A lender offers a 'payment protection package' that includes unemployment insurance, accident insurance, and credit life insurance, totaling $4,200 annually. The MLO states this package 'ensures loan approval for borrowers with marginal credit' and finances it into the mortgage. The borrower's credit score is actually 720. This practice constitutes:
Correct Answer
C) Credit packing through false necessity claims
This represents credit packing where unnecessary insurance products are presented as required for loan approval despite the borrower having good credit. Using false claims about credit requirements to sell optional products constitutes predatory packing practices.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
This represents credit packing where unnecessary insurance products are presented as required for loan approval despite the borrower having good credit. Using false claims about credit requirements to sell optional products constitutes predatory packing practices.
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