HB 2188 Earlier Notification of Mortgage Servicer Fee
Summary Full Session Law This legislation does two things. First, it made technical corrections to provisions enacted last year providing new protections for consumers in loan servicing. Second, the law banned subprime yield-spread premiums (YSPs). YSPs are compensation paid to a broker for increasing the interest rate on a loan or for getting the borrower to agree to accept unfavorable terms. YSPs provided the incentive for brokers to aggressively market the kinds of loans that created the problems in today's mortgage market. The technical changes to existing law include: Servicers must mail...