24 CFR § 206.34 - Limitation on number of mortgages.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s206.34"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 206.34 - Limitation on number of mortgages."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "206.34"
section_name: "Limitation on number of mortgages."
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: "206"
part_name: "HOME EQUITY CONVERSION MORTGAGE INSURANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 1715b, 1715z-20; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)"
regulatory_source: "82 FR 7117, Jan. 19, 2017, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "206"
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# 206.34 Limitation on number of mortgages.

(a) Once a borrower has obtained an insured mortgage under this part, the borrower is eligible to obtain future insured HECM loan financing if the existing HECM is satisfied prior to or at the closing of the new HECM, or the borrower provides legal documentation, in a manner acceptable to the Commissioner, evidencing release of the borrower's financial obligation to satisfy the existing HECM.

(b) Current HECM borrowers that plan to sell their existing residence and use the HECM for Purchase program to obtain a new principal residence must pay off the existing FHA-insured mortgage before the HECM for Purchase mortgage can be insured.