HMDA 2018 Requires Reporting Of Total Dwelling Units
When reporting your HMDA data in 2018, you will now have to report the total number of individual dwelling units for the property that is securing the loan. This data point will always be answered with a number as this is one of the few data points where “not applicable” cannot be reported. When you are dealing with an application that did not end in origination, then the institution should rely on the best information that was available at the time action was taken.
When the loan is secured by a manufactured home community, the data point should include the total number of manufactured home sites that can be occupied. It does not matter if the units are already occupied when you are reporting this data point. When you are reporting on a loan that is secured by only one manufactured home and it is located in a manufactured home community, then this data point should be listed as being “1”.
If the loan is secured by a condominium, then the total number of individual units should be reported on your HMDA LAR. If such things such as manager apartments, vehicle pads, site-built homes, or other rental spaces are considered under the financial institutions underwriting guidelines, then they should also be included in the total of units.
For more information on HMDA regulations, 2018 data point changes or our HMDA compliance services, please call Rhonda Wannemuehler or Betsy Reynolds at 855-734-7655.
Manufactured Home Secured Property Type & Manufactured Home Land Property Interest
Beginning in 2018, a financial institution will report manufactured home information as part of their HMDA data. Specifically, the secured property type and the land property interest information should be reported in regards to the manufactured home that is securing the loan.
For the secured property type, a financial institution will have to report whether the loan is secured by a manufactured home and land or if the land is not securing the loan. A financial institution will report that the Manufactured Home is not secured by land even if the Manufactured Home is considered real property under state law.
For the land property interest, the financial institution should report the information about the applicant’s ownership interest in the land where the manufactured home is located. The first option that can be reported is direct ownership. This is used when the applicant has direct ownership in the land and the ownership is more than a possessory real property ownership interest. Another option is indirect ownership. This is reported when the applicant is a member of a resident-owned community that is structured as a housing cooperative which owns the underlying land. If the applicant lives in a resident-owned community but is not a member, the land property interest would be reported as a paid leasehold. A paid leasehold can occur when the applicant does not have an ownership interest in the land but they have a written lease for the lot that specifies rent payments. This data point can also be reported as an unpaid leasehold. This occurs when there is no written lease and therefore no agreement for rent payments.
There is an additional circumstance for the land property interest data point. This will be reported as “not applicable” if the location for the manufactured home has not yet been identified at the time action was taken. When it comes to reporting these data points as “not applicable” on your HMDA LAR, there is some overlap. Both of these data points will be reported as “not applicable” when the dwelling that is securing the loan is not a manufactured home or if it is a manufactured home community that is a multifamily dwelling.
For more information on HMDA regulations, 2018 data point changes or our HMDA compliance services, please call Rhonda Wannemuehler or Betsy Reynolds at 855-734-7655.
Debt-to-Income Ratio New HMDA Reporting Requirement
Another addition to what must be collected as part of your HMDA data in 2018 is the borrower’s debt-to-income ratio. This must be reported if the DTI ratio was relied upon when the financial institution made their credit decision. This does not mean that in order for this data point to be reportable it had to be a deciding factor when the financial institution made their credit decision. The DTI ratio merely had to have been considered during the credit decision process.
On your HMDA LAR, this data point can be reported as being “not applicable” in a number of circumstances. One instance is if the DTI ratio was not relied upon when the credit decision was made. “Not applicable” can also occur when you are reporting on a purchased loan and for applications that were closed for incompleteness or withdrawn before a credit decision could be made. Another occasion where “not applicable” is reported on your HMDA LAR is when the applicant and the co-applicant are not natural persons. It is important to note that when reporting the DTI ratio, what is securing the loan will also affect what you report on your HMDA LAR. When the loan is secured by a multifamily dwelling, this data point should be reported as “not applicable”.
For more information on HMDA regulations, 2018 data point changes or our HMDA compliance services, please call Rhonda Wannemuehler or Betsy Reynolds at 855-734-7655.
Discount Points, Lender Credits, and Interest Rate New HMDA Regs
For the new HMDA regulation, a financial institution will now have to report more information in regards to the terms of the loan. This includes such information as the total discount points, lender credits and the interest rate.
The total discount points that are paid to the creditor to reduce the interest rate can be found on page 2 of the Closing Disclosure on Line A.01. If there were no discount points paid, then this data point should be left blank. The other data point that can be found on the Closing Disclosure is the total of lender credits which is on page 2 Line J. Like with the discount points, if there were no lender credits, this data point should be left blank. If a revised Closing Disclosure was issued, then the revised amounts should be reported on the HMDA LAR.
Both of these data points are to be reported as “not applicable” in the same circumstances. The first is if the application did not end in origination. The second circumstance is if the loan or application is not subject to Regulation Z. The last instance is if it is a purchased loan with an application that was received prior to the effective date of Regulation Z.
Another item that must be reported as part of your HMDA data is the interest rate. This data point must be reported for loans that originated and for those that are approved but not accepted. For applications that were denied, withdrawn or closed for incompleteness, this data point should be reported as being “not applicable”.
For more information on HMDA regulations, 2018 data point changes or our HMDA compliance services, please call Rhonda Wannemuehler or Betsy Reynolds at 855-734-7655.
Origination Charges Just One New HMDA Reporting Requirement.
The new HMDA regulation that will take effect in 2018 will require a financial institution to report a myriad of new information. One of these new data points is the total origination charges that are considered borrower paid either at or before closing. This information can be found on page 2 of the Closing Disclosure in Line A. In the case where a corrected Closing Disclosure was delivered and the total charges that are borrower paid have changed, then the corrected amount should be reported on the HMDA LAR.
This is a relatively straight forward addition to the HMDA LAR and there are a few circumstances where this data point will be reported as being “not applicable”. This will occur if the application did not result in origination or if the transaction itself is not subject to Regulation Z. Another reason that this would be “not applicable” is if it is a purchased loan with an application that was received prior to the effective date of Regulation Z.
For more information on HMDA regulations, 2018 data point changes or our HMDA compliance services, please call Rhonda Wannemuehler or Betsy Reynolds at 855-734-7655.
Mortgage Loan Originator NMLS Identifier
Starting in 2018, an institution will report the NMLS ID for the mortgage loan originator. This is a unique number that is assigned to a loan originator through the National Mortgage Licensing System & Registry. The loan officer does not necessarily have to have one in order to provide loan originating services. If they are not required to have a NMLS ID number and they have not obtained one, then this data point should be reported as being “not applicable”.
There are some instances where the loan officer has obtained a NMLS ID but can originate a loan without one as it is not required by the state. The NMLS ID number should be reported on the HMDA LAR regardless of this, unless the transaction falls into one of two categories. First, if it is a purchased loan that is subject to 12 CFR 1026.36(g) (consumer credit transaction secured by a dwelling) and was originated prior to January 10, 2014. The other is if it is a purchased loan not subject to 12 CFR 1026.36(g) and it was originated prior to January 1, 2018. In these instances, this data point should be reported as being “not applicable”.
There are times when there is more than one loan officer associated with that particular transaction. If this occurs, the financial institution should report the NMLS ID of the loan officer who had the primary responsibility for the transaction as of the date of action taken.
For more information on HMDA regulations, 2018 data point changes or our HMDA compliance services, please call Rhonda Wannemuehler or Betsy Reynolds at 855-734-7655.
Application Channel and New HMDA Data
There are two questions for this data point that must be reported as part of the new HMDA data. First, you must report whether the applicant submitted the application directly to your financial institution. For HMDA purposes, an application is treated as being submitted directly to your financial institution if the applicant was directed to a third-party agent who performed origination activities on behalf of the financial institution. However, this would not be the case if the third-party agent assisted the applicant with their application for a loan with another institution. If the applicant completed an application with a broker or correspondent who then sent the application to your financial institution for approval, then this would not be reported as being submitted directly to your financial institution.
The other data point that must be reported is whether the obligation that arises from the application is or would have been initially payable to your financial institution. For applications that are withdrawn, denied, or closed for incompleteness, this particular data point should be reported as “not applicable” if at the time action was taken, the financial institution had not determined whether the loan would be initially payable to this institution.
The one major exception is when you are reporting on a purchased loan. In this instance, both of these data points should be reported as being “not applicable”.
For more information on HMDA regulations, 2018 data point changes or our HMDA compliance services, please call Rhonda Wannemuehler or Betsy Reynolds at 855-734-7655.
Reporting of the Introductory Rate Period New HMDA Regulation
Under the new HMDA regulation, an institution must now report the introductory interest rate period. If there is one involved in the transaction, you must report the number of months from the day the loan closed until the first day that the interest rate may change. If the introductory interest rate period is measured in days, then the institution should report the number of whole months that the period meets and disregard any of the remainder. For instance, if the introductory interest rate period is 40 days, then the institution should report the term as being “1” on their HMDA LAR. If the period is less than one whole month, then the institution should still report the period as being “1”.
There are circumstances where “not applicable” will be reported on the HMDA LAR. One instance is with preferred rates. This data point is not required to be reported when the introductory interest rate period is based on preferred rates. That is unless the terms of the loan provide that the preferred rate will expire at a defined time. Preferred rates occur when the terms of the loan state that the initial rate is fixed but that it may increase or decrease if a certain event occurs, for example if an employee of the financial institution decides to find other employment. The other instance where this data point is reported as “not applicable” is when you are reporting on a fixed rate transaction.
For more information on HMDA regulations, 2018 data point changes or our HMDA compliance services, please call Rhonda Wannemuehler or Betsy Reynolds at 855-734-7655.
Lien Status Reporting Still Required Under New HMDA Regulation
Under the HMDA regulation that will take effect in 2018, an institution is still required to report the lien status. This data point must be reported for loans that were originated, purchased loans, and those that did not result in origination. This includes preapprovals, denials and withdrawals.
How to determine the lien status is really up to the institution. The HMDA regulation allows the institution to use the best information that is available to them at the time final action was taken. While there is no specific method listed in the regulation, an institution can use such documents as the title search or the applicant’s credit report to determine the lien status.
For more information on HMDA regulations, 2018 data point changes or our HMDA compliance services, please call Rhonda Wannemuehler or Betsy Reynolds at 855-734-7655.
HOEPA Status Will Not Change Under New HMDA 2018 Changes
Under the new HMDA regulation that will take effect in 2018, the HOEPA status is one of the data points that will not change. As it was under the old HMDA rule, an institution must report whether or not the loan is considered to be a high-cost mortgage under Regulation Z. Section 1026.32 (a) states that these are consumer loans that are secured by the borrower’s principal dwelling and must surpass either the APR trigger, the total points/fees trigger or the prepayment penalty trigger.
Once it is determined that the mortgage is secured by a principal dwelling, the specific trigger requirements must be met. The APR trigger is where the APR exceeds the APOR for a comparable transaction by more than either 6.5% for first-lien transactions; 8.5% for first-lien transaction if the dwelling is personal property and the loan amount is less than $50,000; or by 8.5% for subordinate-lien transactions.
The total points/fees trigger is reached when the points and fees will exceed 5% of the total loan amount for a transaction that is at least $20,000. This can also be triggered when the points/fees total amount is less than either 8% of the total loan amount or less than $1,000 for a transaction with a loan amount of less than $20,000.
The prepayment penalty trigger can occur in two situations. The first is where the creditor has charged a prepayment penalty that can occur more than 36 months after consummation. The other situation is where the penalties exceed more than 2% of the amount that was prepaid.
If the loan is not subject to HOEPA status, then this data point should be reported as not applicable on the HMDA LAR. The only other time that this data point is reported as not applicable is when the loan did not end in origination.
For more information on HMDA regulations, 2018 data point changes or our HMDA compliance services, please call Rhonda Wannemuehler or Betsy Reynolds at 855-734-7655.