Honchariw

Filed 12/31/

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

NICHOLAS HONCHARIW et al., B337927

Plaintiffs and Appellants, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 21STCV25191) v.

PMF CA REIT, LLC, et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Bruce G. Iwasaki, Judge. Affirmed in part and reversed in part. Nicholas Honchariw, in pro. per., for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

 Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rules 8.1100 and 8.1110, this opinion is certified for publication with the exception of plaintiffs’ cross-appeal. Finlayson Toffer Roosevelt & Lilly and Matthew E. Lilly, for Defendants and Appellants.

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These appeals arise out of a $6.2 million mortgage loan made by hard money lender PMF CA REIT, LLC and its affiliated companies (collectively, lenders) to Nicholas and Sharon Honchariw (collectively, plaintiffs).1 When plaintiffs missed a payment due under the loan, lenders imposed a default interest rate on the loan balance, which increased the interest rate from 8.99 percent to…