24 CFR § 242.7 - Maximum mortgage amounts.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s242.7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 242.7 - Maximum mortgage amounts."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "242.7"
section_name: "Maximum mortgage amounts."
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"
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. 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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# 242.7 Maximum mortgage amounts.

The mortgage shall involve a principal obligation not in excess of 90 percent of HUD's estimate of the replacement cost of the hospital, including the equipment to be used in its operation when the proposed improvements are completed and the equipment is installed.