---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 203.342"
title: "24"
number: "203.342"
heading: "Mortgage modification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/203.342"
---

# §203.342. Mortgage modification.


If a mortgage is recast pursuant to [§ 203.616](/cfr/24/203.616.md), the principal amount of the mortgage, as modified, shall be considered to be the “original principal balance of the mortgage” as that term is used in [§ 203.401](/cfr/24/203.401.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 60129, Nov. 6, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1707, 1709, 1710, 1715b, 1715z-16, 1715u, and 1715z-21; 15 U.S.C. 1639c; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 36 FR 24508, Dec. 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 60129, Nov. 6, 1997]