Correspondent Loan Manual Table of Contents
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CORRESPONDENT LOAN MANUAL i Revised 11/xx/20 CORRESPONDENT LOAN MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS Page OVERVIEW 1 Purpose 1 Web Site 1 Revisions and Updates 1 Forms 1 Questions 1 Hours of Operation 1 DEFINITIONS 2-7 100 LENDER ELIGIBILITY 8 200 COMMITMENTS 8 201.00 Commitments Defined 8 201.01 Best Efforts Commitments 8 201.02 Mandatory Commitments 8 202.00 Commitment Terms 8 202.01 Price 8 202.02 Lock Period 8 202.03 Lock Expiration Date 8 202.04 Successful Delivery 8 203.00 Requesting a Commitment 9 204.00 Lock Confirmation and Lock Variance 9 204.01 Commitment Confirmation 9 204.02 Lock Variance 9 205.00 Eligible Mortgage Loans 9 206.00 Maximum Mortgage Loans Per Mortgagor 9 207.00 Correspondent Responsibility for Commitments 9 208.00 Price Changes 10 209.00 Escrow Waivers 10 210.00 Escrow Transfers 10 211.00 [RESERVED] 10 212.00 [RESERVED] 10 213.00 Late Delivery 10 213.01 Best Efforts 10 213.02 Mandatory Commitment 10 214.00 Suspension Deficiency Cure Period 10 214.01 Best Efforts Commitment Servicing-Retained Mortgage Loans 10 214.02 Mandatory Commitment Servicing-Retained Mortgage Loans 11 215.00 Lock Extension/Re-Pricing Policy 11 215.01 Best Efforts Commitment Servicing-Retained Mortgage Loans 11 215.02 Mandatory Commitment Servicing-Retained Mortgage Loans 12 215.03 Servicing-Released Mortgage Loans–Jumbo Mortgage Loan Products 12 Revised 11/10/20 ii 216.00 Commitment Renegotiation 13 217.00 Pair-Off Fees 13 218.00 Fall-Out on Best Effort Commitments 13 219.00 Pipeline Report 14 300 UNDERWRITING 14 301.00 Delegated/Non-Delegated Mortgage Loan Underwriting 14 300.01 Delegated Mortgage Loans 14 300.02 Non-Delegated Mortgage Loans 14 302.00 Basic Underwriting Guidelines 14 303.00 Compliance with Applicable Regulations 14 304.00 AUS Sponsorship 15 305.00 Responsibilities of the Correspondent 15 306.00 Delegated Underwriting General Instructions 15 307.00 Manual Underwriting 15 308.00 Non-Delegated Mortgage Loan Products 15 309.00 CHL Underwriting 16 309.01 Submission 16 309.02 Appraisals 16 309.03 Underwriting Status 16 309.04 Resubmission 16 309.05 Suspense 16 309.06 Denial 16 309.07 Adverse Action Notice 16 310.00 Disaster Area Policy 17 400 PURCHASE 18 401.00 General Policies 18 402.00 CHL Requirements 18 402.01 Hazard Insurance 18 402.02 Flood Insurance 18 403.00 Mortgage Note Endorsement 19 404.00 Assignment of Mortgage 19 405.00 Mortgagee Clause 19 406.00 Shipping Address 19 407.00 Stacking Order 19 408.00 Property Taxes 20 409.00 Escrow Holdback Loans - Generally 20 410.00 Weather Related Escrows 20 410.01 New Construction 20 410.02 Existing Construction 20 410.03 Timeline for Weather Related Repairs 21 410.04 Escrow Holdback 21 410.05 Required Signature on the Escrow Agreement 21 410.06 Who Holds the Escrow Funds 21 410.07 Tracking of Outstanding Escrow Funds 21 410.08 Required Documentation for Escrow Holdbacks 22 Revised 11/10/20 iii 411.00 Non-Weather Related Escrows 22 411.01 Timeline for Non-Weather Related Repairs 22 411.02 Required Signature on the Escrow Agreement 22 411.03 Holder of Escrow Funds 22 411.04 Tracking of Outstanding Escrow Funds 23 411.05 Required Documentation for Escrow Holdbacks 23 411.06 Required Repairs 23 412.00 Mortgage Loan Purchase Review 23 413.00 Mortgage Loan Purchased by CHL 23 413.01 Fees Deducted at Purchase 23 413.02 Interest Adjustment on Mortgage Loans with No Payments Applied 24 413.03 Interest Adjustment on Mortgage Loans with One or More Payments Applied 24 413.04 Calculation of First Payment to CHL 25 500 POST PURCHASE 25 501.00 Servicing 25 501.01 Servicing-Retained Mortgage Loans 25 501.02 Servicing-Released Mortgage Loans 25 502.00 Quality Control 25 502.01 Pre-Purchase Underwriting Review 25 502.02 Post-Purchase Quality Control 26 503.00 Post-Purchase Requirements 26 504.00 Final Delivery 26 505.00 Failure to Timely Transmit Required Mortgage Loan Documentation 27 506.00 Specific HMDA Requirements 27 600 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AND COVENANTS 27 600.00 Overview 27 601.00 Representations and Warranties Regarding the Correspondent 27 601.01 Organization and Good Standing 27 601.02 Authority and Capacity 28 601.03 No Conflict 28 601.04 Compliance with Laws 28 601.05 Performance 28 601.06 Ordinary Course Transaction 28 601.07 Litigation: Compliance with Laws 28 601.08 Statements Made 29 601.09 Approved Correspondent 29 601.10 Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act - Predatory Lending 29 602.00 Representations and Warranties Regarding the Mortgage Loans 29 602.01 Valid First Lien 29 602.02 Marketability 30 602.03 Full Disbursement of Proceeds 30 602.04 No Defenses 30 602.05 Payments Current 30 602.06 No Defaults 30 602.07 No Outstanding Charges 31 Revised 11/10/20 iv 602.08 No Mechanics’ Liens 31 602.09 Ownership 31 602.10 Occupancy of the Mortgage Property 31 602.11 No Satisfaction of Mortgage 31 602.12 No Servicing Restrictions 32 602.13 No Refinance Agreements 32 602.14 No Adverse Selection 32 602.15 No Right of Recession, Defense, Offset or Counter-Claim 32 602.16 No Graduated Payment or Shared Appreciation Feature 32 602.17 No Construction Loan 32 602.18 No Liabilities 32 602.19 No Predatory Lending 32 602.20 Compliance with Consumer Protection Laws 33 602.21 Compliance with Regulation Z Lender Compensation Restrictions 33 602.22 Good Title 33 602.23 Interest Calculation 33 602.24 Governmental Requirements 33 602.25 Conventional Mortgage Loan Requirements 34 602.26 Regarding the Mortgagor 34 602.27 Qualified Mortgage 34 602.28 Mechanics Liens or Related Litigation 34 603.00 Mortgage Loan Information and Documentation 34 603.01 Description of Mortgage Loan 34 603.02 Documents 35 603.03 Due on Sale 35 603.04 Appraisals 35 603.05 Original Terms Unmodified 35 603.06 Validity of Mortgage Documents 36 603.07 Credit Information 36 603.08 Fraud 36 603.09 Additional Representations and Warranties 37 604.00 Compliance 37 604.01 Compliance with Applicable Requirements 37 604.02 Servicing Performance 37 604.03 Acceptable Investment 37 604.04 Agency Requirements 37 604.05 Non-Agency Jumbo Mortgage Loan Requirements 37 604.06 Doing Business 37 604.07 Origination; Loan Terms by Approved Mortgagee 38 604.08 Underwriting 38 604.09 Compliance with Applicable Loan Manual Provisions 38 604.10 Prepayment Fees 38 604.11 No Discrimination 38 604.12 Compliance with Consumer Protection Laws 38 604.13 Compliance with Regulation Z Lender Compensation Restrictions 39 604.14 Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws 39 605.00 Insurance 39 605.01 Private Mortgage Insurance 39 605.02 Government Mortgage Loans 39 605.03 Title Insurance 39 Revised 11/10/20 v 605.04 Hazard and Flood Insurance 40 605.05 Coverage of Insurance 40 606.00 Mortgage Property 41 606.01 No Additional Collateral 41 606.02 Location of Improvements 41 606.03 Environmental Matters 41 606.04 No Encroachments 41 606.05 Condominiums/Planned Unit Developments 41 606.06 Disaster Policy 41 606.07 No Condemnation and Mortgage Property Undamaged 41 606.08 Detrimental Conditions 42 606.09 Location and Type of Mortgage Property 42 606.10 Repairs and Improvements 42 606.11 Certificate of Occupancy 42 606.12 Leasehold Loans 42 607.00 Covenants - General 43 607.01 Completion and Delivery of Documents 43 607.02 Use of CHL’s Name 43 607.03 No Solicitation 43 607.04 Inspection of Records 44 607.05 Credit Information 44 607.06 No Discrimination 44 608.00 Transfer of Servicing Covenants 44 608.01 Notice to Mortgagors 44 608.02 Notice to Mortgage Insurers 44 608.03 Notice to Taxing Authorities and Hazard Insurance Companies 44 608.04 Internal Revenue Service Forms 44 608.05 Insurance Policies 45 608.06 Payment of Hazard Insurance Policies 45 608.07 Property Taxes 45 608.08 Social Security Numbers 45 608.09 Internal Revenue Service Forms 45 608.10 Escrow Analysis 45 608.11 Mortgage Payments Received Prior to Transfer Date 45 608.12 Mortgage Payments Received on or After Transfer Date 45 608.13 Recording of Assignments 45 700 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 46 701.00 Confidential Information Defined 46 702.00 Treatment of Confidential Information 46 703.00 Duplication of Confidential Information 46 704.00 Safeguarding Confidential Information 47 705.00 Audit 47 706.00 Exclusions 47 707.00 Notice of Disclosures 48 708.00 Duration and Survival 48 709.00 Enforcement and Injunctive Relief 48 Revised 11/10/20 vi 800 REMEDIES 48 801.00 General 48 802.00 Repurchase 48 803.00 Early Payment Default 49 804.00 Early Payoff 49 805.00 Indemnification 50 806.00 Offset 50 807.00 Mortgage Loan Document Corrections 50 808.00 Suspension or Termination of Selling Privileges 50 809.00 Remedies Cumulative 51 810.00 Knowledge and Materiality 52 EXHIBITS Exhibit A – Indemnification Agreement Revised 11/10/20 vii OVERVIEW AND GENERAL INFORMATION This Correspondent Loan Manual (“Loan Manual”), published by Cornerstone Home Lending, Inc. (“CHL”), is intended solely for use by Correspondents, as defined herein, and should not be distributed to Mortgagors or the general public. The information contained herein is accurate as of the date of publication, but subject to change without prior notice. [See “REVISIONS AND UPDATES” below]. PURPOSE The Loan Manual is developed for the use of approved Correspondents participating in the CHL Correspondent Loan Program (the “Program”) to assist in the delivery of marketable Mortgage Loans to CHL. The Loan Manual is incorporated by reference into the Correspondent Loan Purchase and Sale Agreement (“Agreement”) that you, the Correspondent, and CHL have executed.