A consumer credit report will be ordered by us to assist in making a determination of your credit worthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity. You have the right to be informed of the contents of the report or to review the contents of the report with the consumer reporting agency. In the event of credit denial due to an unfavorable consumer report, you will be advised of the identity of the Consumer Reporting Agency making such report and your right to request within sixty (60) days the reasons for the adverse action, pursuant to provisions of section 615(b) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Mortgage Broker / Loan Officer Disclosure
Mortgage Broker or Loan Officer:
License Number:
The information in this disclosure is provided to clarify the nature of our relationship, my duties to you, and how I am to be compensated as a Mortgage Broker or Loan Officer. This disclosure is a requirement of the Texas Mortgage Broker License Act.
Since I may be working for a company, references to "we" or "us" refer to me and any company for which I am working.
Duties and Nature of Relationship
You, the applicant(s), are applying with us for a residential mortgage loan.
We will submit your loan application to a participating lender which we may from time to time contract upon such terms as you may request or a lender may require. In connection with this mortgage loan, we are acting as an independent contractor and not as your agent. We will enter into separate independent contractor agreements with various lenders. While we will seek to assist you in meeting your financial needs, we do not distribute the products of all lenders or investors in the market and cannot guarantee the lowest or best terms available in the market.
In connection with this mortgage loan, we are acting as an independent contractor and not as your agent. We will make your loan ourselves. We may either sell the loan to an investor or retain it. (You will receive a separate disclosure as to how we will handle servicing rights on any such loan.) We have a number of established independent contractor relationships with various investors to whom we sell closed loans. We are not an agent for any such investor in connection with the sale of a loan. While we will seek to assist you in meeting your financial needs, we cannot guarantee the lowest or best terms available in the market.
How we will be compensated
The retail price we offer you - your interest rate, total points, and fees - will include our compensation. In some cases we may be paid all or part of our compensation by you or by the lender or investor. Alternatively, we may be paid a portion of our compensation by both you and the lender. For example, in some cases, if you would rather pay a lower interest rate, you may pay higher up-front points and fees. Also, in some cases, if you would rather pay less up-front, you may be able to pay a higher rate, in which case some or all of my compensation will be paid by the lender. We also may be paid by the lender based on other goods, services or facilities performed or provided by us to the lender.
Our pricing for your loan is based upon current wholesale options available to us in the secondary market where closed loans are sold. Fees charged directly to you by us may vary depending on the type of loan for which you have applied.
At the time of this disclosure, we are receiving $25 as a Credit Report Processing Fee. Of this amount, $25 is not refundable unless the amount is required to be refunded under applicable state or federal law upon the exercise of a right of rescission (such as the Truth in Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. §1600, et seq. and Regulation Z, 12 C.F.R. Part 226 or the provisions of the Home Equity provisions of the Texas Constitution, Article XVI, Section 50. At closing $25 will be shown on the HUD1 settlement statement as a fee paid outside closing for the processing of your loan.
The estimated fees which we will charge will be as shown on the good faith estimate which we are providing to you now or which we will provide you within three (3) days in accordance with the requirements of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and its implementing regulations.
The Mortgage Broker or Loan Officer is licensed under the laws of the State of Texas and by state law is subject to regulatory oversight by the Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending. Any consumer wishing to file a complaint against the Mortgage Broker or Loan Officer should complete, sign, and send a complaint form to the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending, 2601 North Lamar, Suite 201, Austin, TX 78705. Complaint forms and instructions may be downloaded and printed from the Department's Web site, located at www.sml.state.tx.us, or can be obtained from the Department upon request by mail at the address above, by telephone at its toll-free consumer hotline, (877) 276-5550, by fax at (512) 475-1360, or by email at smlinfo@sml.state.tx.us.
The department maintains the Mortgage Broker Recovery Fund to make payments of certain types of judgments against a mortgage broker or loan officer. Not all claims are compensable and a court must order the payment of a claim from the Recovery Fund before the Department may pay a claim. For more information about the Recovery Fund, please consult Subchapter F of the Mortgage Broker License Act on the Department's Web site referenced above.
Borrower
Please certify that the Borrower has read and understands the disclosure.
Co-borrower
Please certify that the Co-Borrower has read and understands the disclosure.
