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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>373706</law_id><section_number>6.2-1180</section_number><catch_line>Appraisals; loan-to-value ratios</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="10" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Depository Institutions and Trust Organizations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="11">Savings Institutions</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="7" identifier="7">Real Estate Loans</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">savings institution</span> may make a real estate loan only after a qualified <span class="dictionary">person</span> designated by the <span class="dictionary">savings institution</span> has submitted a signed appraisal of the security property, except that an insured or guaranteed loan may be made on the basis of a valuation of the security property furnished to the <span class="dictionary">savings institution</span> by the insuring or guaranteeing agency. <a id="paragraph-1394722" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1180/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> At the time of origination, a real estate loan may not exceed 100 percent of the appraised fair market value of the security property. During the term of the loan, the loan-to-value ratio may increase above the maximum permissible percentage if the increase results from an adjustment authorized by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Adjustable real estate loans" href="/6.2-1182/">6.2-1182</a>. In the case of a <span class="dictionary">home loan</span> secured by borrower-occupied property, the loan balance may not exceed 125 percent of the original appraised value of the property during the term of the loan, unless the loan <span class="dictionary">contract</span> provides that the payment shall be adjusted at least once every five years, beginning no later than the 10th year of the loan, to a level sufficient to amortize the loan at the then-existing interest rate and loan balance for the remaining term of the loan. The 125 percent limitation shall not apply to that portion of a loan balance that is interest received in the form of a percentage of the appreciation in value of the security property. <a id="paragraph-1394723" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-1180/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 425, &#xA7; 6.1-194.63; 1991, c. 230, &#xA7; 6.1-194.151; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
