I. – A guaranteed loan within the meaning of article L. 513-3 may only be refinanced by senior resources up to the limit of the smallest of the following amounts:
1. The outstanding capital of the loan ;
2. The product of the financing ratio defined in II and the value of the asset financed or provided as collateral.
II. – The proportion referred to in 2 of I is equal to :
1.60% of the value of the property provided as collateral for mortgage loans where the property provided as collateral is a commercial property ;
2.80% of the value of the property financed in the case of guaranteed loans or of the property provided as collateral in the case of mortgage loans where the property financed or provided as collateral is a residential property. In the case of loans to finance the construction of housing or both the acquisition of building land and the construction of housing, with the exception of speculative property financing, the value of the residential property used is the sale price of the property in its state of completion;
3.100% of the value of the property provided as collateral, for the portion of loans covered by the guarantee fund for social home ownership mentioned in article L. 312-1 du code de la construction et de l’habitation or any person who replaces it.
For the purposes of 2, work to create or convert a habitable surface area, by extension or refurbishment, with a view to creating a dwelling, is deemed to be the construction of housing.