Section 7509 Of Article 6. Real Estate Loans From California Financial Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 6.
7509
. (a) (1) At the time of origination, a real estate loan may
not exceed 100 percent of the market value of security property. An
association shall, by vote of its board of directors, establish
maximum loan-to-value ratios for loans made on the security of real
estate, and the resolution adopting those ratios shall be included in
the minutes of the directors' meeting. Home loans, as defined in
Section 7504, made on the combined security of real estate and
savings accounts may be made in excess of the maximum loan-to-value
ratios adopted pursuant to this subdivision with the excess secured
by the savings account.
(2) However, for loans originated in excess of 90 percent of the
initial appraised value of the security property, the savings account
shall consist only of funds belonging to the borrower, the borrower'
s family, or the borrower's employer, and the loans shall not exceed
the appraised value of the real estate.
(b) With respect to home loans originated or refinanced in excess
of 90 percent of the appraised value of the security property, that
part of the unpaid balance that exceeds 80 percent of the property
value shall be insured or guaranteed by a mortgage insurance company
that the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation has determined to be
a "qualified private insurer."
(c) With respect to all other loans on the security of real estate
originated in excess of 90 percent of the appraised value of the
security property, an association's board of directors shall approve
each of these loans prior to its origination and that approval shall
be recorded in the minutes of its meeting.
(d) An association shall not make a loan secured by unimproved
real property if the loan-to-value ratio would exceed 80 percent of
the appraised value of the unimproved real property securing the
loan.
(e) In determining compliance with maximum loan-to-value-ratio
limitations for real estate loans, at the time of making a loan, an
association shall add together the unpaid amount, or in the case of a
line-of-credit loan, the approved credit limit, of all recorded
loans secured by prior mortgages, liens, or other encumbrances on the
security property that would have priority over the association's
lien, and shall not make the loan unless the total amount of those
loans, including the loan to be made but excluding loans that will be
paid off out of the proceeds of the new loan, does not exceed the
applicable maximum loan-to-value-ratio limitations prescribed in this
subdivision. In determining the value of the real estate security,
an association shall use the current appraised value of the security
property, which may include any expected value of improvements to be
financed.
(f) "Value" for a real estate loan means the market value of the
real estate.