Terms Used In Michigan Laws 445.1626a

  • Due-on-sale clause: means a contract provision which authorizes the lender, at its option, to declare due and payable sums secured by the lender's security instrument if all or any part of the property, or an interest in the property, securing the real property loan is sold or transferred without the lender's prior written consent. See Michigan Laws 445.1621
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Lender: means a person or governmental agency, other than the Michigan state housing development authority, making real property loans, including, but not limited to, an individual, a federal or state chartered savings and loan association or savings bank, a state or national bank, a federal or state chartered credit union, an insurance company, or other lender approved as a mortgagee under the national housing act, 12 U. See Michigan Laws 445.1621
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Residential window period loan: means a window period loan which is 1 of the following:
  (i) A loan secured by a lien on real property intended for occupancy by not more than 4 families. See Michigan Laws 445.1621
  • Sale or transfer: means the conveyance of property, or of any right, title, or interest in property, whether legal or equitable, whether voluntary or involuntary, by outright sale, deed, installment sale contract, land contract, contract for deed, leasehold interest with a term greater than 3 years, lease option contract, or any other method of conveyance of real property interest. See Michigan Laws 445.1621
  •    Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit a lender, either before or after making a determination of the creditworthiness of a proposed buyer or transferee, from consenting in writing to a sale or transfer of real property that is subject to a residential window period loan containing a due-on-sale clause.