different locations. Such a managerial employee may receive bonuses based on criteria related to the performance of a business entity in an affiliate relationship, such as profitability, capture rate, or other thresholds. However, the amount of such bonus may not be calculated as a multiple of the number or value of referrals of settlement services business to a business entity in a controlled business arrangement. 24 CFR 3500.14(g)(1)(viii).

The second exemption (24 CFR 3500.14(g)(1)(ix)) allows employer payments to their own bona fide employees for referrals of business to affiliated entities if the employee does not perform settlement services in any transaction and provides the consumer with a written disclosure in the format of the Controlled Business Arrangement Disclosure Statement. Employer payments to a CLO employee who does not perform settlement services may qualify for this exemption. This exemption permits employer payments to employees who do not perform settlement services for referrals to affiliates. Under this exemption, the employee may market a settlement service or product of an affiliated entity, including collecting and conveying information and taking an application or order for the services of an affiliated entity. Marketing also may include incidental communications with the consumer after the application or order, such as providing the consumer with information about the status of an application or order; marketing may not include serving as the ongoing point of contact for coordinating the delivery and provision of settlement services. Under the exemption, a CLO employee who takes an application and collects information for an affiliate but performs no other settlement services, may receive a payment from his or her

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employer for a referral to an affiliated entity.

5. Neutral Display of Information on Settlement Service Providers and Their Products

An agreement or understanding for the referral of business incident to or part of a settlement service may be established by a practice, pattern, or course of conduct. 24 CFR 3500.14(e). For example, if one lender always appears at the top of any listing of mortgage products and there is no real difference in interest rates and charges between the products of that lender and other lenders on a particular listing, then this may be a non-neutral presentation of information which affirmatively influences the selection of a settlement service provider. Furthermore, if there is an affiliate relationship between the CLO and a favored settlement service provider, the non-neutral presentation of information under certain circumstances could constitute a required use in violation of 3500.15(b)(2). This guidance on neutral displays should not be read to discourage CLOs from assisting consumers in determining which products are most advantageous to them. For example, if a CLO consistently ranks lenders and their mortgage products on the basis of some factor relevant to the borrower's choice of product, such as APR calculated to include all charges and to account for the expected tenure of the buyer, HUD would consider this practice as a neutral display of information. Section 8(a) of RESPA prohibits compensated referrals. HUD may scrutinize non-neutral displays of information on settlement service providers and their products because favoring one settlement service provider over others may be affirmatively influencing the selection of a settlement service provider which could constitute a referral under RESPA. 24 CFR 3500.14(f).

And these are just a few of the types of computerized loan origination systems or CLO's.

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Can Your Broker Be Your Lender with computerized loan origination?

Peter G. Miller
OurBroker® What's really happened is that much of the lending process has been automated, the Internet is bringing more information to the public, some consumers are looking for "one-stop" shopping, and HUD's view of what federal rules allow has evolved. The computerized loan origination is that realty brokers are increasingly involved in the loan origination process.

For many years real estate brokerage and loan originations were seen as activities best performed by separate parties, a view now beginning to shift because of new rules and changing technologies.

But what would happen if a real estate broker performed services needed for the production of a loan? Unlike a naked referral, actual work is being done in such cases.

In essence, these are deals where the realty broker tells a lender that buyer Smith needs a loan and gets a fee in return. To this day naked referrals computerized loan origination -- a cute term for kickbacks -- are banned by RESPA. Under the 1974 Real Estate Settlement and MBSD Procedures Act, known generally as RESPA, realty brokers are not allowed to make so-called "naked referrals."

The MBSD Group answers some basic questions about Computerized Loan Origination Systems (CLO's) .

2006-08-12T20:09:00.000-07:00

Computerized loan origination

Banks | Mortgage Bankers | Mortgage Brokers
Computerized Loan Origination networks | Credit Unions
Finance Companies | National Cooperative Bank

Or your real estate agent can log on to a computer listing of lenders and learn about the mortgages they offer. Mortgage applications can even be filed by computer. Home buyers can choose from a variety of financial institutions to secure a mortgage, often without visiting the lender's office. CLO Mortgage brokers can find you the best mortgage among many lenders.

Here are some options on computerized loan origination systems (CLO's):

Banks and thrifts, or computerized loan origination systems:: Often they are the most flexible regarding whom they will grant a loan, and the amount, because many hold on to the mortgages rather than sell them to investors. These are the traditional, but no longer the major, mortgage lenders.
Computerized loan origination Mortgage bankers:: Their standards vary, however, because they sell their loans to investors, whose expectations about return also vary. Providing mortgages is their only business, so they offer many types.

2006-08-06T19:15:00.000-07:00

Computerized Loan Origination

Computerized loan origination networks and traditional mortgage lenders

by Janet Reilley Hewitt; United States. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Multinational Banking Division.; United States. Federal Home Loan Bank Board.

Type: English : Book
Publisher: [Washington, D.C.?] : Comptroller of the Currency, Administrator of National Banks : Federal Home Loan Bank Board, 1986.
OCLC: 13320029

Subjects: Mortgage loans -- Data processing. -- United States | Mortgage banks -- Data processing. -- United States | Banks and banking -- Data processing. -- United States

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CLO Computerized Loan Origination
Real Estate Investing Definition

The definition of CLO Computerized Loan Origination is:

HUD has approved the procedure as long as full disclosure is made of the fee multiple lenders are displayed on the computerized loan origination to give borrowers a basis for comparison and the fee charged is a dollar amount rather than a percentage of the loan. A computer network of major lenders that allows agents to initiate mortgage applications in their office.

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Computerized loan origination networks (CLOs):: These online services, accessible in the offices of many mortgage brokers and real estate agents, computerized loan orgination systems, rates and fees offered by a variety of lenders. A caveat: The list of lenders represented may not be extensive. CLOs also may enable online mortgage application.

Banks | Mortgage Bankers | Mortgage Brokers
Computerized Loan Origination networks | Credit Unions
Finance Companies | National Cooperative Bank

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2006-06-23T06:55:00.000-07:00

New computerized loan origination system CLO links on the MBSD Group website

Here's some new links just added to the MBSD Group website. The MBSD Group is always happy to help your business with computerized loan origination systems (CLO's).

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2006-06-11T19:55:00.000-07:00

Computerized Loan Origination System

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2006-06-02T18:30:00.000-07:00

HUD RESPA Computer Loan Originations (CLOs) - ACTION: Statement of Policy 1996-1: Computerized Loan Origination Systems (CLOs). SUMMARY: This Statement of Policy sets forth in the Department's interpretation. Utilizing FICS’ Loan Origination System Called Loan Producer with Financial Industry Computer Systems’ (FICS), a mortgage technology specialist that FICS' residential loan origination software (LOS), Loan Producer , includes the tools necessary to help your business. The MBSD group can help you in all your computerized loan origination system (CLO's) needs.

2006-05-10T22:45:00.000-07:00

Requirements for a compueterized loan origination system or CLO

What are some of the requirements for computerized loan origination systems? It's pretty simple with the MBSD group. You can view CLO's here to learn more. From start to finish, MBSD group, provides a no-nonsense approach to the computerized loan origination systems process. Click this link, Contact MBSD group, today.

2006-04-26T14:01:00.000-07:00

Helpful tips with Computerized Loan Origination Systems

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2006-04-16T03:57:00.000-07:00

Computerized Loan Origination Systems

Much has been written in recent years about the changes in corporate strategies and industry structures associated with electronic coordination of market Computer Loan Origination Systems activities. This paper considers the advent of electronic market coordination in the home mortgage industry, focusing on Computerized Loan Origination (CLO) systems. Case studies of five Computer Loan Origination Systems (First Boston's Shelternet, PRC's Loan Express, American Financial Network's Rennie Mae, Prudential's CLOS, and Citicorp's Mortgage Power Plus) reveal a range of system functionalities. Predictions from the Electronic Markets Hypothesis (EMH) are tested against the empirical results of the five case studies. As suggested by the EMH, financial intermediaries have been threatened by the introduction of Computer Loan Origination Systems, and in some cases, opposition has been mounted against the systems. On the other hand, despite the availability of the technology and mortgages' seemingly favorable characteristics as an electronically mediated market product, the industry has not been fundamentally changed by the introduction of these systems, despite more than a decade of experience with them. Of the two case studies that could be characterized as electronic markets, neither continues to exist in that form today. And the system with the largest dollar volume of mortgages of the five is best Computer Loan Origination Systems characterized as an electronic hierarchy. These results suggest that either the full results predicted by the EMH require a longer gestation period or that the underlying hypothesis will require Computer Loan Origination Systems augmentation in order to fully explain the results in the home mortgage market.

2006-04-04T16:46:00.000-07:00

This paper considers the advent of electronic market coordination in the home mortgage industry, focusing on Computerized Loan Origination (CLO) systems. Much has been written in recent years about the changes in corporate strategies and industry structures associated with electronic coordination of market activities. Predictions from the Electronic Markets Hypothesis (EMH) are tested against the empirical results of the five case studies. Case studies of five CLOs (First Boston's Shelternet, PRC's LoanExpress, American Financial Network's Rennie Mae, Prudential's CLOS, and Citicorp's Mortgage Power Plus) reveal a range of system functionalities. On the other hand, despite the availability of the technology and mortgages' seemingly favorable characteristics as an electronically mediated market product, the Computerized Loan Origination system industry has not been fundamentally changed by the introduction of these systems, despite more than a decade of experience with them. As suggested by the EMH, financial intermediaries have been threatened by the introduction of CLOS, and in some cases opposition has been mounted against the systems. And the system with the largest dollar volume of mortgages of the five is best characterized as an electronic hierarchy. Of the two case studies that could be characterized as electronic markets, neither continues to exist in that form today. These results suggest with the Computerized Loan Origination systems that either the full results predicted by the EMH require a longer gestation period or that the underlying hypothesis will require augmentation in order to fully explain the results in the home mortgage market for Computerized Loan Origination Systems.

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