A yield-spread premium paid by a lender to a broker on an FHA mortgage loan with an origination fee cap is not a violation of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, a California appellate court found. In Byars v. SCME Mortgage Bankers, Inc., the plaintiffs contended that the broker fee exceeded the 1 percent origination fee limit set by the Department of Housing and Urban Development on FHA-insured mortgage loans.