IMPORTANT
TERMS OF OUR HOME EQUITY LINE OF CREDIT This disclosure contains important information about our home equity
line of credit. You should read it carefully and keep a copy for your
records.
Availability
of terms: All of the terms described below are subject to change.
If these terms change (other than the annual percentage
rate) and you decide, as a result, not to enter into an agreement
with us, you are entitled to a refund of any fees you paid to us or
anyone else in connection with your application.
Security interest: We will take a
mortgage on your home. You could lose your home if you do not
meet the obligations in your agreement with us.
Possible actions: We can terminate
your line, require you to pay us the entire outstanding balance in
one payment, and charge you certain fees if:
- You engage in fraud or material misrepresentation
in connection with the line.
- You do not meet the repayment terms.
- Your action or inaction adversely affects the collateral
or our rights in the collateral.
We can refuse to make additional extensions of
credit or reduce your credit limit if:
- The value of the dwelling securing the line declines
significantly below its appraised value for purposes of the line.
- We reasonably believe you will not be able to meet
the repayment requirements due to a material change in your financial
circumstances.
- You are in default of a material obligation in the
agreement.
- Government action prevents us from imposing the annual
percentage rate provided for or impairs our security interest such
that the value of the interest is less than 120 percent of the credit
line.
- A regulatory agency has notified us that continued
advances would constitute an unsafe and unsound practice.
- The maximum annual percentage rate is reached.
The initial agreement permits us to make certain changes
to the terms of the agreement at specified times or upon the occurrence
of specified events.
Minimum-payment requirements: You can obtain advances of credit
for 10 years (the “draw period”). You can choose one of three payment
options for the draw period:
- Monthly interest-only payments. Under this
option, your payments will be due monthly and will equal the finance
charges that accrued on the outstanding balance during the preceding
month.
- Quarterly interest-only payments. Under this
option, your payments will be due quarterly and will equal the finance
charges that accrued on the outstanding balance during the preceding
quarter.
- 2% of the balance. Under this option, your
payments will be due monthly and will equal 2% of the outstanding
balance on your line plus finance charges that accrued on the outstanding
balance during the preceding month.
If the payment determined under any option is less than
$50, the minimum payment will equal $50 or the outstanding balance
on your line, whichever is less.
Under both the monthly and quarterly interest-only payment
options, the minimum payment will not reduce the principal that is
outstanding on your line.
After the draw period ends, you will no longer be able
to obtain credit advances and must repay the outstanding balance (the
“repayment period”). The length of the repayment period will depend
on the balance outstanding at the beginning of it. During the repayment
period, payments will be due monthly and will equal 3% of the outstanding
balance on your line plus finance charges that accrued on the outstanding
balance or $50, whichever is greater.
Minimum-payment examples: If you took a
single $10,000 advance and the ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE was 9.52%:
- Under the monthly interest-only payment option, it
would take 18 years and 1 month to pay off the advance if you made
only the minimum payments. During that period, you would make 120
payments of $79.33, followed by 96 payments varying between $379.33
and $50 and one final payment of $10.75.
- Under the 2%-of-the-balance payment option, it would
take 10 years and 8 months to pay off the advance if you made only
the minimum payments. During that period, you would make 120 payments
varying between $279.33 and $50, followed by 7 payments of $50 and
1 final payment of $21.53.
Fees and charges: To
open and maintain a line of credit, you must pay us the following
fees:
- Application fee: $100 (due at application)
- Points: 1% of credit limit (due when account opened)
- Annual maintenance fee: $50 during the first 3 years,
$75 thereafter (due each year)
You also must pay certain fees to third parties to open
a line. These fees generally total between $500 and $900. If you ask,
we will give you an itemization of the fees you will have to pay to
third parties.
Minimum-draw
requirement: The minimum credit advance that you can receive
is $200.
Tax deductibility: You should consult a tax advisor regarding the deductibility of
interest and charges for the line.
Variable-rate feature: The line has a variable-rate
feature, and the annual percentage rate (corresponding to the periodic
rate) and the minimum monthly payment can change as a result.
The annual percentage rate includes
only interest and not other costs.
The annual percentage rate is based on the value of an
index. During the draw period, the index is the monthly average prime
rate charged by banks. During the repayment period, the index is the
weekly average yield on U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant
maturity of one year. Information on these indices is published in
the Federal Reserve Bulletin. To determine the annual percentage
rate that will apply to your line, we add a margin to the value of
the index.
The initial annual percentage rate is “discounted”—it
is not based on the index and margin used for later rate adjustments.
The initial rate will be in effect for the first year your credit
line is open.
Ask us for the current index values, margin, discount
and annual percentage rate. After you open a credit line, rate information
will be provided on periodic statements that we send you.
Rate changes: The annual
percentage rate can change monthly. The maximum ANNUAL PERCENTAGE
RATE that can apply is 18%. Apart from this rate “cap,” there is no
limit on the amount by which the rate can change during any one-year
period.
Maximum-rate
and payment examples: If the ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE during the
draw period equaled the 18% maximum and you had an outstanding balance
of $10,000:
- Under the monthly interest-only payment option, the
minimum monthly payment would be $150.
- Under the 2%-of-the-balance payment option, the minimum
monthly payment would be $350.
This annual percentage rate could be reached during the
first month of the draw period.
If you had an outstanding balance of $10,000 during the
repayment period, the minimum monthly payment at the maximum ANNUAL
PERCENTAGE RATE of 18% would be $450. This annual percentage rate
could be reached during the first month of the repayment period.
Historical Example: The following table shows
how the annual percentage rate and the monthly payments for a single
$10,000 credit advance would have changed based on changes in the
indices over the past 15 years. For the draw period, the index values
for the prime rate are from September of each year. For the repayment
period, the index values for the yield on U.S. Treasury securities
are from the first week ending in July. While only one payment amount
per year is shown, payments under the 2%-of-the-balance payment option
and during the repayment period would have varied during each year.
The table assumes that no additional credit advances were
taken, that only the minimum payments were made, and that the rate
remained constant during each year. It does not necessarily indicate
how the indices or your payments will change in the future.
Historical Example
|
Year |
Index % |
Margin* % |
ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE % |
Monthly Interest-Only
Payments $ |
Monthly 2%
of Balance Pay- ments ($) |
Draw Period
|
1974 |
12.00 |
2 |
10.00** |
83.33 |
283.33 |
1975 |
7.88 |
2 |
9.88 |
82.33 |
221.55 |
1976 |
7.00 |
2 |
9.00 |
75.00 |
169.34 |
1977 |
7.13 |
2 |
9.13 |
76.08 |
133.41 |
1978 |
9.41 |
2 |
11.41 |
95.08 |
111.89 |
1979 |
12.90 |
2 |
14.90 |
124.17 |
96.46 |
1980 |
12.23 |
2 |
14.23 |
118.58 |
74.39 |
1981 |
20.08 |
2 |
18.00*** |
150.00 |
64.13 |
1982 |
13.50 |
2 |
15.50 |
129.17 |
50.00 |
1983 |
11.00 |
2 |
13.00 |
108.33 |
50.00 |
Repayment Period
|
1984 |
12.17 |
2 |
14.17 |
418.08 |
50.00 |
1985 |
7.66 |
2 |
9.66 |
264.01 |
|
1986 |
6.36 |
2 |
8.36 |
177.96 |
|
1987 |
6.71 |
2 |
8.71 |
124.45 |
|
1988 |
7.52 |
2 |
9.52 |
87.92 |
|
* This
is a margin we have used recently.
** This rate reflects a 4% “discount” we
have used recently.
*** This rate reflects the 18% rate cap.