The SAFE Act Line for AI Mortgage Assistants: When Quoting a Rate Becomes Loan Origination and What NMLS Cares About
The SAFE Act and Reg G/H were written for human MLOs and the definition of 'loan originator' bites on any person who takes an application or offers or negotiates loan terms. AI assistants on the mortgage intake desk straddle that line without realizing it, and the state regulators that examine NMLS are starting to ask. The boundaries we hold the agent to so the institution does not have to sponsor a license for software.