Delaware Code Title 5. Banking § 932. Loans and securities insured by Federal Housing Administrator

(a) Banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations and insurance companies, subject to this Code and any other laws of this State, may make such loans and advances of credit and purchases of obligations representing loans and advances of credit as are eligible for insurance by the Federal Housing Administrator, and may obtain such insurance;  and may make such loans, secured by real property or leasehold, as the Federal Housing Administrator insures or makes a commitment to insure, and may obtain such insurance.

(b) Banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, insurance companies, trustees, guardians and other fiduciaries, may invest their funds and the moneys in their custody or possession, eligible for investment, in notes or bonds secured by mortgage or trust deed insured by the Federal Housing Administrator, provided such notes or bonds or the notes, bonds or debentures into which the same are convertible upon foreclosure of such mortgage or deed of trust shall be guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States government.

(c) The mortgages, debentures and other securities herein made eligible for investment may be used, wherever securities must be furnished by any depository in the State, as security for the deposit of any funds whatsoever, or wherever securities must be deposited with any official of the State pursuant to this Code and any other statute of this State.

(d) No law of this State requiring security upon which loans or investments may be made, or prescribing the nature, amount or form of such security, or prescribing or limiting interest rates upon loans or investments or limiting investments of capital or deposits, or prescribing or limiting the period for which loans or investments may be made, shall be deemed to apply to loans or investments made pursuant to this section.