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MSAs that involve payments for referrals are prohibited under RESPA Section 8(a), whereas MSAs that involve payments for marketing services may be permitted under RESPA Section 8(c)(2), based on the facts and circumstances of the structure and implementation.

Put simply: a regulated loan is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), whereas an unregulated loan is not. Regulation means that consumers are protected from incorrect advice or miss-selling from lenders or brokers.

As discussed in RESPA Section 8(a) FAQ 1, referrals include any oral or written action directed to a person where the action has the effect of affirmatively influencing the selection of a particular provider of settlement services or business incident thereto by a person paying a charge attributable to the service or

RESPA applies to the majority of purchase loans, refinances, property improvement loans, and equity lines of credit.

Any violation of this section is a violation of section 8 of RESPA (12 U.S.C. 2607). (b) No referral fees.

In simple terms a regulated mortgage contract is a loan secured by a charge over a residential property which is lived in by you, a family member or other close person and the purpose of the loan is not wholly or predominantly for the purposes of a business carried on, or intended to be carried on, by you.

Specifically, MSAs are marketing agreements that are generally undertaken by a lender or a title company and a service provider in which the lender or title company pays the service provider a monthly fee based on the fair market value of marketing and advertising services performed. Critics of MSAs claim that