Vermont Adds Individual Licensing Requirement for Loan Modification Activities

The Vermont Legislature recently amended the Vermont Licensed Lender Act, Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 8, § 2201, to require loan modification employees of mortgage loan servicing companies to obtain individual mortgage loan originator licenses to continue their loan modification efforts for loans serviced by the loan servicing company. The statute defines "loan modification" as an adjustment or compromise of an existing residential mortgage loan and excludes a refinancing transaction. This provision takes effect on July 1, 2011.