Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:9A-64.1

  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2

23. A bank or savings bank may originate or acquire mortgage loans secured by a mortgage constituting a lien upon real property or upon a lease of the fee of real property, so long as the bank observes prudent banking practices, including amortization of the loans. The value of any mortgage loan shall not exceed 90 per cent of the appraised value of the mortgaged property, except for a mortgage loan that is less than $100,000 or as permitted by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance by regulation. A bank or savings bank shall obtain an appropriate evaluation of the real property collateral that is consistent with safe and sound banking practices.

L.1997,c.33,s.23.