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AI Summary of Article 402 Exposures arising from mortgage lending

This document outlines the provisions for calculating exposure values under Article 395, allowing institutions to reduce the value of secured exposures by up to 55% of property value, contingent upon certain conditions being met. For residential and commercial immovable properties, institutions may apply these reductions if risk weights set by competent authorities do not exceed specific thresholds, and if full security by mortgages or leasing arrangements is established.

Moreover, institutions may classify exposures from reverse repurchase agreements as individual exposures to third-party mortgagors, subject to the fulfilment of certain eligibility criteria, including adequate security and reporting obligations.

Version status: Amended | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 January 2025 - onwards
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Article 402 Exposures arising from mortgage lending

1.For the calculation of exposure values for the purposes of Article 395, institutions may, except where prohibited by applicable national law, reduce the value of an exposure or any part of an exposure that is secured by residential property in accordance with Article 125(1) by the pledged amount of the property value, but by not more than 55 % of the property value, provided that all of the following conditions are met:

(a)the competent authorities have not set a risk weight higher than 20 % for exposures or parts of exposures secured by residential property in accordance with Article 124(9);

(b) the exposure or part of the exposure is fully secured by any of the following:

(i) one or more mortgages on residential property; or

(ii) a residential property in a leasing transaction under which the lessor retains full ownership of the residential property and the lessee has not yet exercised his or her option to purchase;

(c) the requirements laid down in Article 208 and Article 229(1) are met.