(1) Except as otherwise prohibited in section 2, lending policies and criteria of a credit granting institution used in the consideration of a loan application shall include without limitation the following:
  (a) Consideration of the credit eligibility of the applicant and the market value of a proposed security.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 445.1603

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Credit granting institution: means a state or nationally chartered bank, a state or federally chartered savings and loan association, a state or federally chartered credit union, the Michigan state housing development authority, or a business entity making or purchasing mortgage loans, that has a main office, branch office, or service center in the state of Michigan at which it conducts that business. See Michigan Laws 445.1601
  • Loan application: means a written application for a mortgage loan or home improvement loan. See Michigan Laws 445.1601
  • Neighborhood: means either of the following:
  (i) A census tract as defined by the United States bureau of the census in census of population, if located within a standard metropolitan statistical area as defined by the United States office of management and budget. See Michigan Laws 445.1601
  (b) Consideration of those factors, known to the credit granting institution, as the presence of active community and neighborhood organization, the presence of government, nonprofit, and private programs in the neighborhood intended to eliminate negative environmental influences, other revitalization efforts, and any other factors potentially mitigating the effect of physical decline.
  (2) A credit granting institution may employ different loan application procedures and contract terms for loans to construct new dwellings as compared to loans to purchase existing dwellings.