24 CFR § 242.15 - Limitation on refinancing existing indebtedness.

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title: "24 CFR § 242.15 - Limitation on refinancing existing indebtedness."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "242.15"
section_name: "Limitation on refinancing existing indebtedness."
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: "242"
part_name: "MORTGAGE INSURANCE FOR HOSPITALS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 1709, 1710, 1715b, 1715n(f), and 1715u; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "72 FR 67546, Nov. 28, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "242"
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# 242.15 Limitation on refinancing existing indebtedness.

(a) Some existing capital debt may be refinanced with the proceeds of a section 242-insured loan; however, the hard costs of construction and equipment must represent at least 20 percent of the total mortgage amount.

(b) In the case of a loan insured under Section 242/223(f), there is no requirement for hard costs. However, if there are hard costs, such costs must total less than 20 percent of the total mortgage amount.

[78 FR 8341, Feb. 5, 2013]