RESPA: Kickbacks and Affiliated Business Arrangements

The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act section 1024.14 & 1024.15, also known as “Section 8” prohibits certain payments and business arrangement. Section 1024.14 prohibits the paying or receiving of referral fees for mortgage loans and allows lenders to receive compensation only for services actually performed.

The law does allow banks to pay its own employee for loan referrals. Section 1024.15 sets requirements on affiliated business arrangements.

This course is intended for compliance personnel, management, and board of directors.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand when a banker may be paid referral fees or other fees for services performed
• Understand what an affiliated Business Arrangement is and what is allowed

Course Outline:

• Kickbacks and Unearned Fees
• Affiliated Business Arrangements

Rev–Oct. 2018. Course length ≈ 10 minutes. This course is worth 0.25 CPE credits.