24 CFR § 234.65 - Nature of title.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s234.65"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 234.65 - Nature of title."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "234.65"
section_name: "Nature of title."
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: "234"
part_name: "CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP 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 and 1715y; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 24628, Dec. 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "234"
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# 234.65 Nature of title.
A mortgage, to be eligible for insurance, shall be on a fee interest in, or on a leasehold interest in, a one-family unit in a project including an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities, and such restricted common areas and facilities as may be designated. To be eligible, a leasehold interest shall be under a lease for not less than 99 years which is renewable, or under a lease having a period of not less than 10 years to run beyond the maturity date of the mortgage.