38 CFR §36.4310 — Amortization
38 CFR §36.4310 imposes amortization requirements on VA-guaranteed and VA-insured loans.
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38 CFR §36.4310(a) — Amortization with approximately equal periodic payments
(a) All loans , the maturity date of which is beyond 5 years from date of loan or date of assumption by the veteran, shall be amortized. Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, the schedule of payments thereon shall be in accordance with any generally recognized plan of amortization requiring approximately equal periodic payments and shall require a principal reduction not less often than annually during the life of the loan . The final installment on any loan shall not be in excess of two times the average of the preceding installments, except that on a construction loan such installment may be for an amount not in excess of 5 percent of the original principal amount of the loan . The limitations imposed herein on the amount of the final installment shall not apply in the case of any loan extended pursuant to § 36.4315.
38 CFR §36.4310(c) — Loan repayable within property's estimated economic life
(c) Every guaranteed or insured loan shall be repayable within the estimated economic life of the property securing the loan .
38 CFR §36.4310(e) — Graduated payment mortgage loan eligibility terms
(e) A graduated payment mortgage loan , providing for deferrals of interest during the first 5 years of the loan and addition of the deferred amounts to principal shall be eligible, Provided:
38 CFR §36.4310(e) — Graduated payment mortgage loan eligibility terms — enumerated items (chapeau recall fix)
(1) The loan is for the purpose of acquiring a single-family dwelling unit, including a condominium unit or simultaneously acquiring and improving a previously occupied, existing single-family dwelling unit. (2) (i) For proposed construction or existing homes not previously occupied (new homes ), the maximum loan amount cannot exceed 97.5 percent of the lesser of the reasonable value of the property as of the time the loan is made or the purchase price . (ii) For previously occupied, existing homes the maximum loan amount must be computed to assure that the principal amount of the loan , including all interest scheduled to be deferred and added to the loan principal, will not exceed the purchase price or reasonable value of the property, whichever is less, as of the time the loan is made; (3) The increases in the monthly periodic payment amount occur annually on each of the first five annual anniversary dates of the first loan installment due date, at a rate of 7.5 percent over the preceding year's monthly payment amount; (4) Beginning with the payment due on the fifth annual anniversary date of the first loan installment due date, all remaining monthly periodic payments are approximately equal in amount and amortize the loan fully in accordance with the requirements of this section, and (5) The plan is otherwise acceptable to the Secretary . (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3703(d) ) [ 73 FR 6310 , Feb. 1, 2008. Redesignated at 75 FR 33705 , June 15, 2010, as amended at 75 FR 65238 , Oct. 22, 2010] CFR Toolbox Law about...