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    For example the Connecticut law contains the following rules:

    1. When acting as a broker, your ad must state “BROKER ONLY, NOT A LENDER”

    2. You can’t use a “simulated check” in your mailer piece sent to Connecticut borrowers.

    3. If you are doing a comparison of loan payments between two loan scenarios, you must also state for both examples: 1) interest rate, loan amount, total finance charges, total number of payments (loan term), and the monthly payment required to pay off the entire loan amount.

    4. If you tell the consumer th

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    If you are thinking about preparing some marketing pieces to mail out to some potential customers concerning loan products that your company offers, you need to have an understanding of the rules that apply to mortgage advertising. Although the rules vary by state, it is helpful to review what rules some states have issued concerning the marketing of mortgage loans.

    Here’s an example of a restricting statute from Connecticut’s Non-depository First Mortgage Lenders and Brokers statute that closely regulates the advertisement of mortgage loans:

    Sec. 36a-497: (Formerly Sec. 36-440l). Advertisements

    No person licensed pursuant to section 36a-489 shall:

    (1) Advertise or cause to be advertised in this state, any first mortgage loan in which such person intends to act only as a first mortgage broker unless the advertisement includes the following statement, clearly and conspicuously expressed: BROKER ONLY, NOT A LENDER; or

    (2) In connection with an advertisement in this state, use (A) a simulated check; (B) a comparison between the loan payments under the first mortgage loan offered and the loan payments under a hypothetical loan or extension of credit, unless the advertisement includes, with respect to both the hypothetical loan or extension of credit and the first mortgage loan being offered, the interest rate, the loan balance, the total amount of finance charges, the total number of payments and the monthly payment amount that would be required to pay off the outstanding loan balance shown; (C) representations such as "verified as eligible", "eligible", "preapproved", "prequalified" or similar words or phrases, without also disclosing, in immediate proximity to and in similar size print, language which sets forth prerequisites to qualify for the first mortgage loan, including, but not limited to, income verification, credit check, and property appraisal or evaluation; or (D) any words or symbols in the advertisement or on the envelope containing the advertisement that give the appearance that the mailing was sent by a government agency.

    As can be seen by a close reading of Connecticut’s advertisement law, this state places many limitations on what you can and cannot do when you advertise mortgage loans to Connecticut borrowers.

    For example the Connecticut law contains the following rules:

    1. When acting as a broker, your ad must state “BROKER ONLY, NOT A LENDER”

    2. You can’t use a “simulated check” in your mailer piece sent to Connecticut borrowers.

    3. If you are doing a comparison of loan payments between two loan scenarios, you must also state for both examples: 1) interest rate, loan amount, total finance charges, total number of payments (loan term), and the monthly payment required to pay off the entire loan amount.

    4. If you tell the consumer tha

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    No person licensed pursuant to section 36a-489 shall:

    (1) Advertise or cause to be advertised in this state, any first mortgage loan in which such person intends to act only as a first mortgage broker unless the advertisement includes the following statement, clearly and conspicuously expressed: BROKER ONLY, NOT A LENDER; or

    (2) In connection with an advertisement in this state, use (A) a simulated check; (B) a comparison between the loan payments under the first mortgage loan offered and the loan payments under a hypothetical loan or extension of credit, unless the advertisement includes, with respect to both the hypothetical loan or extension of credit and the first mortgage loan being offered, the interest rate, the loan balance, the total amount of finance charges, the total number of payments and the monthly payment amount that would be required to pay off the outstanding loan balance shown; (C) representations such as "verified as eligible", "eligible", "preapproved", "prequalified" or similar words or phrases, without also disclosing, in immediate proximity to and in similar size print, language which sets forth prerequisites to qualify for the first mortgage loan, including, but not limited to, income verification, credit check, and property appraisal or evaluation; or (D) any words or symbols in the advertisement or on the envelope containing the advertisement that give the appearance that the mailing was sent by a government agency.

    As can be seen by a close reading of Connecticut’s advertisement law, this state places many limitations on what you can and cannot do when you advertise mortgage loans to Connecticut borrowers.

    For example the Connecticut law contains the following rules:

    1. When acting as a broker, your ad must state “BROKER ONLY, NOT A LENDER”

    2. You can’t use a “simulated check” in your mailer piece sent to Connecticut borrowers.

    3. If you are doing a comparison of loan payments between two loan scenarios, you must also state for both examples: 1) interest rate, loan amount, total finance charges, total number of payments (loan term), and the monthly payment required to pay off the entire loan amount.

    4. If you tell the consumer th

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    under a hypothetical loan or extension of credit, unless the advertisement includes, with respect to both the hypothetical loan or extension of credit and the first mortgage loan being offered, the interest rate, the loan balance, the total amount of finance charges, the total number of payments and the monthly payment amount that would be required to pay off the outstanding loan balance shown; (C) representations such as "verified as eligible", "eligible", "preapproved", "prequalified" or similar words or phrases, without also disclosing, in immediate proximity to and in similar size print, language which sets forth prerequisites to qualify for the first mortgage loan, including, but not limited to, income verification, credit check, and property appraisal or evaluation; or (D) any words or symbols in the advertisement or on the envelope containing the advertisement that give the appearance that the mailing was sent by a government agency.

    As can be seen by a close reading of Connecticut’s advertisement law, this state places many limitations on what you can and cannot do when you advertise mortgage loans to Connecticut borrowers.

    For example the Connecticut law contains the following rules:

    1. When acting as a broker, your ad must state “BROKER ONLY, NOT A LENDER”

    2. You can’t use a “simulated check” in your mailer piece sent to Connecticut borrowers.

    3. If you are doing a comparison of loan payments between two loan scenarios, you must also state for both examples: 1) interest rate, loan amount, total finance charges, total number of payments (loan term), and the monthly payment required to pay off the entire loan amount.

    4. If you tell the consumer th

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    nd in similar size print, language which sets forth prerequisites to qualify for the first mortgage loan, including, but not limited to, income verification, credit check, and property appraisal or evaluation; or (D) any words or symbols in the advertisement or on the envelope containing the advertisement that give the appearance that the mailing was sent by a government agency.

    As can be seen by a close reading of Connecticut’s advertisement law, this state places many limitations on what you can and cannot do when you advertise mortgage loans to Connecticut borrowers.

    For example the Connecticut law contains the following rules:

    1. When acting as a broker, your ad must state “BROKER ONLY, NOT A LENDER”

    2. You can’t use a “simulated check” in your mailer piece sent to Connecticut borrowers.

    3. If you are doing a comparison of loan payments between two loan scenarios, you must also state for both examples: 1) interest rate, loan amount, total finance charges, total number of payments (loan term), and the monthly payment required to pay off the entire loan amount.

    4. If you tell the consumer th

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    orrowers.

    For example the Connecticut law contains the following rules:

    1. When acting as a broker, your ad must state “BROKER ONLY, NOT A LENDER”

    2. You can’t use a “simulated check” in your mailer piece sent to Connecticut borrowers.

    3. If you are doing a comparison of loan payments between two loan scenarios, you must also state for both examples: 1) interest rate, loan amount, total finance charges, total number of payments (loan term), and the monthly payment required to pay off the entire loan amount.

    4. If you tell the consumer that he or she is “Verified as Eligible”, “Eligible”, “Preapproved”, or “Prequalified” – then you must also (in same area of the mailer and similar font size) state what the required conditions are to qualify for the loan such as income verification, credit check, and property appraisal. Note that some states (Virginia for example) will not let you write “Preapproved” on your mailer unless you have already done a complete underwriting review of the recipient’s loan application.

    5. You can’t make your ad look like it is coming from the government.

    We chose to show you this Connecticut statute because the above rules, although not required by each state in the USA, are good rules of thumb. Please check each state’s law for more information before considering any mailer campaign into that state.

    Another state recently enacted rules restricting advertising of licensed lenders and brokers in the state of Idaho:

    (From Idaho Rules Pursuant to Idaho Residential Mortgage Practices Act)

    12.01.10.040.: Deceptive Advertising (Rule 40)

    01. Advertising. Advertising means making or permitting to be made any oral, written, graphic or pictorial statements, in any manner, in the course of the solicitation of business. Deceptive advertising is defined to include the following practices by a licensee, or a person required to be licensed under the Act:

    a. Making a representation or statement of fact in an advertisement if the representation or statement is false or misleading, or if the licensee does not have sufficient information upon which a reasonable belief in the truth of the representation or statement could be based.

    b. Advertising without clearly and conspicuously disclosing the licensee's business name.

    c. Engaging in bait advertising or misrepresenting, directly or indirectly the terms, conditions or charges incident to the mortgage loan being advertised. Bait advertising, for these purposes, means an alluring, but insincere offer to procure, arrange, or otherwise assist a borrower in obtaining a mortgage loan on terms which the licensee cannot, does not intend, or want to provide, or which the licensee knows cannot be reasonably provided. Its purpose is to switch borrowers from obtaining the advertised mo

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