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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 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 203 - Single Family Mortgage Insurance |
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Subpart A - Eligibility Requirements and Underwriting Procedures |
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Eligible Mortgages |
§ 203.22 - Payment of insurance premiums or charges; prepayment privilege.
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§ 203.22 Payment of insurance premiums or charges; prepayment privilege.
(a) Payment of periodic insurance premiums or charges. Except with respect to mortgages for which a one-time mortgage insurance premium is paid pursuant to § 203.280, the mortgage may provide for monthly payments by the mortgagor to the mortgagee of an amount equal to one-twelfth of the annual mortgage insurance premium payable by the mortgagee to the Commissioner. Such payments continue only so long as the contract of insurance shall remain in effect or for such shorter period as mortgage insurance premiums are payable by the mortgagee to the Commissioner.
(b) Prepayment privilege. The mortgage shall contain a provision permitting the mortgagor to prepay the mortgage in whole or in part at any time and in any amount. The mortgage shall not provide for the payment of any charge on account of such prepayment.
[36 FR 24508, Dec. 22, 1971, as amended at 37 FR 8661, Apr. 29, 1972; 48 FR 28804, June 23, 1983; 50 FR 25914, June 24, 1985; 61 FR 36263, July 9, 1996; 79 FR 50837, Aug. 26, 2014]