24 CFR § 207.257 - Commissioner's right to require acceleration.

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title: "24 CFR § 207.257 - Commissioner's right to require acceleration."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "207.257"
section_name: "Commissioner's right to require acceleration."
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: "207"
part_name: "MULTIFAMILY HOUSING MORTGAGE INSURANCE"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 1701z-11(e), 1709(c)(1), 1713, 1715(b), and 1735d; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 24537, Dec. 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
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# 207.257 Commissioner's right to require acceleration.

Upon receipt of notice of violation of a covenant, as provided for in § 207.256(b), or otherwise being apprised of the violation of a covenant, the Commissioner reserves the right to require the mortgagee to accelerate payment of the outstanding principal balance due in order to protect the interests of the Commissioner.

[76 FR 24371, May 2, 2011]