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  • Experience/Education Requirements Changes for NEW Applicants

    The following combination of experience and education is required for the issuance of an initial license for mortgage brokers and loan officers received by the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending on or after September 1, 2007:


  • Mortgage Broker

     

    Loan Officer

     

    36 months of loan origination experience

    AND

    90 hours of Core classroom training, including 6 hours of Ethics, offered by an SML-approved provider taken within the last two years if NOT previously licensed as a mortgage broker or loan officer under the MBLAct

    OR

    30 hours of Core classroom training, including 2 hours of Ethics, offered by an SML-approved provider taken within the last two years if NOT previously licensed as a mortgage broker under the MBLAct but was previously licensed as a loan officer under the MBLAct

    OR

    • 18 months of loan origination experience and, at minimum, a bachelor’s degree in either finance, banking, or business administration

    AND

    90 hours of Core classroom training, including 6 hours of Ethics, offered by an SML-approved provider taken within the last two years if NOT previously licensed as a mortgage broker or loan officer under the MBLAct,

    OR

    30 hours of Core classroom training, including 2 hours of Ethics, offered by an SML-approved provider taken within the last two years if NOT previously licensed as a mortgage broker under the MBLAct but was previously licensed as a loan officer under the MBLAct

    OR

    • Holds active Texas license as: Real Estate Broker or Attorney or General Lines Agent (Life, Accident, Health, & HMO; or Property & Casualty); Limited Lines Agent (Multiple Lines); or Managing General Agent

    AND

    90 hours of Core classroom training, including 6 hours of Ethics, offered by an SML-approved provider taken within the last two years if NOT previously licensed as a mortgage broker or loan officer under the MBLAct

    OR

    30 hours of Core classroom training, including 2 hours of Ethics, offered by an SML-approved provider taken within the last two years if NOT previously licensed as a mortgage broker under the MBLAct but was previously licensed as a loan officer under the MBLAct.

     

     

     

    • 60 hours of Core classroom training, including hours of Ethics, offered by an SML-approved provider, taken within the last two years

    OR

    • 18 or more months of loan origination experience

    AND

    30 hours of Core classroom training, including hours of Ethics, offered by an SML-approved provider taken within the last two years;

    OR

    • Holds active Texas license as: Real Estate Broker or  Attorney or General Lines Agent (Life, Accident, Health, & HMO; or Property & Casualty); Limited Lines Agent (Multiple Lines); or Managing General Agent

    AND

    30 hours of Core classroom training, including hours of Ethics, offered by an SML-approved provider taken within the last two years;

     

     

     
     
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