24 CFR § 206.9 - Eligible mortgagees.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s206.9"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 206.9 - Eligible mortgagees."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "206.9"
section_name: "Eligible mortgagees."
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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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# 206.9 Eligible mortgagees.
(a) *Statutory requirements.* See sections (b)(2), (c), and 255(d)(1) of the NHA.
(b) *HUD approved mortgagees.* Any mortgagee authorized under paragraph (a) of this section and approved under part 202 of this chapter, except an investing mortgagee approved under § 202.9 of this chapter, is eligible to apply for insurance. A mortgagee approved under §§ 202.6, 202.7, 202.9 or 202.10 of this chapter may purchase, hold and sell mortgages insured under this part without additional approval.