Can investors assume or take over underlying financing on the purchase of a property, if the underlying financing is a VA loan?
Title 38 USC Chapter 37 – VA Loan, loan will not be called
due if sale and paperwork done properly; and will not mess up the ability to
get new VA loan
Must use a “mirror wrap”
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(e) Any housing loan which is financed through
the assistance of this chapter and to which section 3714 of this chapter applies shall include a provision that the loan
is immediately due and payable upon transfer of the property securing such loan
to any transferee unless the acceptability of the assumption of the loan is
established pursuant to such section 3714.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, if a veteran
or any other person disposes of residential property securing a loan
guaranteed, insured, or made under this chapter and the veteran or other person
notifies the holder of the loan in writing before the property is disposed of,
the veteran or other person, as the case may be, shall be relieved of all
further liability to the Secretary with respect to the loan (including
liability for any loss resulting from any default of the purchaser or any
subsequent owner of the property) and the application for assumption shall be
approved if the holder determines that—
(i) is obligated by contract to purchase such property and to assume
full liability for the repayment of the balance of the loan remaining unpaid
and has assumed by contract all of the obligations of the veteran under the
terms of the instruments creating and securing the loan; and
(ii) qualifies from a credit standpoint, to the same extent as if the
purchaser were a veteran eligible under section 3710 of this title, for a guaranteed or insured or direct loan in an
amount equal to the unpaid balance of the obligation for which the purchaser is
to assume liability.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), paragraph (3), and paragraph
(4)(C)(ii) of this subsection, the Secretary shall be considered to be the
holder of the loan if the actual holder is not an approved lender described in
section 3702.
(3) If the holder of the loan determines that the loan is not current
or that the purchaser of the property does not meet the requirements of
paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection, the holder shall—
(A) Upon the appeal of the transferor after a determination described
in paragraph (3) is made, the Secretary shall, in a timely manner, review and
make a determination (or a redetermination in any case in which the Secretary
made the determination described in such paragraph) with respect to whether the
loan is current and whether the purchaser of the property meets the
requirements of paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection. The Secretary shall
transmit, in writing, a notice of the nature of such determination to the
transferor and the holder and shall inform them of the action that shall or may
be taken under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph as a result of the
determination of the Secretary.
(i) If the Secretary determines under subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph that the loan is current and that the purchaser meets the
requirements of paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection, the holder shall approve
the assumption of the loan, and the transferor shall be relieved of all
liability to the Secretary with respect to such loan.
(ii) If the Secretary determines under subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph that the purchaser does not meet the requirements of paragraph (1)(B)
of this subsection, the Secretary may direct the holder to approve the
assumption of the loan if—
(I) the Secretary determines that the transferor of the property is
unable to make payments on the loan and has made reasonable efforts to find a
buyer who meets the requirements of paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection and
that, as a result, the proposed transfer is in the best interests of the
Department and the transferor;
(II) the transferor has requested, within 15 days after receiving the
notice referred to in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, that the Secretary
approve the assumption; and
(III) the transferor will, upon assumption of the loan by the purchaser,
be secondarily liable on the loan.
(i) the loan is not approved for assumption under subparagraph (B) of
this paragraph or paragraph (1) of this subsection; or
(ii) no appeal is made by the transferor under subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph within 30 days after the holder informs the transferor of its
determination under paragraph (3) of this subsection,
the holder may demand immediate, full payment of the principal,
and all interest earned thereon, of such loan if the transferor disposes of the
property.
(b) If a person disposes of residential property described in
subsection (a)(1) of this section and the person fails to notify the holder of
the loan before the property is disposed of, the holder, upon learning of such
action by the person, may demand immediate and full payment of the principal,
interest, and all other amounts owing under the terms of the loan.
(1) In any case in which the holder of a loan described in subsection
(a)(1) of this section has knowledge of a person’s disposing of residential
property securing the loan, the holder shall notify the Secretary of such
action.
(2) If the holder fails to notify the Secretary in such a case, the
holder shall be liable to the Secretary for any damage sustained by the
Secretary as a result of the holder’s failure, as determined at the time the
Secretary is required to make payments in accordance with any insurance or
guaranty provided by the Secretary with respect to the loan concerned.
(d) With respect to a loan guaranteed, insured, or made under this
chapter, the Secretary shall provide, by regulation, that at least one
instrument evidencing either the loan or the mortgage or deed of trust
therefor, shall conspicuously contain, in such form as the Secretary shall
specify, a notice in substantially the following form: “This loan is not
assumable without the approval of the Department of Veterans Affairs or its
authorized agent”.
(e) The Secretary shall establish in regulations a reasonable amount
as the maximum amount that a lender may charge for processing an application
for a creditworthiness determination and assumption of a loan pursuant to this
section. Such regulations shall establish requirements for the timely
processing of applications for acceptance of assumptions.
(A) in the case of loans other than loans to finance the purchase of
real property described in section 3733 (a)(1) of this title, only to loans for which commitments are made on or
after March 1, 1988; and
(B) in the case of loans to finance the purchase of such property,
only to loans which are closed after January 1, 1989.
These notes were taken from a John Burley seminar in January 2009. More from my lenders in tomorrow's blog.
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