Draw
Period Payment: You can obtain credit
advances during the "draw period." At our
option, we may renew or extend the draw period.
During the draw period you will be required
to make monthly payments. Your payment will
be 1.5% of the Credit Limit for your plan
or $100.00, whichever is greater. Your payment
will include any amounts past due and any
amount by which you have exceeded your credit
limit. If the annual percentage rate on your
plan is a variable rate, you will continue
to make the same payment when the annual
percentage rate changes. The higher the annual
percentage rate, the longer it will take
to repay the outstanding balance.
Repayment Period Payment: After
the draw period ends the repayment period
will begin. Your repayment period will
be 5 years if your credit limit is $5,000.00
or less. Your repayment period will be
7 years if your credit limit is between
$5,000.01 and $9,999.99. Your repayment
period will be 10 years if your credit
limit is $10,000.00 or more. At the beginning
of the repayment period we will recalculate
your payment to pay off the balance by
the end of your repayment period at the
current annual percentage rate. Your payment
will never be less than $100.00. If your
plan has a variable rate, each time the
annual percentage rate changes, we will
adjust your payment to pay off the balance
by the maturity date.
Annual Percentage Rate: At
the beginning of both the draw and repayment
periods, you may choose whether the annual
percentage rate on your plan will be fixed
or a variable rate. The rate will be determined
based on length of the draw period and
repayment period that you qualify for.
Fixed Rate Feature: If
you select a fixed annual percentage rate
(APR), the rate will be determined as follows:
Length of Draw or Repayment Periods |
How
APR Will Be Determined-
Prime Rate
Plus |
5
Years |
2.5% |
7
Years |
1.5% |
10
Years |
.5% |
The annual percentage rate includes only
interest and no other costs.
Variable Rate Feature: If
you select a variable rate feature the
annual percentage rate (corresponding to
the periodic rate) may change as a result.
When the annual percentage rate increases
during the draw period, your payment will
not change but it will take longer to repay
the outstanding balance. When the annual
percentage rate increases during the repayment
period, your payment will increase. The
annual percentage rate includes only interest
and no other costs. The annual percentage
rate is based on the value of an index.
The index is the Prime Rate published,
in the Money Rates column of the Wall
Street Journal. When a range of rates
has been published the highest rate will
be used. We will use the most recent index
value available to us as of 15 days before
the date of any annual percentage rate
adjustment.
To determine the annual percentage rate
that will apply to your plan, we add a
margin to the value of the Index. The margin
will be determined as follows:
Length of Draw or Repayment Periods |
Margin |
5
Years |
2% |
7
Years |
1% |
10
Years |
0% |
The annual percentage rate can change
annually on the first day of March. The
rate cannot increase or decrease more than
2 percentage points in any one year period.
The maximum ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE that
can apply is 18% or the maximum permitted
by law, whichever is less.
Periodic Rate and Corresponding
Annual Percentage Rate: At
the beginning of the repayment period,
you may choose to change the terms of
the plan and the annual percentage rate
may change as a result. If you have chosen
a variable rate we determine the periodic
rate that will apply to your account
by adding a margin, as disclosed above,
to the value of the Index. Then we divide
this sum by the number of days in a year
(365). To obtain the annual percentage
rate we will multiply the periodic rate
by the number of days in a year (365).
This result is the annual percentage
rate.
If you have chosen a fixed rate plan,
we divide the annual
percentage rate by the number of days in
a year (365) to obtain the periodic rate.
To obtain the annual percentage rate we
will multiply the periodic rate by the
number of days in a year (365). This result
is the annual percentage rate.
Other Charges: Late
Charges: If your payment is more than 10
days late we may charge you 5% of the payment
due.
Minimum Advance Amount Fee: We will charge
your account $25.00 if you request an advance
for less than the minimum advance amount
of $500.
Non-Sufficient Funds Charge: We will charge
you a fee of $25.00 if you pay your account
with an insufficient funds check.
Collection Costs: For
Borrowers in FL: You promise to pay, subject
to any limits under applicable law, all
costs of collecting the amount you owe
under this agreement. This includes but
is not limited to reasonable attorneys
fees and court costs as well as legal expenses
for any bankruptcy, appeals or postjudgement
proceedings.
For Borrowers in GA: You promise to pay,
subject to any limits under applicable
law, all costs of collecting the amount
you owe under this agreement. If collected
by or through an attorney, you promise
to pay attorney's fees not to exceed 15%
of the principal and interest owing as
well as legal expenses for any bankruptcy,
appeals or postjudgment proceedings. If
not prohibited by applicable law you will
also pay any court costs.
Sharedraft Access: We
may authorize you to obtain credit advances
by writing sharedrafts on your home equity
account. We reserve the right not to honor
a sharedraft in the following circumstances:
(a) Your Credit Limit has been or would
be exceeded by paying the sharedraft.
(b) Your sharedraft is post-dated. If a post-dated
sharedraft is paid and as a result any other
check is returned or not paid, we are not
responsible.
(c) Your sharedrafts have been reported lost
or stolen. Your should notify us at once
if your sharedrafts are lost or stolen.
(d) Your sharedraft is not signed by an "Authorized
Signer", which means a person who signed
this Agreement, or has signed a separate
signature card for this account.
(e) Your account has been terminated or suspended
as provided in this Agreement.
(f) The amount of your sharedraft is less
than the minimum amount required by this
Agreement or you are in violation of any
other transaction requirement.
If we pay any sharedraft under these conditions,
you must repay us for the amount of the
sharedraft and any charges permitted by
law. The sharedraft itself will be evidence
of your debt to us together with this Agreement.
Our liability, if any, for wrongful dishonor
of a sharedraft is limited to your actual
damages. Dishonor for any reason as provided
in this Agreement is not wrongful dishonor.
We may not return the sharedrafts along
with your periodic statements; however,
your use of a sharedraft will be reflected
on your periodic statement as a credit
advance. We do not "certify" sharedrafts
drawn on your account. |