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Increased Forty-Year Term for Loan Modifications

HUD · hud-fha · Published 2023-03-08 · Effective 2023-05-08 · 88 FR 14252

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Document number
2023-04284
Federal Register citation
88 FR 14252
CFR reference
24 CFR 203
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
hud-fha
Agency
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Publication date
2023-03-08
Effective date
2023-05-08
Docket
Docket No. FR-6263-F-02

Abstract

HUD's regulations allow mortgagees to modify a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insured mortgage by recasting the total unpaid loan for a term limited to 360 months to cure a borrower's default. This rule amends HUD's regulation to allow for mortgagees to recast the total unpaid loan for a new term limit of 480 months. Increasing the maximum term limit to 480 months will allow mortgagees to further reduce the borrower's monthly payment as the outstanding balance would be spread over a longer time frame, providing more borrowers with FHA- insured mortgages the ability to retain their homes after default. This change will also align FHA with modifications available to borrowers with mortgages backed by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), which both currently provide a 40-year loan modification option. This final rule adopts HUD's April 1, 2022, proposed rule without change.

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