North Carolina NMLS-Approved Mortgage Continuing Education

Maintaining Mortgage Industry Awareness provides a review of relevant issues facing mortgage loan originators today, specifically those outlined by NMLS as required topics for continuing education. Students will examine provisions of the Truth-in-Lending Act, the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule, and the Qualified Mortgage Rule, including issues related to considering the triggers, tolerances, and thresholds that enable loan originators to determine when disclosures are due and what information is required. In addition, students will take a look at the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, specifically rules related to lead agreements, marketing services agreements, co-marketing, desk licensing agreements, and affiliated business arrangements. Students will also review several nontraditional mortgage products, such as adjustable-rate mortgages and fixed-rate mortgages with terms of 15 and 40 years. Finally, students will review mortgage laws and regulations specific to the state of North Carolina. This course is NMLS-approved for eight hours of continuing education required for North Carolina mortgage loan originators, as specified by the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act and North Carolina law. Annual S.A.F.E. Act continuing education requirements for North Carolina loan originators include three hours of federal law, two hours of ethics, two hours of nontraditional mortgage lending, and one hour of North Carolina-specific laws and regulations, for a total of eight hours.

This course will focus on the laws and rules that regulate mortgage loan originators, lenders, and brokers doing business in North Carolina. Throughout this course, students will review fictionalized scenarios based on real regulatory decisions made by the Office of the Commissioner of Banks in recent months, paired with a discussion of the relevant sections of North Carolina laws and regulations. In Module 1, students will review standards for obtaining and maintaining a license, recordkeeping and reporting requirements, limitations on fees and charges, and mortgage broker duties. In Module 2, students will look at prohibited conduct for licensees, including a look at the Residential Mortgage Fraud Act, as well as disciplinary action that may be taken when violations of the law occur.