Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 2217

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage broker: means any person who for compensation or gain, or in the expectation of compensation or gain, directly or indirectly negotiates, places, assists in placement, or finds, or offers to negotiate, place, assist in placement, or find mortgage loans, other than commercial loans, on real property for others. See
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

§ 2217. Mortgage brokers

(a) No licensee or other person shall act as a mortgage broker in any transaction in which the licensee or such other person is acting as a mortgage lender.

(b) Each mortgage broker required to be licensed under this chapter shall retain for a minimum of six years after a contract is executed pursuant to section 2219 of this title, the original contract between the mortgage broker and the prospective borrower, a copy of the settlement statement, an account of fees received in connection with the loan, correspondence, papers, or records relating to the loan and such other documents as the Commissioner may require.

(c) A mortgage broker and a mortgage loan originator shall only negotiate, place, or assist in placement of Vermont mortgage loans with lenders licensed pursuant to this chapter, or with depository institutions authorized to do such business in Vermont. (Added 1995, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; amended 2009, No. 29, § 1.)