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#2052944 - 12/08/15 01:56 PM HELOC floor
donnac Offline
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A HELOC variable rate product is based on prime + 0% margin with a floor of 4.75%.

I'm reviewing an ad for the product & am curious about section 1026.16(d)(2) which states:
(2) Discounted and premium rates. If an advertisement states an initial annual percentage rate that is not based on the index and margin used to make later rate adjustments in a variable-rate plan, the advertisement also shall state with equal prominence and in close proximity to the initial rate:

(i) The period of time such initial rate will be in effect; and

(ii) A reasonably current annual percentage rate that would have been in effect using the index and margin.

Since we're advertising the floor of 4.75% & not the current prime rate, do I need these additional disclosures?

Thanks.

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#2054313 - 12/15/15 08:54 PM Re: HELOC floor donnac
burke116 Offline
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Quote:
The period of time such initial rate will be in effect


There would be no way to disclose this on a floor rate, even if you had to. You can't predict when prime will go above 4.75%.

A floor rate is not a discounted or premium rate. Discounted and premium rates are initial rates held at a certain place for a certain time period. Your floor is still indexed based on prime, it just happens to be that prime is below your floor rate.
Last edited by burke116; 12/15/15 08:56 PM.
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#2245223 - 11/06/20 04:26 PM Re: HELOC floor donnac
Tarhe Offline
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We have this same situation. The floor rate will be the low APR (not the index plus margin). Using the example above, we state, "Rates as low as 4.75% APR. This is a variable APR indexed to Wall Street Journal Prime plus a margin determined during the credit review process." The 4.75% is the floor, not the index + margin. Should we include a statement to show that the advertised rate is the rate floor? Or, show the indexed rate (3.25%) "subject to a floor rate of 4.75%"?

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