38 U.S.C. § 3707A: Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages

The Secretary shall carry out a project under this section for the purpose of guaranteeing loans in a manner similar to the manner in which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development insures adjustable rate mortgages under section 251 of the National Housing Act in accordance with the provisions of this section with respect to hybrid adjustable rate mortgages described in subsection (b). specify an initial rate of interest that is fixed for a period of not less than the first three years of the mortgage term; provide for an initial adjustment in the rate of interest by the mortgagee at the end of the period described in paragraph (1); and comply in such initial adjustment, and any subsequent adjustment, with subsection (c). correspond to a specified national interest rate index approved by the Secretary, information on which is readily accessible to mortgagors from generally available published sources; be made by adjusting the monthly payment on an annual basis; if the initial contract interest rate remained fixed for less than 5 years, be limited to a maximum increase or decrease of 1 percentage point; or if the initial contract interest rate remained fixed for 5 years or more, be limited to a maximum increase or decrease of such percentage point or points as the Secretary may prescribe; in the case of any single annual interest rate adjustment after the initial contract interest rate adjustment, be limited to a maximum increase or decrease of such percentage points as the Secretary may prescribe; and be limited, over the term of the mortgage, to a maximum increase of such number of percentage points as the Secretary shall prescribe for purposes of this section. the status of the interest rate index referred to in subsection (c)(1) and available at the time an underwriting decision is made, regardless of the actual initial rate offered by the lender; the maximum and likely amounts of increases in mortgage payments that the loans would require; the underwriting standards applicable to adjustable rate mortgages insured under title II of the National Housing Act; and such other factors as the Secretary finds appropriate. The Secretary shall require that the mortgagee make available to the mortgagor, at the time of loan application, a written explanation of the features of the adjustable rate mortgage, including a hypothetical payment schedule that displays the maximum potential increases in monthly payments to the mortgagor over the first five years of the mortgage term.