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The Lifetime Rates field group, which appears on both the ARM Detail and Rate Caps & Negative Amortization tabs of the ARM Information screen contains lifetime rate information for the account. Place your cursor in any of the fields in this field group and press <F1> to view the help concerning that field.

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The fields in this field group are as follows:

Field

Description

Lifetime Maximum/Minimum Rate Cap

Mnemonic: LNAMHI, LNAMLO

These fields contain the lifetime minimum and maximum rates allowed on this loan. These are 7-digit fields that should be entered as rates, e.g., 7.00000.

Both the accrual rate and the payment rate use this field when calculating a new rate.

	Note: If the Start Rate Below the Minimum Rate field below has a checkmark and the last rate (rate with date farthest in the future) is below the rate in the Lifetime Minimum Rate Cap field, the system will allow the rate to remain below. See the Use Payment Cap field for more details.

Start Rate Below the Minimum Rate

Mnemonic: LNRSBM

This field is used in the calculation of the new accrual rate.

When this field is checked, as a new rate is calculated, if it is below the lifetime minimum rate, the newly calculated rate will be used. Once the new rate reaches the lifetime minimum, any future rate calculations will not allow the rate to go below the minimum rate.

Once the accrual rate becomes equal to or greater than the lifetime minimum, the Start Rate Below the Minimum Rate field automatically has the checkmark removed, and the rate is never allowed to go below the lifetime minimum again. (This is done with the payment.)

Example: The lifetime minimum rate on the loan is 8.000%. The original rate is 6.750%. Enter 8.000% in LNAMLO (lifetime minimum rate). Your original rate (LNAMOA) and accrual rate (LNAMRT) are 6.750% and the Start Rate Below the Minimum Rate field has a checkmark. As long as the accrual rate calculates less than 8.000%, it will remain below the lifetime minimum. Once the accrual rate becomes equal to or higher than 8.000%, any future rate changes will never be lower than 8.000%.

	Note: The same option/field is not available on the Loan Investor Fields screen. If you have an adjustable loan that is sold and use this field, the investor guaranteed rate will not go below the minimum.