4202.2: State anti-predatory lending laws and regulations (03/02/16)

Mortgages secured by Mortgaged Premises in the following States that are designated as "high-cost," "high-risk" or similar Mortgages are not eligible for purchase by Freddie Mac:

Arkansas: Mortgages with Note Dates on or after July 17, 2003 that are "high-cost home loans" under the Arkansas Home Loan Protection Act, A.C.A. § 23-53-101, et seq.
Colorado: Mortgages with Note Dates on or after January 1, 2003 that are "covered loans" under the Consumer Equity Protection Act, C.R.S. 5-3.5-101, et seq.
Georgia: Mortgages with Note Dates between October 1, 2002 and March 7, 2003 that are governed by the Georgia Fair Lending Act, O.C.G.A. § 7-6A-1, et seq., and Mortgages with Note Dates on and after March 7, 2003 that are "high-cost home loans"
Illinois: Mortgages with Note Dates on or after January 1, 2004 that are "high-risk home loans" under the High-Risk Home Loan Act, 815 ILCS 137/1, et seq.
Indiana: Mortgages with Note Dates on or after January 1, 2005 that are "high cost home loans" under Article 9 (Home Loan Practices) of the Indiana Code concerning trade regulations; consumer sales and credit, Burns Ind. Code Ann. § 24-9-1-1, et seq.
Kentucky: Mortgages with Note Dates on or after June 25, 2003 that are "high-cost home loans" under the Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 360, KRS § 360.100
Maine: Mortgages with Note Dates on or after September 13, 2003 that are "high rate, high fee mortgages" under Article 8-A (the Maine Consumer Credit Code – Truth-in-Lending), 9-A MRSA § 8-501, et seq.
Massachusetts: Mortgages with Note Dates on or after November 7, 2004 that are "high cost home mortgage loans" under the Predatory Home Loan Practices Act, ALM GL ch. 183C, § 1, et seq.
New Jersey: Mortgages with Note Dates on or after November 27, 2003 that are "high-cost home loans" under the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002, N.J. Stat. § 46:10B-22, et seq.
New Mexico: Mortgages with Note Dates on or after January 1, 2004 that are "high-cost home loans" under the Home Loan Protection Act, N.M. Stat. Ann. § 58-21A-1, et seq.
New York: Mortgages with initial application dates after April 1, 2003 that are "high-cost home loans" under the New York Banking Law, NY CLS Bank § 6-l. In addition, Mortgages with Note Dates on or after September 1, 2008 that are "subprime home loans" under the New York Banking Law, NY CLS Bank § 6-m.
Oklahoma: Mortgages with Note Dates on or after January 1, 2004 that are "subsection 10 mortgages" under Article 1, Part 3 of the Consumer Credit Code, 14A Okl. St. § 1-301
Rhode Island: Mortgages with Note Dates on or after December 31, 2006 that are "high-cost home loans" under the Rhode Island Home Loan Protection Act, R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-25.2-1, et seq.
Tennessee: Mortgages with Note Dates on or after January 1, 2007 that are "high-cost home loans" under the Tennessee Home Loan Protection Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 45-20-101, et seq.

Such Mortgages are ineligible for purchase by Freddie Mac regardless of whether the lender and/or Seller/Servicer enjoys preemption based on its charter or whether the law provides for an exemption for particular lenders and/or Seller/Servicers based on their charters or for particular Mortgages based on their purchase by Freddie Mac or another entity.

In addition, the Seller/Servicer represents and warrants that:

It has in place policies and procedures based on the requirements of each law identified above to ensure that it does not inadvertently deliver an ineligible Mortgage to Freddie Mac for purchase
It has received representations and warranties from any person or entity from which the Seller purchased the Mortgage that they are not "high-cost," "high-risk" or similar Mortgages under the laws identified above, and
No person, with the intent to avoid the application or evade the provisions of one of the laws identified above, divided a loan transaction into separate parts (by creating a concurrent subordinate lien or otherwise) or performed any other subterfuge