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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF NEW YORK

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Circular No. 10499
December 12, 1991

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REGULATION C
Amendments, Including Changes Regarding
the Use of 1990 Census Tract Information

To All Institutions Subject to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act in
the Second Federal Reserve District, and Others Concerned:

The Board o f Governors o f the Federal Reserve System has amended, effective January 1,
1992, its Regulation C, “Home Mortgage Disclosure.” The major change in the regulation requires
financial institutions to begin using 1990 census tract numbers (instead o f 1980) to identify and re­
port property locations for loan applications received and actions taken on or after January 1, 1992.
For the most part, the changes relate to the instructions and form that institutions must use in com ­
plying with the annual reporting requirements.
Enclosed — for banks, bank holding companies, thrift institutions, and others maintaining sets
of the Board’s regulations — is a copy of the text o f the amendments to Regulation C, which has
been reprinted from the Federal Register. Questions regarding this matter may be directed to our
Compliance Examinations Department (Tel. No. 212-720-5914).




E. G e r a l d C o r r i g a n ,
President.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
HOME MORTGAGE DISCLOSURE
AM ENDM ENTS TO REGULATION C

(Effective January 1, 1992)
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

(1) Background
The Board’s Regulation C (12 CFR part
[Regulation C; Docket No. R-0736]
203) implements the Home Mortgage
Disclosure Act of 1975 (HMDA) (12
Home Mortgage Disclosure
U.S.C. 2801 etseq.). The Financial
Institutions Reform, Recovery, and
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the
Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) made
Federal Reserve System.
a number of significant amendments to
ACTION: Final rule.
HMDA. (Pub. L. No. 101-73, section 1211,
103 Stat. 183, 524-526.) These changes
SUMMARY: The Board is publishing
were reflected in amendments to
revisions to Regulation C (Home
Regulation C that took effect on January
Mortgage Disclosure), including the
1.1990. (See 54 FR 51356, December 15,
instructions and reporting form that
1989.) The regulation requires depository
financial institutions must use in
and ncndepository financial institutions
complying with the annual reporting
the* have over $10 million in assets and
requirements. The major substantive
change requires financial institutions to have offices in metropolitan statistical
areas (MSAs) to disclose annually their
begin using 1990 census tract numbers
originations and purchases of mortgage
(instead of 1980) to identify and report
property locations beginning on January and home improvement loans, as well as
applications they have received for such
1,1992.
loans.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1,1992.
Under appendix A to the regulation,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W. data must be recorded on a I-oan/
Kurt Schumacher, Staff Attorney,
Application Register (HMDA-LAR) that
Division of Consumer and Community
reporting institutions must send to their
Affairs, Board of Governors of the
regulatory agency no later than March 1
Federal Reserve System, Washington.
following the calendar year for which
DC 20551. at 202-452-2412; for the
they are reporting. The Federal
hearing impaired only, contact Dorothea Financial Institutions Examination
Thompson, Telecommunications Device Council (FFIEC) compiles the HMDA
for the Deaf, at 202-452-3544. For
data for each institution and then issues
information regarding the Board’s
annual disclosure statements to the
approval of the reporting form under the reporting institutions. Within 30 days
Paperwork Reduction Act only, contact
after receiving their statements from the
Frederick J. Schroeder, Federal Reserve
FP’IEC, institutions must make them
Board Clearing Officer, Division of
available to the public for inspection
Research and Statistics, Board of
and copying at their home office and in
Governors of the Federal Reserve
at least one branch office in each MSA.
System, Washington, DC 20551, at 202The FFIEC also compiles the HMDA
452-3829, or Gary Waxman, OMB Desk
data for all institutions in each MSA and
Officer, Office of Information and
sends aggregate reports to central data
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
depositories located in each MSA.
Management and Budget. New
In processing and reviewing the
Executive Office Building, room 3208,
HMDA-LARs submitted by financial
Washington. DC 20503, at 202-395-7340. institutions for the 1990 calendar year
12CFR Part 203

(which was the first year reflecting the
FIRREA amendments to HMDA), the
Board and the other regulatory agencies
(the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, Office of Thrift
Supervision, National Credit Union
Administration, and Department of
Housing and Urban Development)
identified the need for certain changes
to the instructions and form used in
reporting HMDA data. The Board
published a proposed rule in the Federal
Register detailing these changes (56 FR
47703, September 20,1991). This final
rule incorporates many of the proposed
changes, which will allow for the more
efficient and accurate collection and
submission of home mortgage data by
financial institutions.
The final rules major change relates to
census tract numbers. For loan
applications received and actions taken
on or after January 1,1992, the
regulation requires that financial
institutions report property location
using 1990 census tracts. The HMDALARs containing these new census data
will be due to the supervisory agencies
by March 1.1993.
Institutions are reminded that for 1991
lending activity, they are required to use
1980 census tract numbers in reporting
property location information on the
HMDA-LARs; these HMDA-LARs are
to be submitted to regulators by March
1,1992.
Changing to 1990 census tracts will
make the HMDA data more useful.
Many of the output tables that comprise
the disclosure statement rely on
population and other characteristics for
given census tracts (for example,
composition of the tract by residents’
income level, and age of housing stock).
Because many changes have occurred
since 1980, use of 1990 census tracts and
demographics will produce more

PRINTED IN NEW YORK, FROM FEDERAL REGISTER, VOL. 56, NO. 228, pp. 59853-59864

For Regulation C to be complete, retain:
1) Pamphlet effective January 1, 1990.
2) This slip sheet.

[Enc.

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accurate and useful data in the HMDA
disclosure statements and aggregate
reports.
To ensure that institutions covered by
HMDA are able to obtain the necessary
materials to comply beginning January
1992. the HMDA supervisory agencies
are working closely with the Bureau of
the Census in seeking ways to expedite
the distribution of census materials.
These materials consist of: (1) An index
of street addresses-census tract
numbers, and (2) outline maps to locate
properties not listed on the index. The
maps are available now and the index
will be available by year-end, both in
automated and hard-copy form, from the
Census Bureau. A direct mailing to all
lenders that reported HMDA data for
calendar year 1990 will inform them of
the change to 1990 census tracts and will
provide Census Bureau order forms for
obtaining the necessary census
materials.
(2) Revisions
This section describes the more
significant changes that have been made
to the regulatory provisions and
instructions for completing the HMDALAR. Other changes are selfexplanatory and are simply stylistic in
nature. In addition, many of the
headings and subheadings found in the
instructions in appendix A have been
redesignated.
Section 203.2 Definitions
203.2(c)(2)
The Board has made a technical
change to subsection (c)(2) of the
definition of branch office. A misspelling
has been corrected to reflect that this
subsection applies to mortgage lending
institutions that take applications from
the public for home ‘ purchase’’ or home
improvement loans—not home
"purchases" as was previously slated.
203.2(e)(2)
The Board has revised subsection
(e)(2) of the definition of financial
institution to clarify that the loan
volume used to determine coverage for
nondepository mortgage lenders refers
to loan origination volume. Thus, the
test measures the percentage of an
institution’s home purchase loan
originations against its total loan
origination volume—not total loan
volume.
Section 203.4 Compilation o f Loon
Data
203.4(a) Data format and itemization.
As addressed in the proposal, this
section has been amended to reflect that




home improvement loans that are
refinanced are to be reported, as are
refinancings of home purchase loans.
(See also the revisions to the
instructions at paragraph IV.A.l.,
below.)
Section 203.6 Enforcement
203.6(a) Administrative enforcement.
Given the importance of accurate and
timely submissions of HMDA data, the
Board has adopted the proposed
language and has revised this section to
make clear that civil money penalties
are part of the administrative sanctions
that section 305 of the Home Mortgage
Disclosure Act authorizes for violations
of HMDA reporting requirements.
Appendix A to Part 203—Form and
Instructions for Completion o f Loan/
Application Register
I. Who Must File a Report
Paragraph C. In keeping with the
revision to § 203.2(e)(2), the Board has
revised paragraph C to read “total loan
origination volume."

to indicate that refinancings of home
improvement loans are to be reported,
as are refinancings of home purchase
loans.
Paragraph 3. The Board has added
language to the instructions concerning
brokered loan applications and
applications received through
correspondent lenders. Given the
frequency of questions received by the
regulatory agencies, the Board has
clarified reporting responsibilities for
these types of transactions. Language
has been added to remind reporters that
the race or national origin, sex and
income data—items required of most
institutions when reporting the denial of
applications—are required for these
applications as well.
B. Data to be excluded.
Paragraph 1. The Board has amended
the parenthetical language to provide a
more straightforward example of a type
of business-related loan that is not
reported under HMDA.

V. Instructions for Completion of Loan/
Application Register
A. Application or loan information.
II. Required Format and Reporting
1. Application or loan number.
Procedures
In response to comments received on
Paragraph A. Paragraph A has been
the proposal, the Board has decided
revised to indicate that financial
against barring at this time the use of an
institutions generally are expected to
applicant’s name or social security
submit their HMDA-LARs in automated
number as part of the identification
format. In response to comments
number. Commenters noted that many
lenders' systems use this type of
received, the Board has increased the
information internally to identify
number of HMDA-LAR transactions
qualifying for non-automated
applications and loan accounts, and that
submission from 70 to 100. This
implementing a different system for
paragraph also specifies that in the case purposes of HMDA would be disruptive.
of hard copy submissions, the two
Nonetheless, because of privacy
copies submitted must be typed, not
considerations, the Board and other
handwritten.
agencies encourage reporters to refrain
Each of the agencies has issued
from using the names or social security
technical specifications for the
numbers of borrowers or applicants in
institutions they supervise to use in
this manner. Though lenders are not
submitting HMDA data in automated
required to release the HMDA-LAR
form. Various vendor packages are
data to persons other than their
available on the market for collecting
supervisory agencies, neither are they
HMDA data. To assist institutions that
prohibited by Regulation C from doing
have not purchased or have not
so. There is, however, potential for
developed their own software program
damage or misuse resulting from the
for data entry, several of the agencies
intentional or inadvertent release of this
provide software programs on PC
privacy-sensitive information by a
diskettes, free of charge, that institutions financial institution. Thus, institutions
may use for this purpose. For further
should have appropriate safeguards to
information regarding automated
ensure that the sensitive data
submission, lenders should contact their (application or loan number, date of
HMDA supervisory agency.
application, and date of action taken)
are not released to the public.
IV. Types of Loans and Applications
2. Date application received.
Covered and Excluded by HMDA
The Board had proposed adopting a
A.
Types o f loans and applications to uniform code of "0” (zero) to be used in
this date field and in other fields on the
be reported.
Paragraph 1. In keeping with the
HMDA-LAR whenever the correct entry
is “not applicable.” Although the Board
revisions to section 203.4(a) of the
regulation, paragraph 1 has been revised believes that establishing a single code
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for this purpose would be beneficial in
reducing errors, it appears that
implementation of this change would
cause an unwarranted disruption of
established computer or automated
reporting systems. Therefore, the Board
has retained the existing codes for “not
applicable” in this and other data fields.
5. Explanation o f purpose codes.
Code 1: Home purchase.
Paragraph a. The Board has revised
this paragraph, in line with the proposal,
to indicate that a loan secured by a
dwelling and made for the purpose of
purchasing a second dwelling is subject
to reporting under HMDA. The Board
believes that these transactions, though
relatively uncommon, are within the
ambit of the statutory provisions that
speak generally of the reporting of
mortgage loans “secured by property”
either within or outside an MSA.
Paragraph V.C. of the instructions
(“Property location”) has similarly been
changed.
Code 2: Home improvement.
Paragraph c. Language has been
added to address the reporting of home
equity lines of credit. Normally a home
improvement loan must be reflected as a
home improvement loan on an
institution’s records to be covered by
HMDA; the new language clarifies that
this particular requirement does not
apply in the case of home equity lines of
credit. In order to report a credit line,
however, the lender must have
determined that the applicant intends to
use a portion of the line for home
improvement purposes. The lender will
report only that portion, not the entire
line of credit. Paragraph c. has likewise
been revised to make clear that a lender
reporting originations must also report
the disposition of applications for such
home equity credit lines that do not
result in originations (for example,
denials).
Code 3: Refinancings.
Paragraph a. Paragraph a. has been
revised to give guidance to lenders
regarding a “refinancing"—the
satisfaction of an existing obligation
that is replaced by a new obligation.
The language has been modified from
that proposed to delete a reference to
short-term balloon-payment loans.
Instead, the Board has added language
to specify that refinancings (regardless
of the term of the borrower’s previous
obligation) are not reported on the
HMDA-LAR if the lender is
unconditionally obligated to refinance or
renew the loan, or is obligated to
refinance or renew it subject to
conditions within the borrower's
control.




Paragraph c. New language clarifies
that lenders are to report a refinancing if
the outstanding loan balance, plus any
new funds earmarked by the consumer
for home purchase or home
improvement, exceed 50 percent of the
total loan amount requested or
approved.
8. Loan amount.
Paragraph 8. has been revised to make
clear that loan amounts of less than $500
should not be reported. A number of
commenters expressed interest in
reporting such transactions. The Board
believes, however, that a distortion in
the data would result if institutions were
permitted to “round up" to $1,000
application requests or loans of less
than $500. Moreover, given the volume
of data being reported, the Board does
not find it feasible to have lenders
report loan amounts in smaller
increments than in thousands. The
Board notes, however, that an institution
that wants to make the full extent of its
home improvement lending known in its
community, for purposes of the
Community Reinvestment Act, has the
option of providing data about such
lending as part of its CRA public file.
The Board has revised subparagraph
c. to clarify that the loan amount
reported for home equity credit lines
should be only that portion earmarked
by the applicant for home improvement
regardless of the type of action taken
(whether the application resulted in a
loan origination or denial, for example.)
C. Property location.
Paragraph C. has been revised (in line
with the changes adopted in paragraph
V.A.5.) to cover instances in which a
home purchase loan secured by one
dwelling is made for the purpose of
purchasing another dwelling. As was
stated in the proposal, the geographic
data generally should be recorded for
the property in which the security
interest is taken. However, if a home
purchase loan is secured by both
properties, the institution should report
the geographic data for the property
being purchased.
Note that, for reasons discussed
above, the Board decided against
requiring the use of the code ”0" (zero)
instead of “NA" for “not applicable,” as
had been proposed. Thus, institutions
will continue to enter "NA" for
instances in which a financial institution
is not required to provide the property
location.
Paragraphs 3. and 4. Census tract and
Census tract number.
Revisions in paragraphs 3. and 4.
require the use of 1990 census data to
identify property locations beginning

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January 1,1992. As discussed in the
proposal, the 1980 census data are in
many instances significantly out of date.
The Board believes that moving to the
1990 census data is therefore essential
given the need to provide greater
accuracy and meaning to analyses
performed using HMDA data. (The 1980
census tract numbers are still required
on the HMDA-LARs for the 1991
reporting year, which are due to the
supervisory agencies by March 1, 1992.)
The Board and the other supervisory
agencies are working closely with the
Bureau of the Census to ensure that
institutions can obtain the appropriate
1990 census tract materials in time for
use in 1992. A direct mailing to all
lenders that reported HMDA data for
calendar year 1990 will inform them of
the change to 1990 census tracts and will
provide order forms for obtaining the
necessary census materials from the
Census Bureau.
6. Nondepository lenders.
A new paragraph has been added to
alert nondepository institutions of the
need to monitor loan activity within
MSAs. The statute and regulation
provide that a nondepository mortgage
lendei is deemed to have a branch office
in any MSA where it received five or
more loan applications, or originated or
purchased five or more home purchase
or home improvement loans, during the
preceding calendar year. This means
that, to establish its compliance with
this “five or more loan" rule, an
institution must have kept complete
records on the geographic distribution of
its lending activity for the previous
calendar year. Nondepository mortgage
lenders may find it easier, and are
encouraged, to give the property
location data for all loans relating to
property located within any MSA. In
that way they can be assured of being in
compliance with the regulation.
D. Applicant information—race or
national origin, sex and income.
5. Income.
The Board has amended this
paragraph to clarify that institutions
must report the total amount of the gross
annual income (of the applicant and any
co-applicant) that they rely on in making
their credit decision. Monthly or net
income figures are not to be entered in
this column.
E. Type o f purchaser.
Paragraph 1. Institutions will continue
to use code “0" in situations where a
loan is originated or purchased but not
sold in the calendar year covered by the
report. As the revision to this paragraph
makes clear, lenders should also use this
code whenever the action taken on an
application is something other than an
origination (for example, a loan denial).

F. R easons fo r denial.
Paragraph 2. This paragraph has been
revised to make clear that the “reasons
for denial” column should be left blank
if the action taken was anything other
than a loan denial.
In processing the 1990 data, the
agencies noted apparent confusion
among some reporters concerning the
similarity of terms relating to
incompleteness. Code 5 under the
“Action Taken" column is entitled “file
closed for incompleteness.” When Code
5 is used to describe the action taken,
the reasons for denial column must be
left blank.
Code 5 under “Action Taken” applies
to a transaction in which the financial
institution has requested additional
information from the applicant pursuant
to section 202.9(c) of Regulation B (Equal
Credit Opportunity, 12 CFR 202 e t seq.),
has given the applicant time to respond,
and haa not received the information
within the time specified. In contrast,
code 7 under reasons for denial (phrased
“credit application incomplete") applies
when a loan application has been
denied outright by the financial
institution because the required credit
materials were not complete. Thus, code
7 may only be used when code 3,
“application denied by financial
institution,” has been entered in the
action taken column.

The income column under the
“Applicant Information” heading has
been relabeled “Gross Annual Income in
thousands," to avoid a problem that was
encountered in the reporting of 1990
data, whereby some lenders mistakenly
reported monthly income.
As discussed elsewhere, the Board
decided against the adopting of a
uniform code for the response “not
applicable.” Thus, institutions must refer
to the codes listed on the code sheet and
in the instructions to determine the
applicable code for each column.
(3) Paperwork Reduction Act

In accordance with section 3507 of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, 44
U.S.C. chapter 35, and 5 CFR 1320.13, the
revisions to Regulation C that relate to
reporting requirements were approved
under authority delegated to the Board
by the Office of Management and
Budget. The Board has determined that
the revisions do not significantly
increase the burden on the reporting
institutions. However, the burden hours
have been adjusted to reflect the actual
number of covered lenders supervised
by the Federal Reserve and the loan
transactions they reported for the 1990
calendar year.
The following information relates only
to the effect of the reporting
requirements on state member banks
and mortgage banking subsidiaries that
Loan/Application Register Transmittal
are supervised by the Federal Reserve.
Sheet. Loan/Application Register, and
As indicated elsewhere in this notice,
Loan/Application Register Code Sheet
the Board's Regulation C applies to all
In addition to minor editorial changes, depository and nondepository mortgage
the Board has revised the transmittal
lenders that had an office in a
sheet that accompanies an institution s
metropolitan statistical area and had
data submission to require that
assets of more than $10 million on the
institutions supply their tax
preceding December 31.
identification number. This information
Institutions other than state member
will assist the agencies in identifying
banks are supervised by other federal
any duplicate submissions among
agencies: the Office of Comptroller of
covered institutions. The change takes
the Currency, the Federal Deposit
effect with the transmittal sheet that
Insurance Corporatioft, National Credit
will accompany the 1992 reports to be
Union Administration, Office of Thrift
submitted in 1993.
Supervision, and Department of Housing
The Loan/Application Register has
and Urban Development. For purposes
been reformatted to illustrate more
of the Paperwork Reduction Act, these
clearly the information that lenders must agencies report their own estimates of
provide. These editorial and technical
the paperwork burden imposed by the
changes should help reduce data entry
HMDA reporting requirements.
errors. Text has been added to the top of
A pproval Under OM B D elegated
the form advising reporters that “All
A uthority fo r the Following Information
columns (except Reasons for Denial)
Collection:
must be completed for each entry. See
Report title: HMDA Loan/Application
the instructions for details." This
Register.
addition will alert financial institutions
A gen cy form number: FR HMDAof the need to consult the instructions
LAR.
OM B d o cket n u m b e r 7100-0247.
before attempting to complete entries on
Reporters: State member banks and
the register, and to leave no columns
blank (with the possible exception of the mortgage banking subsidiaries of bank
holding companies.
reasons for denial).




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Number
Reporters

State
member
banks.
Mortgage
banking
subsidiaries.

of
respond­
ents

Frequency

Avg.
hours per
response

488

Annually.....

50

125

Annually.....

850

A n n u a l reporting hours: 130,550.

Small businesses are not affected.
G eneral description o f report. This
information collection is mandatory (12
U.S.C. 2801-2810,12 CFR Part 203). The
report collects information on
applications for, and originations and
purchases of, home purchase and home
improvement loans, as discussed
elsewhere in this notice. State member
banks and mortgage banking
subsidiaries of bank holding companies
are required to complete the HMDA
Loan/Application Register for a given
calendar year and to send it to the
Federal Reserve System by March 1 of
the following calendar year. Other
lending institutions submit their data
through their respective federal
supervisory agencies, with the exception
of state chartered institutions in
Connecticut and Massachusetts, which
submit data through their state banking
agencies.
List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 203
Banks, Banking. Consumer protection.
Federal Reserve System, Home
mortgage disclosure. Mortgages,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
(4) Text of Revisions
Because few changes to the regulation
itself have been made, the Board is
publishing only those regulatory
sections that have been affected.
Appendix A (which contains the
instructions and the HMDA reporting
form), on the other hand, is published in
its entirety following the regulatory
provisions. Appendix B (which contains
the form and instructions for data
collection on race or national origin and
sex) is not being republished, as no
changes were made to those items.
For the reasons set forth in this notice
and pursuant to the Board’s authority
under section 305(a) of the Home
Mortgage Disclosure Act (12 U.S.C.
2804(a)), the Board amends part 203,
Home Mortgage Disclosure (12 CFR part
203) and the form and instructions
thereto (Appendix A to part 203) as
follows:

PART 203— HOME MORTGAGE
DISCLOSURE

1. The authority citation for part 203
continues to read:
Authority: 12 U.S.C. 2801-2810.
2. Section 203.2 has been amended by
revising the first sentence of paragraph
(c)(2) and paragraph (e)(2) to read as
follows:
§ 203.2 Definitions.

*

*
*
*
*
(c) Branch office means:
*
A
*
*
*
(2) Any office of a mortgage lending
institution (other than a bank, savings
association, or credit union) that takes
applications from the public for home
purchase or home improvement loans.
* * *
* * * * *
(e) Financial institution means:
* * * * *
(2) A for-profit mortgage lending
institution (other than a bank, savings
association, or credit union) whose
home purchase loan originations
equaled or exceeded ten percent of its
loan origination volume, measured in
dollars, in the preceding calendar year.
* * * * *
3. Section 203.4(a) has been revised to
read as follows:
§ 203.4 Compilation of loan data.

(a) Data form at a n d item ization. A
financial institution shall collect data
regarding applications for, and
originations and purchases of, home
purchase and home improvement loans
(including refinancings of both) for each
calendar year. These data shall be
presented on a register in the format
prescribed in appendix A and shall
include the following items:
*

*

*

*

*

4. Section 203.0(a) has been revised to
read as follows:
§ 203.6 Enforcement

(a) A dm inistrative enforcement. A
violation of the act or this regulation is
subject to administrative sanctions as
provided in section 305 of the act,
including the imposition of civil money
penalties, where applicable. Compliance
is enforced by the agencies listed in
Appendix A of this regulation.
* * * * *
5. Appendix A to part 203 has been
revised to read as follows:
Appendix A to Part 203—Form and
Instructions for Completion of HMDA
Loan/Application Register




Paperwork Reduction Act Notice
Public reporting burden for collection of
this information is estimated to vary from 10
to 10,000 hours per response, with an averaf.
of 200 hours per response, including time to
gather and maintain the data needed and to
review instructions and complete the
information collection. Send comments
regarding this burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing the burden,
to Secretary, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC
20551: and to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
I. Who Must File a Report
A. Subject to the exceptions discussed
below, banks, savings associations, credit
unions, and other mortgage lending
institutions must complete a register listing
data about loan applications received, loans
originated, and loans purchased if on the
preceding December 31 an institution.
1. Had assets of more than $10 million, and
2. Had a home or a branch office in a
“metropolitan statistical area” or a ‘ primary
metropolitan statistical area" (both are
referred to in these instructions by the term
“MSA”).
Example: If on December 31 you had a
home or a branch office in an MSA and your
assets exceeded $10 million, you must
complete a register that lists the home
purchase and home improvement loans that
you originate or purchase (and also lists
applications that did not result in an
origination) beginning January 1.
B. You need not complete a register—even
if you meet the tests for asset size and
location—if your institution is a bank,
savings association, or credit union that
made no first-lien home purchase loans on
one-to-four family dwellings in the preceding
calendar year. This exception does not apply
in the case of nondepository institutions.
C. You need not complete a register—even
if you meet the tests for asset size and
location—if your institution is a for-profit
mortgage lender (other than a bank, savings
association, or credit union) and the home
purchase loans that you originated in the
preceding calendar year came to less than 10
percent of your total loan origination volume,
measured in dollars.
D. If you are a for-profit mortgage lender
(other than a bank, savin gs association , or
credit union) the a sset test is b ased on the
com bined a ssets o f your institution and any
parent corporation.
E. If you are the subsidiary o f a bank or
savin gs association you must com plete a
separate register for your institution. You w ill
subm it the register, directly or through your
parent, to the agency that su p ervises your
parent. (See paragraph VI.)
F. Institutions that are sp ecifically
exem p ted by the Federal R eserve Board from
com plying w ith the federal H om e Mortgage
D isclosu re A ct b eca u se they are covered by a
sim ilar state law on m ortgage loan
disclosu res m ust u se the disclosure form

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required by their state law and submit the
data to their state supervisory agency.
II. Required Format and Reporting
Procedures
A. Institutions are expected to submit data
tu their supervisory agencies in an
automated, machine-readable form unless 100
or fewer application and loan entries are
reported. The format must conform exactly to
the form FR HMDA-LAR, including the order
of columns, column headings, etc. Contact
your federal supervisory agency for
information regarding procedures and
technical specifications for automated data
submission. An institution that submits its
register in nonautomated form must send two
copies that are typed or computer printed.
You must use the format of the loan/
application register, but are not required to
use the form itself. Each page must be
numbered, and the total number of pages
must be given (for example, “Page 1 of 3”).
B. The required data are to be entered in
the register for each loan origination, each
application acted on, and each loan
purchased during the calendar year. Your
institution should decide on the procedure it
wants to follow—for example, whether to
begin entering the required data when an
application is received, or to wait until final
action is taken (such as when a loan goes to
closing or an application is denied). Keep in
n ind that an application is to be reported in
the calendar year when final action is taken.
Report loan originations in the year they go to
closing; if an application has been approved
but has not yet gone to closing at year-end,
report it the following year.
C. Your institution may collect the data on
separate registers at different branches, or on
separate registers for different loan types
(such as for home purchase or home
improvement loans, or for loans on
multifamily dwellings). But make sure the
application or loan numbers (discussed under
paragraph V.A.I., below) are unique.
D. Entries need not be grouped on your
regif ter by MSA. or chronologically, or by
census tract numbers, or in any other
particular order.
III. Submission of HMDA-LAR and Release
of Disclosure Statements
A. You must submit the data for your
institution to the office specified by your
supervisory agency no later than March 1
following the calendar year for which the
data are compiled. A list of the agencies
appears at the end of these instructions.
B. You must submit all required data to
your supervisory agency in one complete
package, with the prescribed transmittal
sheet. An officer of your institution must
certify to the accuracy of the data.
C. You are encouraged to provide in a
cover letter an approximate count of the total
number of line entries contained in your data
submission. If you are a depository
institution, you also are asked to include a
list of the MSAs where you have a home or
branch office.
D. The Federal Financial Institution
Examination Council (FFIEC) will prepare a

disclosure statement from the data you
V. Instructions for Completion of Loan/
submit. Your disclosure statement will be
Application Register
returned to the name and address indicated
A.
A p p lic a tio n o r Loan Inform ation
on the transmittal sheet. When you receive
1. A p p lic a tio n o r loan num ber. E n ter a n
that disclosure statement you must make a
id e n tify in g n u m b er that c a n b e u se d la te r to
copy available for inspection by the public
r e triev e th e lo a n or a p p lic a tio n file. It c a n b e
within 30 calendar days of the date the
statement is received by your institution. You a n y n u m b er o f y ou r c h o o sin g (not e x c e e d in g
must make a complete copy available at your 25 c h a ra cters). Y ou m ay u se le tte r s, n u m er a ls,
home office. If you have physical branch
or a co m b in a tio n o f b oth .
offices in other MSAs, you must make
M a k e su re that a ll n u m b ers are u n iqu e
available, at one branch office in each of
w ith in y ou r in stitu tio n . If yo u r reg ister
those MSAs. either the complete statement or c o n ta in s d a ta for b ran ch o ffic e s , for e x a m p le ,
the portion of the statement relating to that
y o u c o u ld u se a le tte r or a n u m er ica l c o d e to
MSA.
id e n tify the lo a n s or a p p lic a tio n s o f d ifferen t
Your agency can provide you with HMDA b r a n c h e s, or c o u ld a ss ig n a c erta in se r ie s o f
posters that you can use to inform the public n u m b ers to p articu la r b r a n c h e s to a v o id
of the availability of your disclosure
d u p lic a te n u m b ers. Y ou are stro n g ly
statement, or you may print your own
e n c o u r a g e d n o t to u se the a p p lic a n t’s or
posters.
b o r r o w e r ’s n a m e or s o c ia l se c u r ity num ber,

institution's books as a hom e im provem ent
loan. If you choose to do so, you m ay report a
home equity line of credit as a home
im provem ent loan if the borrow er or
applicant indicates, at the time of application
or w hen the account is opened, that some
portion of the proceeds will be used for home
improvem ent. (See Paragraph 8. “Loan
am ount,” below.) If you report originations of
home equity lines of credit, you m ust also
report applications for such loons that did not
result in originations.
C ode 3: R efinancings.

a. Use this code for refinancings (and
applications for refinancings) of home
purchase or home im provem ent loans on oneto-four family residential dwellings. A
refinancing involves the satisfaction of an
existing obligation that is replaced by a new
obligation undertaken by the sam e borrow er.
But do not report a refinancing if, under the
for p r iv a c y r e a s o n s.
IV. Types of Loans and Applications Covered
loan agreem ent, you are unconditionally
2. D a te a p p lica tio n re c eive d . E nter the d a te
and Excluded by HMDA
obligated to renew or refinance the
the lo a n a p p lic a tio n w a s r e c e iv e d b y you r
obligation, or you are obligated to renew or
A. T yp es o f lo a n s a n d a p p lic a tio n s to b e
in stitu tio n b y m onth , d a y , a n d y ea r, u sin g
refinance the obligation subject to conditions
rep o rted .
n u m e r a ls in th e form M M /D D /Y Y (for
w ithin the borrow er’s control.
e x a m p le , 0 1 /1 5 /9 2 ). If yo u r in stitu tio n
1. Report the data on home purchase and
b. Use this code w hether or not you w ere
home improvement loans that you originated n o r m a lly re c o r d s the d a te s h o w n o n the
the original creditor on the loan being
(that is, loans that were closed in your name) a p p lic a tio n form , y o u m a y u se that d a te
refinanced, and w hether or not the
in ste a d . E nter ‘‘N A ’’ for lo a n s p u r c h a se d by
and loans that you purchased during the
refinancing involves an increase in the
y
o
u
r
in
stitu
tio
n
.
calendar year covered by the report. Report
outstanding principal.
3. Type. In d ic a te the ty p e o f lo a n or
these data even if the loans were
c. Report a refinancing if the am ount
subsequently sold by your institution. Include a p p lic a tio n b y en terin g the a p p lic a b le c o d e
outstanding on the original loan, plus the
from th e fo llo w in g :
refinancings of home purchase and home
am ount of new money (if any) that is for
1— C o n v e n tio n a l (a n y lo a n o th e r than FH A ,
improvement loans.
home purchase or home improvem ent
2. Report the data for applications for home
V A or F m H A lo a n s)
purposes, is more than 50 percent of the total
purchase and home improvement loans that
2— F H A -in su re d (F ed eral H o u sin g
new loan a m o u n t Do not report a refinancing
did not result in originations—for example,
A d m in istr a tio n )
if 50 percent or less of the loan proceeds or
applications that your institution denied or
3— V A -g u a r a n te e d (V e te r a n s A d m in istr a tio n )
the am ount applied for is for home purchase
that the applicant withdrew during the
4— F m H A -in 9ured (F arm ers H o m e
or home improvem ent.
calendar year covered by the report.
A d m in istr a tio n )

3. In the case of brokered loan applications
4. Purpose. In d ic a te th e p u rp o se o f th e lo a n
or applications forwarded to you through a
or a p p lic a tio n b y en terin g the a p p lic a b le c o d e
correspondent, show the data for all
from the fo llo w in g :
applications denied by your institution
1 — Home purchase (one-to-four family)
(whether or not they would have closed in
2— H o m e im p r o v em en t (o n e -to -fo u r fam ily)
your institution’s name). Report the race or
national origin, sex, and income information, 3— R e fin a n c in g (h o m e p u r c h a se or h o m e
im p r o v em en t, o n e -to -fo u r fam ily)
unless your institution is a bank, savings
association or credit union with assets of $30 4— M u ltifa m ily d w e llin g (h om e p u rch a se,
h o m e im p r o v em en t, a n d r e fin a n cin g s)
million or less on the preceding December 31.
5. E xplan ation o f p u rp o se codes.
4. Report applications that were received in
C ode 1: H om e pu rch ase.
the previous calendar year but were acted
a. T h is c o d e a p p lie s to lo a n s an d
upon during the calendar year covered by the
a p p lic a tio n s m a d e for th e p u rp oee o f
current register.
B. D a ta To B e E x clu d ed

Do not report loans or applications for
loans of the following types:
1. Loans that, although secured by real
estate, are made for purposes other than
home purchase, home improvement, or
refinancing (for example, do not report a loan
secured by residential real property for
purposes of financing college tuition, a
vacation, or goods for business inventory).
2. Loans made in a fiduciary capacity (for
example, by your trust department).
3. Loans on unimproved land.
4. Construction or bridge loans and other
temporary financing.
5. The purchase of an interest in a pool of
loans (such as mortgage-participation
certificates).
6. The purchase solely of the right to
service loans.




p u rch a sin g a r e s id e n tia l d w e llin g for o n e to
four fa m ilie s, if the lo a n is to b e se c u r e d b y
the d w e llin g b e in g p u r c h a se d or b y a n o th er
d w e llin g .
b. A t y ou r o p tio n , y o u m ay u se c o d e 1 for
lo a n s that are m a d e for h o m e im p r o v em en t
p u r p o se s but are se c u r e d b y a first lien , if y o u
n o rm a lly c la s s if y su c h first-lien lo a n s a s
h o m e p u r c h a se lo a n s.

C ode 2: H om e im provem en t.
a. C o d e 2 a p p lie s to lo a n s a n d a p p lic a tio n s
for lo a n s th at (1) th e b o r r o w e r s h a v e s a id w ill
b e u se d for rep airin g, re h a b ilita tin g , or
rem o d e lin g o n e -to -fo u r fa m ily r e s id e n tia l
d w e llin g s, a n d (2) are r e c o r d e d o n y ou r b o o k s
a s h o m e im p r o v e m e n t lo a n s.

b. Report both secured and unsecured
lo a n s.
c. A t y ou r o p tio n , y o u m a y report d a ta
a b o u t h o m e eq u ity lin e s o f c red it— e v e n if the
cr e d it lin e is n o t r e c o r d e d on y o u r

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C ode 4 : M u ltifa m ily dw ellin g.

a. Use this code for loans and loan
applications on dwellings for five or more
families, including home purchase loans,
refinancings, and loans for repairing,
rehabilitation, and remodeling purposes.
b. Do not use this code for loans on
individual condominium or cooperative units:
use codes 1, 2. or 3 for such loans, as
applicable.
6. O w n er o ccu pan cy. Indicate w hether the
property to which the loan or loan
application relates is to he ow ner-occupied
as a principal dwelling by entering the
applicable code from the following:
1— O w ner-occupied as a principal dwelling
2— Not ow ner-occupied
3— Not applicable
7. E xplan ation o f co des.

a. Use code 2 for second hom es or vacation
homes, as well as rental properties.
b. Use code 2 only for nonoccupant loans,
or applications for nonoccupant loans,
related to one-to-four family dwellings
(including individual condom inium or
cooperative units).
c. Use code 3 if the property to which the
loan relates is a m ultifam ily dwelling; is not
located in an MSA: or is located in an MSA
in which your institution has neither a home
nor a branch office.
d. For purchased loans, you m ay assum e
that the property will be ow ner-occupied as a
principal dwelling (code 1) unless the loan
docum ents or application contain inform ation

to the contrary.
8.
Loan amount. Enter the amount of the
loan or application. Do not report loans
below $500. Show the amount in thousands
rounding to the nearest thousand ($500
should be rounded up to the next $1,000). For
example, a loan for $167,300 should be
entered as 167 and one for $15,500 as 16.
a. For home purchase loans that you
originate, enter the principal amount of the
loan as the loan amount. For home purchase
loans that you purchase, enter the unpaid
principal balance of the loan at the time of
purchase as the loan amount.
b. For home improvement loans (both
originations and purchases), you may include
unpaid finance charges in the loan amount if
that is how you record such loans on your
books.
c. For home equity lines of credit (if you
have chosen to report them), enter as the loan
amount only that portion of the line that the
applicant or borrower has indicated, at the
time the application is made or when the
account is opened, as being for home
improvement. Report the loan amount for
applications that did not result in originations
in the same manner. Report only in the year
the line is established.
d. For refinancings that are to be reported,
indicate the total amount of the refinancing,
including the amount outstanding on the
original loan and the amount of new money
(if any).
e. For a loan application that was denied or
withdrawn, enter the amount applied for.
f. If you offered to lend less than the
applicant applied for, enter the amount of the
loan if the offer was accepted by the
applicant If the offer was not accepted, enter
the amount that the applicant applied for.
B. Action taken
1. Type of action. Indicate the type of

action taken on the application or loan by
using one of the following codes. Do not
report any loan application still pending at
the end of the calendar year. You will report
that application on your register for the year
in which final action is taken.
1— Loan originated
2— Application approved but not accepted

applicant
3— Application denied
4— Application withdrawn
5— File closed for incompleteness
6— Loan purchased by your institution

or c lo s in g d a te . For lo a n s p u r ch a sed , e n ter
the d a te o f p u r c h a se b y y o u r in stitu tio n .
b. For a p p lic a tio n s d e n ie d , a p p lic a tio n s
a p p r o v e d but n ot a c c e p te d by the a p p lica n t,
a n d file s c lo s e d for in c o m p le te n e s s, e n te r the
d a te that th e a c tio n w a s ta k e n b y you r
in stitu tio n or the d a te the n o tic e w a s se n t to
the a p p lica n t.
c. For a p p lic a tio n s w ith d r a w n , e n ter the
d a te y o u r e c e iv e d the a p p lic a n t’s e x p r e s s
w ith d r a w a l: or y o u m a y e n te r th e d a te sh o w n
o n th e n o tific a tio n from the a p p lic a n t, in the
c a s e o f a w ritte n w ith d r a w a l.
C.
P ro p e rty location. In th e se c o lu m n s
e n te r the a p p lic a b le c o d e s for the M SA , sta te ,
c o u n ty , a n d c e n s u s tract for the p rop erty to
w'hich a lo a n r e la te s. For h o m e p u rch a se
lo a n s se c u r e d b y o n e d w e llin g , but m a d e for
the p u rp o se o f p u rch a sin g a n o th er d w e llin g ,
rep ort the p rop erty lo c a tio n for the prop erty
in w h ic h th e se c u r ity in te r e st is to b e tak en . If
th e h o m e p u r c h a se lo a n is se c u r e d b y m ore
th a n o n e prop erty, report the lo c a tio n d ata
for the p rop erty b ein g p u r ch a sed . (S e e
p a ra g ra p h s 5. an d 6. b e lo w for treatm en t o f
lo a n s o n prop erty o u ts id e the M S A s in w h ich
y o u h a v e o ffic e s .)
1. M S A . For e a c h lo a n or lo a n a p p lica tio n ,
in d ic a te th e lo c a tio n o f the p rop erty b y the
M S A nu m b er. Enter o n ly the M S A num ber,
n o t th e M S A n a m e . M S A b o u n d a r ie s are
d e fin e d b y the U .S. O ffic e o f M an a g em en t
a n d B udget: u se th e b o u n d a r ie s that w e r e in
e ffe c t o n January 1 o f the c a le n d a r y e a r for
w h ic h y o u are reporting. A listin g o f M S A s is
a v a ila b le from yo u r r e g io n a l su p e r v iso r y
a g e n c y or th e FFIEC. (In th e se in stru ctio n s,
th e term M S A r e fers to b o th m etr op olitan
s ta tis tic a l a rea an d prim ary m etr op olitan
S ta tistic a l area.)
2. S ta te a n d county. Y ou m ust u se the
F ed era l In form ation P r o c e ss in g S tan d ard
(FIPS) tw o -d ig it n u m er ica l c o d e for the sta te
a n d the th r ee-d igit n u m er ical c o d e for the
co u n ty . T h e s e c o d e s a re a v a ila b le from you r
r e g io n a l su p e r v iso r y a g e n c y or the FFIEC. D o
n o t u se the le tte r a b b r e v ia tio n s u se d by the
U .S . P o sta l S e r v ic e .
3. C en su s tract. In d ic a te the c e n s u s tract
w h e r e the p rop erty is lo c a te d .
by a. E nter the c o d e “N A " if the p rop erty is
lo c a te d in an a rea n o t d iv id e d in to c e n s u s
tr a c ts o n th e U .S. C e n s u s B u reau's c e n s u s tract o u tlin e m a p s (See p aragrap h 4. b e lo w ).
b. If the prop erty is lo c a te d in a c o u n ty
w ith a p o p u la tio n o f 30.000 or le s s in the 1990
c e n s u s (a s d e erm in ed b y the C e n su s

2. Explanation of codes.
a. Use code 2 when an application is
approved but the applicant fails to respond to
your notification of approval or your
commitment letter within the specified time.
b. Use coda 4 only when an application is
expressly withdrawn by the applicant before
a credit decision was made.
c. Use code 5 if you sent a written notice of
incompleteness under section 202.9(c)(2) of
Regulation B (Equal Credit Opportunity) and
the applicant failed to respond to your
request for additional information within the
period of time specified in your notice.
3. Date o f action. Enter the date by month,
day, and year, using numerals in the form
MM/DD/YY (for example, 02/22/92).

a. For loans originated, enter the settlement




Bureau’s 1990 C P H -2

p o p u la tio n se r ie s), e n ter
h a s in c r e a s e d
a b o v e 30.000 s in c e 1990), or yo u m ay en ter
th e c e n s u s tract nu m b er.
4. Census tract num ber. For the c e n s u s
tract number, c o n su lt th e U .S . C e n su s
B u re a u 's C e n s u s T r a c t/S tr e e t In d e x for 1990,
a n d for a d d r e s s e s n o t liste d in the in d e x ,
c o n su lt th e C e n s u s B u reau ’s c e n s u s tract
o u tlin e m a p s. Y ou m ust u se the m a p s from
the C e n s u s B u reau ’s 1990 C P H -3 se r ie s, or
e q u iv a le n t 199Q*census d ata from th e C e n s u s
B ureau (su ch a s the C e n s u s T IG E R /L in e F ile)
or from a p r iv a te p u b lish er.
5. Outside-MSA. For lo a n s on prop erty
lo c a te d o u ts id e the M S A s in w h ic h y o u h a v e
a h o m e or b ran ch o ffic e (or o u ts id e a n y
M S A ), y o u m a y e n te r th e M S A , sta te , c o u n ty .

"NA"

(even if the p o p u la tio n

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and census tract num bers or you may enter
the code “NA" in each of these columns.
6.
N o n d e p o sito ry len ders. If you are a forprofit mortgage lending institution (other than
a bank, savings association, or credit union),
and in the preceding calendar year you
received applications for, or originated or
purchased, loans for home purchase or home
im provem ent adding up to a total of five or
more for a given MSA, you are deem ed to
have a branch office in that MSA, w hether or
not you have a physical office there. As a
result, you will have to enter the MSA, state,
county, and census tract num bers for any
transactions in that MSA. Because you must
keep accurate records about lending w ithin
MSAs in the current calendar year in order to
report data accurately the following year, to
comply with this rule you m ay find it easier
to enter the geographic inform ation routinely
for any property located w ithin any MSA.
D.
A p p lic a n t inform ation —ra c e o r n a tio n a l
orioin, sex, a n d incom e. A ppendix B of
Regulation C contains instructions for the
collection of d ata on race or national origin
and sex, and also contains a sam ple form for
d a ta collection. The form is substantially
sim ilar to the form prescribed by § 202.13 of
Regulation B (Equal Credit Opportunity) and
contained in A ppendix B to that regulation.
You m ay use either form.
T. A p p lic a b ility . You m ust report this
applicant inform ation for loans that you
originate as well as for applications that do
not result in an origination.
a. You need not collect or report this
inform ation for loans purchased. If you
choose not to, enter the codes specified in
paragraphs 3., 4., and 5. below for "not
applicable.”
b. If your institution is a bank, savings
association, or credit union that had a ssets of
$30 million or less on the preceding Decem ber
31, you m ay—but need not—collect and
report these data. If you choose not to, enter
the codes specified in paragraphs 3., 4., and 5.
below for "not applicable.”
c. If the borrow er or applicant is not a
natural person (a corporation or partnership,
for exam ple), use the codes specified in
paragraphs 3., 4., and 5. below for “not
applicable."
2. M a il a n d telep h o n e a p p lica tio n s. Any
loan applications m ailed to applicants must
contain a collection form sim ilar to that
showm in A ppendix B, and you must record
on your register the d ata on race or national
origin and sex if the applicant provides it. If
the applicant chooses not to provide the data,
enter the code for "inform ation not provided
by applicant in mail or telephone
application" specified in paragraphs 3. and 4.
below. If an application is taken entirely by
telephone, you need not request this
inform ation. (See A ppendix B for complete
inform ation on the collection of this d ata in
mail or telephone applications.)
3. R a ce o r n a tio n a l origin o f b o rr o w e r o r
a pplican t. Use the following codes to indicate
the race or national origin of the applicant or
borrow er under column “A" and of any co­
applicant or co-borrow er under column “CA.”
If there is more than one co-applicant,
provide this inform ation only for the first co­
applicant listed on the application form. If

there are no co-applicants or co-borrowers,
enter code 8 for “not applicable” in the
coapplicant column.
1— American Indian or Alaskan Native
2— Asian or Pacific Islander
3— Black
4— Hispanic
5— White
6— Other
7— Information not provided by applicant in
mail or telephone application
8— Not applicable
4. Sex of borrower or applicant. Use the
following codes to indicate the sex of the
applicant or borrower under column "A” and
of any co-applicant or co-borrower under
column “CA.” If there is more than one co­
applicant, provide this information only for
the first co-applicant listed on the application
form. If there are no co-applicants or co­
borrowers, enter code 4 for “not applicable."
1— Male
2— Female
3— Information not provided by applicant in
mail or telephone application
4— Not applicable
5. Income. Enter the gross annual income
that your institution relied upon in making
the credit decision.
a. Round all dollar amounts to the nearest
thousand (round $500 up to the next $1,000),
and show in terms of thousands. For
example, $35,500 should be reported as 36,
b. For loans on multifamily dwellings, enter
“NA.”
c. If no income information is asked for or
relied on in the credit decision (such as in "no
income verification” type loans), enter “NA.”
E. Type of Purchaser
1. Enter the applicable code to indicate
whether a loan that your institution
originated or purchased was then sold to a
secondary market entity within the same
calendar year
0— Loan was not originated or was not sold
in calendar year covered by register
1— FNMA (Federal National Mortgage
Association)
2— GNMA (Government National Mortgage
Association)
3— FHLMC (Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation)
4— FmHA (Farmers Home Administration)
5— Commercial bank
6— Savings bank or savings association
7— Life insurance company
8— Affiliate institution
9— Other type of purchaser
2. Explanation of codes, a. Enter the code 0
for applications that were denied, withdrawn,
or approved but not accepted by the
applicant; and for files closed for




incompleteness.
b. If you originated or purchased a loan
and did not sell it during that same calendar
year, enter the code 0. If you sell the loan in a
succeeding year, you need not report the sale.
c. If you conditionally assign a loan to
GNMA in connection with a mortgagebacked security transaction, use code 2.
d. Loans “swapped” for mortgage-backed
securities are to be treated as sales; enter the
type of entity receiving the loans that are
swapped as the purchaser.
e. Use code 8 for loans sold to an
institution affiliated with you, such as your
subsidiary or a subsidiary of your parent
corporation.
F. R e a so n s fo r D en ia l

1. You are not required to enter the reasons
for the denial of an application. But if you
choose to do so, you may indicate up to three
reasons by using the following codes:
1— Debt-to-income ratio
2— Employment history
3— Credit history
4— Collateral
5— Insufficient cash (downpayment, closing
costs)
6— Unverifiable information
7— Credit application incomplete
8— Mortgage insurance denied
9— Other
2. Leave this column blank if the "action
taken” on the application is not a denial. Fo>
example, do not complete this column if the
application was withdrawn or the file was
closed for incompleteness.
3. If your institution uses the model form
for adverse action contained in the appendix
to Regulation B (Form C-l in Appendix C,
Sample Notification Form, which offers some
20 reasons for denial), the following list
shows which codes to enter.
a. C od e J corresp o n d s to: Income
insufficient for amount of credit requested,
and Excessive obligations in relation to
income.
b. Code 2 corresponds to: Temporary or
irregular employment, and Length of
employment.
c. C ode 3 co rresp o n d s to: Insufficient
number of credit references provided;
Unacceptable type of credit references
provided; No credit file; Limited credit
experience: Poor credit performance with us.
Delinquent past or present credit obligations
with others; Garnishment, attachment,
foreclosure, repossession, collection action,
or judgment; and Bankruptcy.
d. C ode 4 corresp o n d s to: Value or type of
collateral not sufficient.
e. Code 6 corresponds to: Unable to verify
credit references. Unable to verify
employment, Unable to verify income, and
Unable to verify residence.

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f. C ode 7 c o rresp o n d s to: Credit applicatio
incomplete.
g. C ode 9 co rresp o n d s to: Length of
residence. Temporary residence, and Other
reasons specified on notice.
VI. Federal Supervisory Agencies

Send your loan/application register and
direct any questions to the office of your
federal supervisory agency as specified
below. If you are the nondepository
subsidiary of a bank, savings association, or
credit union, send the register to the
supervisory agency for your parent
institution.
A. N a tio n a l b a n k s a n d th e ir su b sid ia ries.
District office of the Office of the Comptroller
of the Currency supervising the national
bank.
B. S ta te m e m b e r b a n k s o f th e F ed era l
R e se rv e S y ste m , th e ir su b sid ia ries, a n d
su b sid ia rie s o f ban k h oldin g com pan ies.

Federal Reserve Bank serving the district in
which the state member bank is located; for
institutions other than state member banks,
the Federal Reserve Bank specified by the
Board of Governors.
C. N o n m em b er in su red ba n k s (e x c e p t fo r
fe d e r a l sa v in g s b a n k s) a n d th e ir su b sid ia ries.

Regional Director of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation for the region in which
the bank or the subsidiary is located.
D. S a vin g s in stitu tio n s in su red u n d er the
S a vin g s A ss o c ia tio n In su rance Fund o f th e
FDIC, fe d e ra lly -c h a r te re d sa v in g s b a n k s
in su re d u n der th e B ank In su rance Fund o f
th e FDIC (bu t n o t in clu din g sta te -c h a r te re d
sa v in g s b a n k s in su re d u n der th e B ank
In su rance Fund), th e ir su b sid ia ries, a n d
su b sid ia rie s o f sa v in g s in stitu tio n holdin g
com pan ies. Regional or other office specified

by the Office of Thrift Supervision.
E. C red it unions. National Credit Union
Administration, Office of Examination and
Insurance, 1776 G Street, NW.. Washington.
DC 20456.
F. O th e r d e p o s ito r y institu tion s. Regional
Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation for the region in which the
institution is located.
G. O th e r m ortgage len din g in stitu tio n s.
Assistant Secretary for Housing. HMDA
Reporting—Room 9233, U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410.
By order of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, November 20,1991.
William W. Wiles,
S e c r e ta r y o f the Board.

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the following codes to complete the Loan/Application Register. The irtstructions to the HMDA-LAR explain the proper use of each code.

Application or Loan Information

Applicant Information

Type:

Race or National Origin:

1 - Conventional (any loan other than FHA.
VA or FmHA loans)
2 -- FHA-insured (Federal Housing
Administration)
3 - VA-guaranteed (Veterans Administration)
4 - FmHA-insured (Farmers Home
Administration)
Purpose:
1 -- Home purchase (one-to-lour family)
2 —Home improvement (one-to-four family)
3 - Refinancing (home purchase or home
improvement, one-to-four family)
4 -- Multifamily dwelling (home purchase, home
improvement, and refinancings)
Owner-Occupancy:
1 - Owner-occupied as a principal dwelling
2 - Not owner-occupied
3 - Not applicable
Action Taken:
1 - Loan originated
2 - Application approved but not accepted by
applicant
3 - Application denied by financial institution
4 - Application withdrawn by applicant
5 —File dosed for incompleteness
6 - Loan purchased by your institution
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American Indian or Alaskan Native
Asian or Pacific Islander
Black
Hispanic
White

6 - Other
7 - Information not provided by applicant
in mail or telephone application
8 - Not applicable

Sex:
1 - Male
2 -- Female
3 - Information not provided by applicant
in mail or telephone application
4 - Not applicable

T y p e of P u rc h a se r

0 - Loan was not originated or was not
sold In calendar year covered by register
1 - FNMA (Federal National Mortgage Assodation)
2 -- GNMA (Government National Mortgage
Association)
3 - FHI MC (Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation)
4 - FmHA (Farmers Home Administration)
5 - Commercial bank
6 -- Savings bank or savings association
7 - Life insurance company
8 - Affiliate institution
9 - Other type of purchaser

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