Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island. This course is NMLS-approved for eight hours of continuing education required for Rhode Island mortgage loan originators, as specified by the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act and Rhode Island law. Annual S.A.F.E. Act continuing education requirements for Rhode Island loan originators include three hours of federal law, two hours of ethics, two hours of nontraditional mortgage lending, and one hour of Rhode Island-specific laws and regulations, for a total of eight hours.

This course will focus on the laws and rules that regulate mortgage loan originators, loan brokers, and lenders doing business in Rhode Island. The topics included in the course are presented according to those outlined by the state as subjects that must be included in order to satisfy the continuing education requirements for mortgage loan originators. Students will spend 30 minutes of the course reviewing the Rhode Island Home Loan Protection Act, specifically required and prohibited practices for transactions involving high-cost home loans. Students will spend the remaining 30 minutes reviewing the Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act, and provisions of the law related to title attorneys and title insurance, as well as mortgages of real property.

This course will focus on the laws and rules that regulate mortgage loan originators, loan brokers, and lenders doing business in Rhode Island. The topics included in the course are presented according to those outlined by the state as subjects that must be included in order to satisfy the continuing education requirements for mortgage loan originators. Students will spend 30 minutes of the course reviewing the Rhode Island Home Loan Protection Act, specifically required and prohibited practices for transactions involving high-cost home loans. Students will spend the remaining 30 minutes reviewing the Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act, and provisions of the law related to title attorneys and title insurance, as well as mortgages of real property.