[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 189 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 50399-50400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24240]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

12 CFR Part 226

[Regulation Z; Docket No. R-0858]


Truth in Lending; Mortgage Disclosures; Correction

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Technical Correction to final regulation.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the final rule (Docket 
No. R-0858) which was published Friday, March 24, 1995 (60 FR 15463). 
The amendments to Regulation Z concerned new disclosure requirements on 
reverse mortgage transactions (as well as on certain home loans bearing 
rates or fees above a certain percentage or amount).

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 25, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheilah Goodman or Kurt Schumacher, 
Staff Attorneys, Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at (202) 452-3667 or 452-2412; 
for the hearing impaired only, Dorothea Thompson, Telecommunications 
Device for the Deaf, at (202) 452-3544.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The regulation that is the subject of this correction is Regulation 
Z (12 CFR part 226), which implements the Truth in Lending Act (15 
U.S.C. 1601-1666j). The act (TILA) requires creditors to disclose 
credit terms for consumer transactions. The Home Ownership and Equity 
Protection Act of 1994 (HOEPA), contained in the Riegle Community 
Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-325, 
108 Stat. 2160) amended the TILA. Section 154 of the HOEPA added a new 
section 138 to the TILA dealing with disclosures required for reverse 
mortgage transactions. The final rule implementing these provisions in 
Regulation Z was published on March 24, 1995 (60 FR 15463).

Need for Correction

    As published, the final rule implementing new TILA section 138 
contains an error in the unit period used in the first example of the 
total annual loan cost rate computation in appendix K to part 226, 
which also results in an erroneous total annual loan cost rate being 
shown for that example. The error resulted from the use of a monthly 
unit period in the transaction, whereas, under the definition of a unit 
period for single-advance single-payment transactions (paragraph 
(b)(4)(ii) of appendix K), the proper unit period is 1 year. This error 
has been corrected. For consistency and ease of understanding, the Baln 
figure has also been revised to reflect the use of an annual unit 
period.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on March 24, 1995, of the final 
regulation (Docket No. R-0858), which was the subject of FR Doc. 95-
7231, is corrected as follows:

Appendix K to Part 226--[Corrected]

    On page 15475, in the example in paragraph (c)(1) of appendix K to 
Part 226, the formula (which follows the phrase ``Assumed annual 
dwelling appreciation rate: 4%'') is corrected to read as follows:
* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (1) * * *

P10 = Min (103,385.84, 137,662.72)
[GRAPHIC][TIFF OMITTED]TR29SE95.004

i = .1317069438
Total annual loan cost rate (100(.1317069438  x  1)) = 13.17%

    (2) * * *

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 25, 
1995.
William W. Wiles,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 95-24240 Filed 9-28-95; 8:45 am]
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