Does SC allow balloon payments on 2nd mortgages

SECTION 37-3-402. Balloon payments.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), if any scheduled payment of a consumer loan is more than twice as large as the average of earlier scheduled payments, the consumer has the right to refinance, without penalty, the amount of that payment at the time it is due. The terms of the refinancing shall be no less favorable to the consumer than the terms of the original transaction.

(2) This section does not apply to:

(a) a transaction pursuant to a revolving loan account;

(b) a transaction to the extent that the payment schedule is adjusted to the seasonal or irregular income or scheduled payments or obligations of the consumer;

(c) a credit transaction to the extent a formula for determining the rate of the loan finance charge and any change in the amount of payment upon renegotiation or refinancing is specified in the agreement between the parties or is an alternative mortgage instrument; or

(d) a transaction of a class defined by rule of the administrator as not requiring for the protection of the consumer his right to refinance as provided in this section.

SECTION 37-23-30. High-cost home loan agreements.

A high-cost home loan agreement may not contain:

(1) a call provision that permits the lender, in its sole discretion, to accelerate the indebtedness. This item does not apply when repayment of the loan is accelerated by default, or pursuant to a due-on-sale provision, or some other provision of the loan documents unrelated to the payment schedule;

(2) a balloon payment provision that contains a scheduled payment more than twice as large as the average of earlier scheduled payments. This provision does not apply when the payment schedule is adjusted to the seasonal or irregular income of the borrower;