Connecticut General Statutes 36a-760c – Prohibition against making nonprime home loan when proceeds used to pay off special mortgage
(a) No lender shall make a nonprime home loan where all or a portion of the proceeds are used to fully or partially pay off a special mortgage on the same property unless the borrower has obtained a written certification from a counselor with an independent third-party nonprofit organization approved by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development that the borrower has received mortgage counseling. For purposes of this section, “special mortgage” means a loan originated, subsidized or guaranteed by or through a state, federal, tribal or local government, or nonprofit organization.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 36a-760c
- Loan: includes any line of credit or other extension of credit. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) of this section shall not apply where the borrower provides the lender with a statement from an organization described in subsection (a) of this section, on the organization’s letterhead, stating that the required counseling is not available for at least thirty days from the date of the request for counseling.
(c) For purposes of this section, a lender shall make a good-faith effort to determine whether the loan to be refinanced is a special mortgage, but shall not be required to obtain the certification in subsection (a) of this section if the lender: (1) Makes a good-faith inquiry to the current holder or servicer of the loan and to the borrower as to whether the loan is a special mortgage; and (2) does not receive an affirmative response from either the current holder or servicer of the loan or the borrower indicating that it is a special mortgage.