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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 24 - Housing and Urban Development |
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Subtitle B - Regulations Relating to Housing and Urban Development |
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Chapter II - Office of Assistant Secretary for Housing - Federal Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development |
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SubChapter B - Mortgage and Loan Insurance Programs Under National Housing Act and Other Authorities |
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Part 206 - Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Insurance |
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Subpart C - Contract Rights and Obligations |
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Mortgage Insurance Premiums |
§ 206.107 - Mortgagee election of assignment or shared premium option.
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§ 206.107 Mortgagee election of assignment or shared premium option.
(a) Election of option. Before the mortgage is submitted for insurance endorsement, the mortgagee shall elect either the assignment option or the shared premium option.
(1) Under the assignment option, the mortgagee shall have the option of assigning the mortgage to the Secretary Commissioner if the mortgage outstanding loan balance is equal to or greater than 98 percent of the maximum claim amount, regardless of the deferral status, or the mortgagor borrower has requested a payment which exceeds the difference between the maximum claim amount and the mortgage outstanding loan balance and:
(i) The mortgagee is current in making the required payments under the mortgage to the mortgagorborrower;
(ii) The mortgagee is current in its payment of the MIP (and late charges and interest on the MIP, if any) to the SecretaryCommissioner;
(iv) The mortgagee has not informed the Secretary of an(iii) The mortgage is not due and payable under § 206.27(c)(1); and
, or, if due and payable under § 206.27(c)(1), its due and payable status has been deferred pursuant to a Deferral Period;
(iv) An event described in § 206.27(c)(2) has not occurred, or the Secretary Commissioner has been so informed but has denied approval for the mortgage to be due and payable. At the mortgagee's option, the mortgagee may forgo assignment of the mortgage and file a claim under any of the circumstances described in § 206.123(a)(23)-(5). ; and
(v) The mortgage is a first lien of record and title to the property securing the mortgage is good and marketable. The provisions of § 203.353 of this chapter206.136 pertaining to mortgagee certifications , § 203.387 of this chapter pertaining to title evidence, and § 203.389 of this chapter pertaining to waived title objections also apply.
(2) Under the shared premium option, the mortgagee may not assign a mortgage to the Secretary Commissioner unless the mortgagee fails to make payments and the Secretary Commissioner demands assignment (§ 206.123(a)(2)), but the mortgagee shall only be required to remit a reduced monthly MIP to the SecretaryCommissioner. The mortgagee shall collect from the mortgagor borrower the full amount of the monthly MIP provided in § 206.105(b) but shall retain a portion of the monthly MIP paid by the mortgagor borrower as compensation for the default risk assumed by the mortgagee. The portion of the MIP to be retained by a mortgagee shall be determined by the Secretary Commissioner as calculated in § 206.109. For a particular mortgage, the applicable portion shall be determined as of the date of the commitment. The mortgagee retains the right to file a claim under any of the circumstances described in § 206.123(a)(2)-(5).
(b) No election for shared appreciation. Shared appreciation mortgages shall be insured by the Secretary Commissioner only under the shared premium option.
[54 FR 24833, June 9, 1989, as amended at 60 FR 42761, Aug. 16, 1995]