gift letter

gift letter

A letter provided to a lender or government agency stating that money to be used as the down payment for a home loan was a gift and not a loan from the donor.

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It's obvious the agency would want to know about big schemes, but you can't call the FBI every time a borrower forges a gift letter, can you?
For example, if the borrower was told by the loan originator to ignore a debt, sign a blank application or fake a gift letter, it's going to surface.
Loan officers are charged with creating false gift letters to obscure the source of the borrowers' down payments and disguise borrowers' liabilities as assets.
Liability could attach if the employee deliberately or recklessly blinded himself or herself to the fact that the gift letters were false.
The review board discovered t3 violations that involved poor underwriting practices, including approving loans to borrowers who were not eligible; approving loans based on overstated or incorrect income; failing to include all of the borrower's debts; failing to properly verify sources of funds; and failing to ensure that gift letters met HUD requirements, HUD documents say.
HUD's Mortgagee Review Board alleged 13 violations by KB Mortgage involving a number of poor underwriting practices, such as approving loans to ineligible borrowers, approving loans on the basis of overstated or incorrect income, failing to include all of borrowers' debts, failing to properly verify sources of funds and failing to ensure gift letters met HUD requirements.
Once detected, it is suggested that the lender investigate immediately to determine the number of loans it has that might have common people and properties (gift letters, VOEs and VODs) to that of the fraudulent loan.