California § 1917.033 - If the shared appreciation loan is not prepaid in full or the real property secur

§ 1917.033. If the shared appreciation loan is not prepaid in full or the real property secur

(a) If the shared appreciation loan is not prepaid in full or the real property securing the loan is not sold or transferred prior to maturity of the loan, the lender shall offer to the original borrower refinancing of the unpaid balance of the loan and all contingent deferred interest. (b) The term of the refinancing loan shall be at least 30 years from the date of the refinancing, provided that if the interest rate of the refinancing loan is not adjustable or variable during the term of such loan, the loan may contain a call provision giving the lender an option to accelerate the principal loan balance making it, together with accrued interest, payable in full at a date specified in the shared appreciation loan, which shall be no earlier than seven years following the date of refinancing under this section. If such a call provision is included in the refinancing loan, a concise description thereof shall be included in upper case print in the disclosures on refinancing required by Section 1917.071. (c) The interest rate for the refinancing loan shall not exceed the prevailing rate existing at maturity of the shared appreciation loan. (d) The lender may require as a condition of the refinancing loan that it be secured by a deed of trust or mortgage of first priority on the property financed. (e) The terms and conditions of refinancing pursuant to this section shall be specified in the shared appreciation loan, shall be a part of the shared appreciation loan contract, and shall be subject to the applicable laws in effect on the date of execution of the shared appreciation loan. The refinancing shall be fully amortizing and the interest rate may be either fixed or adjustable as permitted by law for home financing offered by banks or savings and loan associations doing business in this state to the public for financing housing similar to the borrower’s property, provided that nothing in this section shall preclude such other lawful refinancing terms as may be mutually acceptable to the borrower and lender. If the lender offers more than one form of refinancing, the borrower may select from among the types of refinancing offered by the lender.