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NY S07224

Bill

Status

Passed

11/21/2014

Primary Sponsor

Hugh Farley

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Origin

Senate

2013-2014 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends Banking Law Section 6-m to add a new definition of "subprime home loan" for FHA-insured mortgages where annual mortgage insurance premiums are collected for the maximum federal duration.

  • Defines subprime FHA loans as those where the initial interest rate or fully-indexed rate (whichever is higher) exceeds the average commitment rate for Northeast loans by more than 2.5 percentage points for first-lien loans or 4.5 percentage points for subordinate-lien loans.

  • Establishes that the comparison rate shall be the average commitment rate published by Freddie Mac in its Weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) from the week prior to when the lender provides the Good Faith Estimate.

  • Excludes Title 1 home improvement loans and Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (reverse mortgages) from this definition.

  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment.

Legislative Description

Relates to threshold rates for defining subprime home loans which are serviced by the federal housing administration.

Last Action

SIGNED CHAP.469

11/21/2014

Committee Referrals

Banks6/11/2014
Banks5/6/2014

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