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AI Summary of Article 125 Exposures secured by mortgages on residential property

This summary outlines the risk weighting framework for exposures secured by residential property under Article 124. Specifically, exposures up to 55% of property value qualify for a 20% risk weight, with adjustments for junior liens and pari passu relationships. Where higher or lower risk weights are mandated by competent authorities under Article 124(9), institutions are obliged to comply accordingly.

Furthermore, institutions may apply alternative treatment for residential exposures based on specific loss rate thresholds, both within Member States and in third countries with equivalent regulatory frameworks. This flexibility enhances risk management while ensuring compliance with established regulatory standards.

Version status: Amended | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 January 2025 - onwards
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Article 125 Exposures secured by mortgages on residential property

1.For an exposure secured by residential property as referred to in Article 124(2), point (a)(i) or (ii), the part of the exposure up to 55 % of the property value shall be assigned a risk weight of 20 %.

Where an institution holds a junior lien and there are more senior liens not held by that institution, to determine the part of the institution's exposure that is eligible for the 20 % risk weight, the amount of 55 % of the property value shall be reduced by the amount of the more senior liens not held by the institution.

Where liens not held by the institution rank pari passu with the lien held by the institution, to determine the part of the institution's exposure that is eligible for the 20 % risk weight, the amount of 55 % of the property value, reduced by the amount of any more senior liens not held by the institution, shall be reduced by the product of:

(a) 55 % of the property value, reduced by the amount of more senior liens, if any, both held by the institution and held by other institutions; and