7 CFR Part 3555 — USDA Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program § 3555.251 — Servicing responsibility
7 CFR Part 3555 — USDA Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program, §3555.251 Servicing responsibility. Captured section-complete (all subsections verbatim).
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7 CFR §3555.251(a)
(a) Servicing action. Lenders must perform those servicing actions that a reasonable and prudent lender would perform in servicing its own portfolio of non-guaranteed loans.
7 CFR §3555.251(b)
(b) Third party servicer. A lender may contract with a third party to service its loans, but the servicing lender of record remains responsible for the quality and completeness of the servicing.
7 CFR §3555.251(c)
(c) Transfer of servicing. Rural Development may require a lender to transfer its loan servicing activities to an approved lender if Rural Development determines that the lender has failed to provide acceptable servicing.
7 CFR §3555.251(d)
(d) Non-compliance. Lenders who fail to comply with Agency requirements or program guidelines may be subject to withdrawal of lender approval, denial and/or reduction in loss claims, withdrawal of the loan guarantee and/or indemnification in accordance with § 3555.108(d).
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