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MCOB 12.3 Early repayment charges: regulated mortgage contracts1
MCOB 12.3.1 Early repayment charges to be expressed as cash and to be reasonable
A firm must ensure that any regulated mortgage contract that it enters into does not impose, and cannot be used to impose, an early repayment charge other than one that is:
(1) able to be expressed as a cash value; and
(2) a reasonable pre-estimate of the costs as a result of the customer repaying the amount due under the regulated mortgage contract before the contract has terminated.
MCOB 12.3.2 A firm can choose the method it employs for calculating early repayment charges in accordance with MCOB 12.3.1 R. A firm should not use the 'Rule of 78' (as contained in Schedule 2 of the Consumer Credit (Rebate on Early Settlement) Regulations 1983), which is not appropriate as it effectively overstates the cost to the mortgage lender.
MCOB 12.3.3 A firm may calculate the same level of early repayment charge for all regulated mortgage contracts of a similar type (for example a tranche of regulated mortgage contracts offering a particular fixed rate of interest), rather than on the basis of the individual regulated mortgage contract with the particular customer.
MCOB 12.3.4 Early repayment charges to be disclosed in illustrations
Before: (1) entering into a regulated mortgage contract with a customer; or
(2) making a further advance on an existing regulated mortgage contract; or
(3) changing all or part of a regulated mortgage contract from one interest rate to another;2 a firm must disclose to the customer:
(a) in the illustration provided in accordance with MCOB 5, MCOB 7.6.7 R, MCOB 7.6.18 R, MCOB 7.6.22 R, MCOB 7.6.31 R, or MCOB 9; and
(b) in the illustration provided as part of the offer document in accordance with MCOB 6.4.1 R(1) and MCOB 9.5;
the maximum amount payable as an early repayment charge in respect of that regulated mortgage contract, if an early repayment charge applies.
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MCOB 12.4 Arrears charges: regulated mortgage contracts1
MCOB 12.4.1 (1) A firm must ensure that any regulated mortgage contract that it enters into does not impose, and cannot be used to impose, a charge for arrears on a customer except where that charge is a reasonable estimate of the cost of the additional administration required as a result of the customer being in arrears. 2
(2) Paragraph (1) does not prevent a firm from entering into a regulated mortgage contract with a customer under which the firm may change the rate of interest charged to the customer from a fixed or discounted rate of interest to the firm's standard variable rate if the customer goes into arrears, providing that this standard variable rate is not a rate created especially for customers in arrears.
MCOB 12.4.2 A firm may calculate the same level of arrears charges for all regulated mortgage contracts where the customer is in arrears, rather than on the basis of the individual regulated mortgage contract with the particular customer.
MCOB 12.4.3 Firms are also subject to requirements on information provision and standards relating to arrears and repossessions (see MCOB 13 (Arrears and repossessions)).
http://fsahandbook.info/FSA/html/handbook/MCOB/12/3
MCOB 12.3 Early repayment charges: regulated mortgage contracts1
MCOB 12.3.1 Early repayment charges to be expressed as cash and to be reasonable
A firm must ensure that any regulated mortgage contract that it enters into does not impose, and cannot be used to impose, an early repayment charge other than one that is:
(1) able to be expressed as a cash value; and
(2) a reasonable pre-estimate of the costs as a result of the customer repaying the amount due under the regulated mortgage contract before the contract has terminated.
MCOB 12.3.2 A firm can choose the method it employs for calculating early repayment charges in accordance with MCOB 12.3.1 R. A firm should not use the 'Rule of 78' (as contained in Schedule 2 of the Consumer Credit (Rebate on Early Settlement) Regulations 1983), which is not appropriate as it effectively overstates the cost to the mortgage lender.
MCOB 12.3.3 A firm may calculate the same level of early repayment charge for all regulated mortgage contracts of a similar type (for example a tranche of regulated mortgage contracts offering a particular fixed rate of interest), rather than on the basis of the individual regulated mortgage contract with the particular customer.
MCOB 12.3.4 Early repayment charges to be disclosed in illustrations
Before: (1) entering into a regulated mortgage contract with a customer; or
(2) making a further advance on an existing regulated mortgage contract; or
(3) changing all or part of a regulated mortgage contract from one interest rate to another;2 a firm must disclose to the customer:
(a) in the illustration provided in accordance with MCOB 5, MCOB 7.6.7 R, MCOB 7.6.18 R, MCOB 7.6.22 R, MCOB 7.6.31 R, or MCOB 9; and
(b) in the illustration provided as part of the offer document in accordance with MCOB 6.4.1 R(1) and MCOB 9.5;
the maximum amount payable as an early repayment charge in respect of that regulated mortgage contract, if an early repayment charge applies.
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Taken from
http://fsahandbook.info/FSA/html/handbook/MCOB/12/4
MCOB 12.4 Arrears charges: regulated mortgage contracts1
MCOB 12.4.1 (1) A firm must ensure that any regulated mortgage contract that it enters into does not impose, and cannot be used to impose, a charge for arrears on a customer except where that charge is a reasonable estimate of the cost of the additional administration required as a result of the customer being in arrears. 2
(2) Paragraph (1) does not prevent a firm from entering into a regulated mortgage contract with a customer under which the firm may change the rate of interest charged to the customer from a fixed or discounted rate of interest to the firm's standard variable rate if the customer goes into arrears, providing that this standard variable rate is not a rate created especially for customers in arrears.
MCOB 12.4.2 A firm may calculate the same level of arrears charges for all regulated mortgage contracts where the customer is in arrears, rather than on the basis of the individual regulated mortgage contract with the particular customer.
MCOB 12.4.3 Firms are also subject to requirements on information provision and standards relating to arrears and repossessions (see MCOB 13 (Arrears and repossessions)).
