(a) No licensee shall knowingly or intentionally misrepresent the value of real property.

(b) No licensee that offers or provides an opinion of value of residential real property that is used as the basis for the origination of a mortgage loan shall have a prohibited interest in that property, within the meaning of Section 226.42(d) of Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations and the accompanying commentary contained in Volume 75 of the Federal Register, page 66554, dated October 28, 2010.

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 10177.3

  • Licensee: means any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.8
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 716, Sec. 2. (SB 6) Effective January 1, 2012.)