24 CFR § 232.840 - Date of default.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s232.840"
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title: "24 CFR § 232.840 - Date of default."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "232.840"
section_name: "Date of default."
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: "232"
part_name: "MORTGAGE INSURANCE FOR NURSING HOMES, INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES, BOARD AND CARE HOMES, AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 1715b, 1715w, 1735d, and 1735f-19; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 24618, Dec. 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "232"
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# 232.840 Date of default.

In computing loan insurance benefits, the date of default shall be considered as:

(a) The date of the lender's acceleration of the debt because of the borrower's uncorrected failure to perform a covenant or obligation under the note or security instrument; or

(b) The date of the first failure to make a monthly payment which subsequent payments by the borrower are insufficient to cover when applied to the overdue monthly payments in the order in which they become due.