Rates. The interest rate for Downpayment loans will be the regular direct FO rate minus 4 percent, but in no case less than 1.5 percent.
Terms. (1) The Agency schedules repayment of Downpayment loans in equal, annual installments over a term not to exceed 20 years.
The non-Agency financing must have an amortization period of at least 30 years and cannot have a balloon payment due within the first 20 years of the loan.