2023 California Code › Civil Code - CIV › DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS › PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS › TITLE 4 - LOAN › CHAPTER 5 - Shared Appreciation Loans › ARTICLE 3 - Terms and Conditions › Section 1917.133.

1917.133. (a) If a shared appreciation loan with an original term of less than 10 years is not prepaid in full or the property is not sold or transferred prior to maturity of the loan, and provided the borrower is not then in default, the lender shall offer or arrange for refinancing of the unpaid balance of the loan upon maturity and all contingent deferred interest. The refinancing may be provided directly by the lender or another mortgage lender, or the lender may arrange at the time of making the shared appreciation loan for the refinancing to be provided by a federally or state chartered bank or savings and loan association doing business in this state or by a qualified mortgage banker. As used in this section “qualified mortgage banker” means a lender (1) meeting the criteria established by the Government National Mortgage Association for lenders selling over ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in mortgage loans to that organization annually and (2) which either has conducted an ongoing business of mortgage lending in this state for not less than five years immediately preceding the making of the shared appreciation loans, or made over fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) in mortgage loans in this state during the 12 months immediately preceding the making of the shared appreciation loan. If a refinancing commitment is arranged by the lender upon origination of the shared appreciation loan, this fact shall be fully and fairly disclosed to the borrower, a copy of the lender’s contract with the bank, savings and loan association or qualified mortgage banker making the commitment shall be supplied to the borrower at such time, and the contract shall be fully enforceable by the borrower as a third-party beneficiary thereto, but the lender shall not be a guarantor of the obligation of the bank, savings and loan association, or qualified mortgage banker to provide refinancing.
If the original lender is a bank or savings and loan association doing business in this state or a qualified mortgage banker, it may provide the refinancing commitment to the borrower required by this section and assignees or successors in interest of the original lender shall not be guarantors of the refinancing obligation, provided the shared appreciation loan contains this limitation, which is fully and fairly disclosed to the borrower, and the original lender’s refinancing commitment is fully enforceable by the borrower.
(b) The term of the loan for refinancing shall be established so that the borrower’s repayment schedule provides for the final installment payment not less than 30 years from the date of origination of the shared appreciation loan. However, if loans at that duration are not available, within the meaning of subdivision (d), the lender or other obligor shall give the borrower a choice of any form of loan and maturity for that type of loan which is available at the time of refinancing, within the meaning of subdivision (d). The lender or other obligor shall inform the borrower of the types of loans (and maturities) available for refinancing under this section not less than 60 days prior to maturity of the shared appreciation loan.
(c) The interest rate for the refinancing loan shall not exceed rates generally available in the market for the type of loan instrument provided under subdivision (d) at the time of maturity of the shared appreciation loan. No loan origination fees shall be required of the borrower, either as prepaid interest or for processing services, as a condition of obtaining a refinancing loan pursuant to this section, but the borrower may be required to pay the costs of obtaining a policy of title insurance in accordance with the lender’s requirements. The refinancing loan need not be a fixed interest rate loan, subject to the limitations of subdivision (d).
(d) The refinancing loan may be any form of loan which, at the time of refinancing, is generally offered to and utilized by the public for financing housing like the borrower’s property by banks or savings and loan associations doing business in this state.
(e) The lender may require as a condition of the refinancing loan that it be secured by a deed of trust having a lien of first priority.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 12. Inoperative January 1, 1987, by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 12.5.)