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COMMISSIONER GONZALES ANNOUNCES MAXIMUM EFFECTIVE RATE of INTEREST

August 4, 2026

Summary

Tennessee's Commissioner of Financial Institutions set the maximum effective rate of interest for home loans for August 2026 at 10.49% per annum, calculated as 4 percentage points above the FFIEC-published average prime offer rate (APOR) for a 30-year fixed loan. Lenders making Tennessee home loans must ensure rates do not exceed this cap and should consult counsel regarding possible preemption of state usury law by the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980.

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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 2025, Public Chapter 290, for the month of August 2026 is 10.49 percent per annum.

The maximum effective rate of interest per annum for home loans shall be set at an amount equal to four (4) percentage points above the average prime offer rate (APOR), as defined in 12 CFR 1026.35, that applies to a thirty-year fixed loan, as published by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), or its successor federal entity. For the most recent APOR statistical data available preceding the date of this announcement, the calculated rate is 6.49 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.

Alica Owen
Public Information Officer
Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions
(615) 289-4738

Source: https://www.tn.gov/tdfi/news/2026/8/4/commissioner-gonzales-announces-maximum-effective-rate-of-interest.html

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