Concepts, Rules, and Examples
Mortgage Banking Activities
A mortgage banking enterprise (MBE) acts as an intermediary between borrowers (mortgagors) and lenders (mortgagees). MBE activities include purchasing and originating mortgage loans for sale to permanent investors and performing servicing activities during the period that the loans are outstanding. The mortgage loans offered for sale to permanent investors may be originated by the MBE (in‐house originations); purchased from realtors, brokers, or investors; or converted from short‐term, interim credit facilities to permanent financing. The common technique used by the MBE to market and sell the loans is referred to as securitization because the mortgage loans receivable are pooled and converted to mortgage‐backed securities and sold in that form.
MBEs customarily retain the rights to service the loans that they sell to permanent investors in exchange for a servicing fee. The servicing fee, normally a percentage of the mortgage's outstanding principal balance, compensates the MBE for processing of mortgagor payments of principal, interest and escrow deposits, disbursing funds from the escrow accounts to pay property taxes and insurance on behalf of the mortgagor, and remitting net proceeds to the permanent investor along with relevant accounting reports.
Mortgage loans
The MBE is required to classify mortgage loans that it holds as either (1) held‐for‐sale, or (2) held for long‐term investment.
Loans held‐for‐sale
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