Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 58-2344

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Lender: means all state and national banks, trust companies, state and federally chartered savings and loan associations, federally chartered savings banks or state and federally chartered credit unions or any person making a home loan;

    (b) "selling lender" means a lender who sells, assigns or transfers the servicing of a loan to a purchasing lender or a servicing agent;

    (c) "purchasing lender" means a lender or servicing agent who buys the servicing of a loan from a selling lender;

    (d) "home" means a dwelling or dwellings for not more than four families. See Kansas Statutes 58-2337

No lender, as defined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 58-2337, and amendments thereto, or any person acting on behalf of a lender shall disclose to an appraiser or other person engaged to determine the appraised value of real estate, the amount of a proposed real estate loan with the intent to influence the preferred or required value of any real estate intended to secure such loan. A lender may provide a copy of the sales contract for use by the appraiser in accordance with uniform standards of professional appraisal practice.