New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 12 - TRADE, COMMERCE AND BANKING
Chapter 19 - MORTGAGE LENDING
Part 2 - MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATOR REQUIREMENTS
Section 12.19.2.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. "Days" means a period of time expressed in calendar days, except when disclosures are required to be given to borrowers, then "days" shall exclude Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.
B. "Independent contractor" means any person who processes or underwrites residential mortgage loans and is not a W-2 employee of a licensed mortgage loan company.
C. "Scheduled long-term monthly debt payments" means the monthly payments of all installment debts, revolving charge accounts, open accounts and lines of credit that would be used to determine a borrower's ability to repay per the current underwriting guidelines of the federal housing administration (FHA), the federal national mortgage association (FNMA), the federal home loan mortgage corporation (FHLMC) or the department of veteran's affairs (VA).
D. "Takes a residential mortgage loan application", with respect to Section 58-21B-3(K) NMSA 1978, means: