(1) Any lender making reverse mortgage loans shall provide to a borrower prior to closing on such a loan a written statement of the projected total loan cost rate for all reverse mortgage loans except for reverse mortgage loans subject to federal "Truth in Lending Act", as amended, total annual loan cost disclosure requirements. As used in this section, "total loan cost rate" means the total of all loan costs including, but not limited to, any origination fee, closing costs, servicing fee, insurance premium contingent interest based on appreciation, and the annual interest rate charged on the reverse mortgage balance which is expressed as a single annual average rate of interest. Such statement shall include:
An explanation of why the total loan cost rate on reverse mortgages is greatest in theearly years of the loan and decreases over the term of the loan; and
A chart or table containing projections of the total loan cost rate at certain anniversary dates during the term of the loan, beginning at the end of year two and thereafter not more than every four years from the date of the loan to year thirty and utilizing not less than three annual average home appreciation percentages from between zero and ten percent.
Source: L. 92: Entire article added, p. 942, § 1, effective April 23. L. 96: IP(1) amended, p. 1561, § 14, effective July 1.
Cross references: For the "Truth in Lending Act", see 15 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq.