24 CFR § 203.40 - Location of property.

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title: "24 CFR § 203.40 - Location of property."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "203.40"
section_name: "Location of property."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING—FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MORTGAGE AND LOAN INSURANCE PROGRAMS UNDER NATIONAL HOUSING ACT AND OTHER AUTHORITIES"
part_number: "203"
part_name: "SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE INSURANCE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 1707, 1709, 1710, 1715b, 1715z-16, 1715u, and 1715z-21; 15 U.S.C. 1639c; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 24508, Dec. 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "203"
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# 203.40 Location of property.

The mortgaged property shall be located within the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. The mortgaged property, if otherwise acceptable to the Commissioner, may be located in any community where the housing standards meet the requirements of the Commissioner.

[49 FR 12697, Mar. 30, 1984, as amended at 61 FR 36264, July 9, 1996]