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What Will The TRID Loan Estimate Tell Me?
The Loan Estimate documents the essential facts and terms of an approved real estate loan. It includes:
loan terms
projected payments and loan costs
cash and costs at closing time
the services for which you CAN and CANNOT...
How Long Must Creditors Keep Real Estate Loan Records?
Under the TRID rule, creditors must retain Escrow Cancellation and Partial Payment Policy disclosures for two years; Loan Estimate records for three years after loan consummation and Closing Disclosures for FIVE years.
If a creditor sells or transfers their inter...
What Is A Business Day?
“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 the mail no later...
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-i...
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 estate loans Fir...
For Sale By Owner – Going it alone The Closing – Part III
After all the nuts and bolts have been completed and ironed out, it’s time to get to the closing table. For most it’s a sigh of relief that their Cape Coral or
For Sale By Owner – Going it alone The Nuts and Bolts– Part II
Last time we left off with the offer and negotiations