Nat'l LO Licensing

National Loan Originator Licensing coming….For ALL LOs

Tucked inside the Foreclosure Rescue Bill signed by the President yesterday is a provision calling for all loan originators to be licensed.  Bankers, brokers, consumer loan lenders, and credit unions; it doesn’t matter where you work.  If you’re an LO you must pass a competency test that will be developed by the National Conference of […]

31Jul2008 | mf | 11 comments | Continued

National Loan Originator Licensing

The “Federal Housing Finance and Regulatory Reform Act of 2008? is here.  Read the PDF if you’re feeling ambitious or here is the summary of the Dodd amendment. There’s a section inside Senator Dodd’s amendment that will give us national loan originator licensing. On page 34, the definition of a loan originator is as follows:
LOAN ORIGINATOR
A) IN GENERAL
The term […]

18Jun2008 | mf | 5 comments | Continued