N.M. Stat. § 58-21-8
Violations.
The director may deny, suspend or revoke any license or impose other penalties
when the applicant or licensee, or a principal, partner, director, officer, trustee,
manager, employee or affiliate of the applicant or licensee:
A. lacks a good business reputation;
B. has violated a provision of the Mortgage Loan Company Act;
C. charges, collects or receives fees for procuring, negotiating or securing a loan in
excess of the amounts allowed by the Mortgage Loan Company Act or by rules
promulgated pursuant to that act;
D. has committed fraud in connection with a transaction subject to the Mortgage
Loan Company Act;
E. has made a misrepresentation or false statement to or concealed an essential or
material fact from a person in the course of the mortgage loan company business;
F. has knowingly made or caused to be made a false representation of material fact
or has suppressed or withheld from the director information that the applicant or
licensee possesses and that, if submitted by that person, would have rendered the
applicant or licensee ineligible to be licensed pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Company
Act;
G. has violated any provisions of any New Mexico statute relating to escrow agents
or escrow companies;
H. has refused to permit an examination or investigation by the director of that
person's books and records or has refused or failed, within a reasonable time, to furnish
information or make a report that may be required by the director under the provisions
of the Mortgage Loan Company Act;
I. has been convicted of a felony or any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;
subject, however, to the provisions of the Criminal Offender Employment Act [28-2-1 to
28-2-6 NMSA 1978];
J. appears to be conducting business in a manner that is injurious to persons;
K. conducts any business covered by the Mortgage Loan Company Act without
holding a valid license as required by that act;
L. knowingly assists or aids and abets any person in the conduct of business
covered by the Mortgage Loan Company Act without a valid license as required
pursuant to that act;
M. hires or engages the services of a mortgage loan originator who is not licensed
pursuant to the New Mexico Mortgage Loan Originator Licensing Act;
N. makes a mortgage loan without documenting and considering the borrower's
reasonable ability to repay that loan pursuant to its terms. The borrower's ability to
repay shall be demonstrated through reasonably reliable documentation that may
include payroll receipts, tax returns, bank records, asset and credit evaluations,
mortgage payment history or other similar reliable documentation. The provisions of this
subsection shall not apply to a mortgage loan originated pursuant to a government
streamline program or a streamline program administered by a government-sponsored
enterprise, to a reverse mortgage insured as part of a government program or to loss
mitigation activities of a mortgage loan servicer or lender with which the borrower has a
current relationship, so long as each of these exceptions, as applicable, provides the
borrower with a reasonable, tangible net benefit; or
O. makes a mortgage loan without determining the borrower's reasonable ability to
pay the costs set forth in this subsection. In the case of an adjustable rate mortgage
loan, the reasonable ability to pay shall be determined based on a fully indexed rate and
repayment schedule that achieves full amortization over the life of the mortgage loan.
The costs, as applicable, to be used in determining the borrower's reasonable ability to
pay include principal, interest, real estate taxes, property insurance, property
assessments, mortgage insurance premiums and other scheduled long-term monthly
debt payments.