Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 09, 2026

Title 24 - Housing and Urban Development last revised: Jan 07, 2026
§ 242.26 - Agreed interest rate.

(a) The mortgage shall bear interest at the rate or rates agreed upon by the mortgagee and the mortgagor.

(b) The amount of any increase approved by HUD in the mortgage amount between initial and final endorsement in excess of the amount that HUD had committed to insure at initial endorsement shall bear interest at the rate agreed upon by the mortgagee and the mortgagor.

source: 72 FR 67546, Nov. 28, 2007, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 24 CFR 242.26