HUD Issues Notice on Mortgage, Loan Insurance Programs Interest Rates

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development published the following notice in the Federal Register:

Mortgage and Loan Insurance Programs Under the National Housing Act-Debenture Interest Rates

A Notice by the Housing and Urban Development Department on 08/07/2015

Publication Date: Friday, August 07, 2015

Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development

Entry Type: Notice

Action: Notice.

Document Citation: 80 FR 47509

Page: 47509 -47510 (2 pages)

Agency/Docket Number: Docket No. FR-5847-N-02

Document Number: 2015-19391

Shorter URL: https://federalregister.gov/a/2015-19391

Action

Notice.

Summary

This notice announces changes in the interest rates to be paid on debentures issued with respect to a loan or mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration under the provisions of the National Housing Act (the Act). The interest rate for debentures issued under section 221(g)(4) of the Act during the 6-month period beginning July 1, 2015, is 21/8percent. The interest rate for debentures issued under any other provision of the Act is the rate in effect on the date that the commitment to insure the loan or mortgage was issued, or the date that the loan or mortgage was endorsed (or initially endorsed if there are two or more endorsements) for insurance, whichever rate is higher. The interest rate for debentures issued under these other provisions with respect to a loan or mortgage committed or endorsed during the 6-month period beginning July 1, 2015, is 27/8percent. However, as a result of an amendment to section 224 of the Act, if an insurance claim relating to a mortgage insured under sections 203 or 234 of the Act and endorsed for insurance after January 23, 2004, is paid in cash, the debenture interest rate for purposes of calculating a claim shall be the monthly average yield, for the month in which the default on the mortgage occurred, on United States Treasury Securities adjusted to a constant maturity of 10 years.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Yong Sun, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 5148, Washington, DC 20410-8000; telephone (202) 402-4778 (this is not a toll-free number). Individuals with speech or hearing impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339 FREE.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Section 224 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715o) provides that debentures issued under the Act with respect to an insured loan or mortgage (except for debentures issued pursuant to section 221(g)(4) of the Act) will bear interest at the rate in effect on the date the commitment to insure the loan or mortgage was issued, or the date the loan or mortgage was endorsed (or initially endorsed if there are two or more endorsements) for insurance, whichever rate is higher. This provision is implemented in HUD's regulations at 24 CFR 203.405, 203.479, 207.259(e)(6), and 220.830. These regulatory provisions state that the applicable rates of interest will be published twice each year as a notice in the Federal Register.

Section 224 further provides that the interest rate on these debentures will be set from time to time by the Secretary of HUD, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, in an amount not in excess of the annual interest rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to a statutory formula based on the average yield of all outstanding marketable Treasury obligations of maturities of 15 or more years.

The Secretary of the Treasury (1) has determined, in accordance with the provisions of section 224, that the statutory maximum interest rate for the period beginning July 1, 2015, is 27/8percent; and (2) has approved the establishment of the debenture interest rate by the Secretary of HUD at 27/8percent for the 6-month period beginning July 1, 2015. This interest rate will be the rate borne by debentures issued with respect to any insured loan or mortgage (except for debentures issued pursuant to section 221(g)(4)) with insurance commitment or endorsement date (as applicable) within the latter 6 months of 2015.

For convenience of reference, HUD is publishing the following chart of debenture interest rates applicable to mortgages committed or endorsed since January 1, 1980:

Effective interest rate ..... on or after ..... prior to

91/2 ..... Jan. 1, 1980 ..... July 1, 1980

97/8 ..... July 1, 1980 ..... Jan. 1, 1981

113/4 ..... Jan. 1, 1981 ..... July 1, 1981

127/8 ..... July 1, 1981 ..... Jan. 1, 1982

123/4 ..... Jan. 1, 1982 ..... Jan. 1, 1983

101/4 ..... Jan. 1, 1983 ..... July 1, 1983

103/8 ..... July 1, 1983 ..... Jan. 1, 1984

111/2 ..... Jan. 1, 1984 ..... July 1, 1984

133/8 ..... July 1, 1984 ..... Jan. 1, 1985

115/8 ..... Jan. 1, 1985 ..... July 1, 1985

111/8 ..... July 1, 1985 ..... Jan. 1, 1986

101/4 ..... Jan. 1, 1986 ..... July 1, 1986

81/4 ..... July 1, 1986 ..... Jan. 1. 1987

8 ..... Jan. 1, 1987 ..... July 1, 1987

9 ..... July 1, 1987 ..... Jan. 1, 1988

91/8 ..... Jan. 1, 1988 ..... July 1, 1988

93/8 ..... July 1, 1988 ..... Jan. 1, 1989

91/4 ..... Jan. 1, 1989 ..... July 1, 1989

9 ..... July 1, 1989 ..... Jan. 1, 1990

81/8 ..... Jan. 1, 1990 ..... July 1, 1990

9 ..... July 1, 1990 ..... Jan. 1, 1991

83/4 ..... Jan. 1, 1991 ..... July 1, 1991

81/2 ..... July 1, 1991 ..... Jan. 1, 1992

8 ..... Jan. 1, 1992 ..... July 1, 1992

8 ..... July 1, 1992 ..... Jan. 1, 1993

73/4 ..... Jan. 1, 1993 ..... July 1, 1993

7 ..... July 1, 1993 ..... Jan. 1, 1994

65/8 ..... Jan. 1, 1994 ..... July 1, 1994

73/4 ..... July 1, 1994 ..... Jan. 1, 1995

83/8 ..... Jan. 1, 1995 ..... July 1, 1995

71/4 ..... July 1, 1995 ..... Jan. 1, 1996

61/2 ..... Jan. 1, 1996 ..... July 1, 1996

71/4 ..... July 1, 1996 ..... Jan. 1, 1997

63/4 ..... Jan. 1, 1997 ..... July 1, 1997

71/8 ..... July 1, 1997 ..... Jan. 1, 1998

63/8 ..... Jan. 1, 1998 ..... July 1, 1998

61/8 ..... July 1, 1998 ..... Jan. 1, 1999

51/2 ..... Jan. 1, 1999 ..... July 1, 1999

61/8 ..... July 1, 1999 ..... Jan. 1, 2000

61/2 ..... Jan. 1, 2000 ..... July 1, 2000

61/2 ..... July 1, 2000 ..... Jan. 1, 2001

6 ..... Jan. 1, 2001 ..... July 1, 2001

57/8 ..... July 1, 2001 ..... Jan. 1, 2002

51/4 ..... Jan. 1, 2002 ..... July 1, 2002

53/4 ..... July 1, 2002 ..... Jan. 1, 2003

5 ..... Jan. 1, 2003 ..... July 1, 2003

41/2 ..... July 1, 2003 ..... Jan. 1, 2004

51/8 ..... Jan. 1, 2004 ..... July 1, 2004

51/2 ..... July 1, 2004 ..... Jan. 1, 2005

47/8 ..... Jan. 1, 2005 ..... July 1, 2005

41/2 ..... July 1, 2005 ..... Jan. 1, 2006

47/8 ..... Jan. 1, 2006 ..... July 1, 2006

53/8 ..... July 1, 2006 ..... Jan. 1, 2007

43/4 ..... Jan. 1, 2007 ..... July 1, 2007

5 ..... July 1, 2007 ..... Jan. 1, 2008

41/2 ..... Jan. 1, 2008 ..... July 1, 2008

45/8 ..... July 1, 2008 ..... Jan. 1, 2009

41/8 ..... Jan. 1, 2009 ..... July 1, 2009

41/8 ..... July 1, 2009 ..... Jan. 1, 2010

41/4 ..... Jan. 1, 2010 ..... July 1, 2010

41/8 ..... July 1, 2010 ..... Jan. 1, 2011

37/8 ..... Jan. 1, 2011 ..... July 1, 2011

41/8 ..... July 1, 2011 ..... Jan. 1, 2012

27/8 ..... Jan. 1, 2012 ..... July 1, 2012

23/4 ..... July 1, 2012 ..... Jan. 1, 2013

21/2 ..... Jan. 1, 2013 ..... July 1, 2013

27/8 ..... July 1, 2013 ..... Jan. 1, 2014

35/8 ..... Jan. 1, 2014 ..... July 1, 2014

31/4 ..... July 1, 2014 ..... Jan. 1, 2015

3 ..... Jan. 1, 2015 ..... July 1, 2015

27/8 ..... July 1, 2015 ..... Jan. 1, 2016

Section 215 of Division G, Title II of Public Law 108-199, enacted January 23, 2004 (HUD's 2004 Appropriations Act) amended section 224 of the Act, to change the debenture interest rate for purposes of calculating certain insurance claim payments made in cash. Therefore, for all claims paid in cash on mortgages insured under section 203 or 234 of the National Housing Act and endorsed for insurance after January 23, 2004, the debenture interest rate will be the monthly average yield, for the month in which the default on the mortgage occurred, on United States Treasury Securities adjusted to a constant maturity of 10 years, as found in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H- 15. The Federal Housing Administration has codified this provision in HUD regulations at 24 CFR 203.405(b) and 24 CFR 203.479(b).

Section 221(g)(4) of the Act provides that debentures issued pursuant to that paragraph (with respect to the assignment of an insured mortgage to the Secretary) will bear interest at the "going Federal rate" in effect at the time the debentures are issued. The term "going Federal rate" is defined to mean the interest rate that the Secretary of the Treasury determines, pursuant to a statutory formula based on the average yield on all outstanding marketable Treasury obligations of 8- to 12-year maturities, for the 6-month periods of January through June and July through December of each year. Section 221(g)(4) is implemented in the HUD regulations at 24 CFR 221.255 and 24 CFR 221.790.

The Secretary of the Treasury has determined that the interest rate to be borne by debentures issued pursuant to section 221(g)(4) during the 6-month period beginning July 1, 2015, is 21/8percent.

The subject matter of this notice falls within the categorical exemption from HUD's environmental clearance procedures set forth in 24 CFR 50.19(c)(6). For that reason, no environmental finding has been prepared for this notice.

Authority:

Sections 211, 221, 224, National Housing Act, 12 U.S.C. 1715b, 1715l, 1715o; Section 7(d), Department of HUD Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

Dated: July 23, 2015.

Edward L. Golding,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.

[FR Doc. 2015-19391 Filed 8-6-15; 8:45 am]

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