Rhonda Porter on 06 30, 2010 | 5 Comments
All mortgage originators who work for mortgage brokers or correspondent lenders/consumer loan companies must be licensed with the NMLS as of July 1, 2010 to take a residential loan application for pr
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Rhonda Porter on 05 19, 2010 | 10 Comments
I recently received this question from a Rain City Guide reader:
I wanted a GFE from my lender... but am told I can only get one if I lock in the rate. Is this legal?
Effective January 1, 20
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Craig on 04 20, 2010 | 26 Comments
Is it just me, or do loan orginators routinely encourage bank fraud? First, the background: There are a variety of federal and state laws that make it a VERY serious crime to mislead a lender for pu
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Tim on 02 17, 2010 | 3 Comments
This is tax time.
Sometimes escrow offices wonder if we are CPA firms during tax time. Our office has received numerous phone calls from clients that are in need of their "signed" Final Settlem
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