Orders the appraiser to perform the
appraisal in compliance with USPAP and
FIRREA
Uses the National Registry to verify that the
appraiser is certified or licensed in the state
where the appraised property that is
securing the loan is located
Confirms that the written
appraisal meets each of the
requirements of Appendix N
Has no knowledge contrary to the
facts of certifications contained in
the appraisal
Creditor must
provide a disclosure
no later then the
3rd business day
Creditor must provide the
completed appraisal no
later then 3 business days
prior to consummation
NO FEES for appraisal copies
Sometimes 2
appraisals are
required to curb
the practice of
property flipping
Higher Priced Mortgage Loans
Escrow accounts
Must be established and
maintained for a minimum
of five years
Escrow not required for
subordinate lien HPMLs, A
transaction secured by shares in a
cooperative, a transaction to finance
the initial constuction of a dwelling,
a reverse mortgage, open-end
credit, insurance premiums
purchased by the consumer and not
required by the creditor
Applies to closed end loans that
are secured by the borrower's
principal dwelling that surpass a
given threshold
Small Creditor Expemtion
Qualifications
During any of the 3 preceding years,
the creditor extended more than 50% of
covered transactions secured by a first
lien on residential real property in
countries qualified as "rural" or
"underserved"
The combined first-lien originations of
the creditor and its affiliates did not
exceed 500 loans during the preceding
calendar year
At the end of the preceding calendar
year, the creditor had assets worth less
the $2 billion
Neither the creditor nor its affiliates maintain
an escrow account for any extension of
consumer credit secured by real property or a
dwelling that the creditor or its affiliate
currently services