The purpose of this Part is to define the entities engaged in the business of soliciting, negotiating, placing, processing or making mortgage loans secured by a first or junior lien that will be exempt from the registration or licensing requirements of article 12-D of the Banking Law, and to define mortgage loan products, the brokering or funding of which do not require registration or licensing as a mortgage banker or mortgage broker under article 12-D.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 3 § 39.1