At least once a year, each mortgage lender and mortgage correspondent lender, both as defined in section 36a-485 and licensed under section 36a-489, shall adopt a mortgage loan policy with respect to subprime mortgage loans and nontraditional mortgage loans made by such mortgage lender or such mortgage correspondent lender based on and consistent with the most current version of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators and National Association of Consumer Credit Administrators Statement on Subprime Mortgage Lending, and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators Guidance on Nontraditional Mortgage Product Risks. Such licensees shall comply with such policy and develop and implement internal controls that are reasonably designed to ensure such compliance. The mortgage loan policy and any residential mortgage loan, as defined in section 36a-485, made pursuant to the policy shall be subject to examination concerning prudent lending practices by the commissioner.
(P.A. 08-176, S. 56; P.A. 09-209, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 08-176 effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 09-209 changed “mortgage loan” to “residential mortgage loan” and “Banking Commissioner” to “commissioner”, effective July 31, 2009.