Mortgages syllabus
The Mortgages module is split into four units and focuses upon, law, practice policy and markets, application, payments methods and products and post completion issues.
Unit 3 - Mortgage Law, Policy, Practice and Markets
Covers:
- Definition of a mortgage
- House buying process
- Common types of borrower
- Mortgage Contact of Business (MCOB) rules and the legislation
- The role of the mortgage adviser
- Additional security
- Fees and charges
- Value of property
- Valuation and surveys
- Repayment options
- Mortgage products and interest rates
- Mortgage associated insurance
- Raising additional money
- Transferring mortgages
- Debt consolidation
- Breaches of the Mortgage Deed
- State provisions
Unit 4 - Mortgage Applications
Covers:
- The role of a mortgage advisee and the importance and principles of providing advice, including the key factors affecting the advice given;
- The implications for consumers of 'gazumping' and 'gazundering';
- The fees and charges involved in arranging a mortgage, where these apply, the services they cover, when they become due, which are refundable and how the opportunity for refunds diminishes as the process nears completion;
- The principal factors affecting the value of property, including their implications for consumers seeking mortgages and when consumers should be referred for specialist advice;
- The different forms of valuation and survey and which might be appropriate for different properties and/or the borrower's circumstance;
- The need to obtain Local Authority planning consent for house developments/extensions.
Unit 5 - Mortgage Payment Methods and Products
Covers:
- The key features of the different types of mortgage repayment options and their benefits for different types of borrower;
- The key features of the common types of mortgage product and interest rate options;
- The structure and features of other types of mortgage and when they might be suitable for borrowers;
- The main features and functions of different forms of life assurance and other insurance (e.g. mortgage payment protection insurance (MPPI); life; accident; sickness and unemployment (ASU) insurance; building insurance; contents insurance) associated with arranging a mortgage.
Unit 6 - Mortgage Arrears and Post-Completion Issues
Covers:
- The principles and procedures associated with raising additional money and the circumstances when further borrowing might be appropriate;
- The principles, procedures and costs associated with transferring mortgages;
- The principles of using mortgages within debt consolidation arrangements;
- The implications for the borrower of the non-payment of mortgages, other breaches of the Mortgage Deed, non-payment of building insurance and the options available;
- The legal rights and remedies available to lenders in respect of non-payment from borrowers;
- The main provisions made by the State to assist consumers in the difficulties over the repayment of mortgages.