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State Agencies Highlight

New Maine Law Intended to Protect Real Estate Buyers and Sellers

August 4, 2008

 

Proposed mortgage volume fee rule change -

Public hearing scheduled August 22, 2008; Comment period open until September 3, 2008

PROPOSED VOLUME FEE RULE

Click HERE for notice to interested parties.

 

JOINT RULE ON STUDENT LOANS
The Bureau of Financial Institutions and the Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection recently adopted a rule on student loans that allows subject lenders to provide student-borrowers loans that provide for a schedule of payments that may accommodate students' academic commitments.  The effective date of this rule is July 7, 2008. The Rule may be found at the Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection’s website.

 

ADVISORY RULING #116
"Convenience" HELOC's

 

High-Rate High-Fee Mortgage Counselors
High-rate high-fee consumer loans require consumer counseling before the making of the loan.

 

JOINT ADVISORY RULING #115
Treatment of Construction to Permanent Loans
Released April 25, 2008

 

MAINE MORTGAGE LENDING FREQUENTLY-ASKED QUESTIONS
FAQs on Mortgage Lending and Mortgage Lending laws in Maine.

 

MORTGAGE LENDERS NETWORK SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT ORDER
Docket 2007-05


JOINT ADVISORY RULING #114
Changes to the Bureau of Financial Institutions Regulation 44 and Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection Chapter 550, “Mortgage Lending: Guidelines for Determining Reasonable, Tangible Net Benefit and Ability to Pay” and the “tangible net benefit” form as the result of recent amendments to the Act to Protect Maine Homeowners from Predatory Lending
Released: January 17, 2008

 

2008 Amendments to Predatory Lending Law -- Maine's predatory mortgage lending law, which became effective January 1, 2008, was amended January 8, 2008 with provisions that are retroactive back to January 1st.  The primary change is to exempt "prime" loans from the anti-flipping (reasonable tangible net benefit) test.  See the recently-enacted amendments at http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/externalsiteframe.asp?ID=280027682&LD=2125&Type=1&SessionID=7

 

JOINT ADVISORY RULING 113
“Ability to Pay” under Bureaus’ Joint Rule: Guidelines for Determining Reasonable, Tangible Net Benefit and Ability to Pay (Chapters 550 and 144)
Released: December 26, 2008

 

ADVISORY RULING 112
 Computation of “Total Loan Amount”
Released: December 26, 2007

 

ESCROW RATES:
Calendar year 1/2/2008 & 1/2/2007

 

ADVISORY RULING 111
Exclusion of HELOCs from definition of “sub-prime loan”
Released: December 17, 2007

 

ADVISORY RULING 110
"Odd Days’” or “Per Diem” Interest
Released: December 12, 2007

 

TANGIBLE NET BENEFIT RULE

The Bureau of Financial Institution's and the Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection's final rule delineating the concepts of "reasonable, tangible net benefit" and "ability to pay."

"Mortgage Lending: Guidelines for Determining Reasonable, Tangible Net Benefit and Ability to Pay" Released 12/04/2007

 

MAINE'S NEW ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING LAW

Maine's new anti-predatory lending law has been given a chapter number (Chapter 273), and has been posted in its final form on the legislature's website.

 

 

 

Last Updated: August 4, 2008