NASHVILLE--Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 8.00 percent per annum. The rate is based on a ceiling of 4 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 4.00 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on May 31, 2022.
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Read full storyTuesday, May 24, 2022 | 08:10am
NASHVILLE--Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 8.00 percent per annum. The rate is based on a ceiling of 4 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 4.00 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on May 23, 2022.
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Read full storyTuesday, May 17, 2022 | 08:18am
NASHVILLE--Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 8.00 percent per annum. The rate is based on a ceiling of 4 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 4.00 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on May 16, 2022.
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Read full storyTuesday, May 10, 2022 | 08:13am
NASHVILLE--Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 7.70 percent per annum. The rate is based on a ceiling of 4 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 3.70 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on May 9, 2022.
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Read full storyTuesday, May 03, 2022 | 11:25am
The Federal National Mortgage Association has discontinued its free market auction system for commitments to purchase conventional home mortgages. Therefore, the Commissioner of Financial Institutions hereby announces that the maximum effective rate of interest per annum for home loans as set by the General Assembly in 1987, Public Chapter 291, for the month of June, 2022 is 6.91 percent per annum. The rate as set by the said law is an amount equal to four percentage points above the index of market yields of long-term government bonds adjusted to a thirty (30) year maturity by the U. S. Department of the Treasury. For the most recent weekly average statistical data available preceding the date of this announcement, the calculated rate is 2.91 percent. Persons affected by the maximum effective rate of interest for home loans as set forth in this notice should consult legal counsel as to the effect of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-221 as amended by P.L. 96-399) and regulations pursuant to that Act promulgated by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. State usury laws as they relate to certain loans made after March 31, 1980, may be preempted by this Act.
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Read full storyTuesday, May 03, 2022 | 11:18am
NASHVILLE--Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 7.50 percent per annum. The rate is based on a ceiling of 4 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 3.50 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on May 2, 2022.
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Read full storyTuesday, April 26, 2022 | 11:43am
Nashville, TN------Commissioner of Financial Institutions Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 7.50 percent per annum. The rate is based on a ceiling of 4 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 3.50 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on April 25, 2022.
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Read full storyTuesday, April 19, 2022 | 08:57am
NASHVILLE--Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 7.50 percent per annum. The rate is based on a ceiling of 4 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 3.50 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on April 18, 2022.
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Read full storyWednesday, April 13, 2022 | 04:11pm
NASHVILLE--Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 7.50 percent per annum. The rate is based on a ceiling of 4 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 3.50 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on April 11, 2022.
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Read full storyTuesday, April 05, 2022 | 04:12pm
The Federal National Mortgage Association has discontinued its free market auction system for commitments to purchase conventional home mortgages. Therefore, the Commissioner of Financial Institutions hereby announces that the maximum effective rate of interest per annum for home loans as set by the General Assembly in 1987, Public Chapter 291, for the month of May, 2022 is 6.49 percent per annum. The rate as set by the said law is an amount equal to four percentage points above the index of market yields of long-term government bonds adjusted to a thirty (30) year maturity by the U. S. Department of the Treasury. For the most recent weekly average statistical data available preceding the date of this announcement, the calculated rate is 2.49percent. Persons affected by the maximum effective rate of interest for home loans as set forth in this notice should consult legal counsel as to the effect of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-221 as amended by P.L. 96-399) and regulations pursuant to that Act promulgated by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. State usury laws as they relate to certain loans made after March 31, 1980, may be preempted by this Act.
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Read full storyTuesday, April 05, 2022 | 04:09pm
NASHVILLE--Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 7.50 percent per annum. The rate is based on a ceiling of 4 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 3.50 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on April 4, 2022.
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Read full storyTuesday, March 29, 2022 | 08:04am
NASHVILLE--Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 7.50 percent per annum. The rate is based on a ceiling of 4 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 3.50 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on March 28, 2022. Commissioner Gonzales said the rate remains in effect until the average prime loan rate as announced by the Federal Reserve Bank changes. Chapter 464, Public Acts of 1983, the legislation regulating interest rates in Tennessee, requires that the commissioner of Financial Institutions make an announcement weekly of the formula rate of interest. Alica Owen Public Information Officer Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions (615) 289-4738
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Read full storyTuesday, March 22, 2022 | 08:09am
NASHVILLE--Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 7.35 percent per annum. The rate is based on a ceiling of 4 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 3.35 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on March 21, 2022.
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Read full storyTuesday, March 15, 2022 | 09:43am
NASHVILLE--Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales announced today that the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 7.25 percent per annum. The rate is based on a ceiling of 4 percent over the weekly average prime loan rate of 3.25 percent as published by the Federal Reserve on March 14, 2022.
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Read full storyThursday, March 10, 2022 | 10:25am
Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner Greg Gonzales visited Freed-Hardeman University, in Henderson, Tennessee, on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, where he spoke to the entire student body about how the financial department supports local communities.