(1) "Borrower" means the person receiving cash advances pursuant to the terms of and obligated for repayment of a reverse mortgage. "Person" includes plural as well as singular.
(2) "Independent counseling" means counseling by a person unaffiliated with the lender, including but not limited to a housing counseling agency approved by the United States department of housing and urban development.
(3) "Lender" means a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union organized under the laws of the United States or the state of Colorado or a person who regularly makes loans or advances secured by interests in residential real property.
(4) "Reverse mortgage" means a written instrument evidencing or creating a nonrecourse loan secured by real property which:
(a) Provides cash advances, whether in the form of a lump sum, periodic payments, a line of credit, or other similar methods, or a combination thereof, to a borrower based on the equity in the borrower's owner-occupied principal residence, which periodic payments may be derived from an annuity purchased with such cash advances;
(b) Requires no partial or other payment of principal or interest until the entire loan becomes due and payable; and
(c) Is made by any lender as defined in subsection (3) of this section.
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