By the Numbers

• Since 2001, the Department has compelled Finance lenders and mortgage bankers to make over $55 million in refunds to consumers.
• The Department has authority over finance lenders and brokers, who in 2011, made or assisted in the making of about $139 billion in consumer and commercial Finance loans
• The Department also regulates mortgage bankers who made $63 billion in home loans to Californians in 2011, and who serviced $247 billion in home loans during that year.
• Since 2001, the Department has brought approximately 6,314 enforcement actions against people or companies perpetrating frauds, making misrepresentations, and pursuing predatory practices.
• The Department regulates over 365,510 entities, including:
• 3,089 broker-dealers,
• 285,623 agents or registered representatives,
• 3,616 investment advisers,
• 51,148 investment adviser representatives or associated persons,
• 922 independent escrow agents,
• 2,056 consumer and commercial Finance lenders and 4,385 locations,
• 331 residential mortgage lenders or mortgage bankers,
• 332 deferred deposit originators at 2,097 locations, and
• 18,393 mortgage loan originators