Wherever used in 38 U.S.C. 3712 or the §36.4200 series, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this section shall have the meaning herein stated.

Automatic lender. A lender that may process a loan or assumption without submitting the credit package to the Department of Veterans Affairs for underwriting review. Pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 3702(d) there are two categories of lenders who may process loans automatically: (1) Entities such as banks, savings and loan associations, and mortgage and loan companies that are subject to examinations by an agency of the United States or any State and (2) lenders approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to standards established by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3702(d))

Credit package. Any information, report of verifications used by a lender, holder or authorized servicing agent to determine the creditworthiness of an applicant for a Department of Veterans Affairs guaranteed loan or the assumer of such a loan.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3710 and 3714)

Date of first uncured default. The due date of the earliest payment not fully satisfied by the proper application or available credits or deposits.

Default. Failure of a borrower to comply with the terms of a loan agreement.

Guaranty. The obligation of the United States, assumed by virtue of 38 U.S.C. 3712, to repay a specified percentage of a loan upon default of the primary debtor, which guaranty payment shall be made after liquidation of the security for the loan and an accounting with the Secretary.

Holder. The lender or any subsequent assignee or transferee of the guaranteed obligation or the authorized servicing agent of the lender or of the assignee or transferee if the obligation has been assigned or transferred.

Indebtedness. The unpaid principal and interest plus any other amounts allowable under the terms of a loan including those authorized by statute and consistent with the §36.4200 series, which have been paid and debited to the loan account. Unpaid late charges may not be included in the indebtedness.

Lender. The payee or assignee or transferee of an obligation at the time it is guaranteed. This term also includes any sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation and the owners, officers, and employees of a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation engaged in the origination, procurement, transfer, servicing, or funding of a loan which is guaranteed by VA.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3704(d), 3712(g))

Lien. Any interest in, or power over, real or personal property, reserved by the vendor, or created by the parties or by operation of law, chiefly or solely for the purpose of assuring the payment of the purchase price, or a debt, and irrespective of the identity of the party in whom title to the property is vested, including but not limited to mortgages, deeds with a defeasance therein or collaterally, deeds of trust, security deeds, security instruments, mechanics' liens, lease-purchase contracts, conditional sales contracts, consignments.

Loan. Unpaid principal balance plus unpaid earned interest due under the terms of the obligation.

Lot. A parcel of land acceptable to the Secretary as a manufactured home site.

Manufactured home. A movable dwelling unit designed and constructed for year-round occupancy on land by a single family, which dwelling unit contains permanent eating, cooking, sleeping, and sanitary facilities. A double-wide manufactured home is a movable dwelling designed for occupancy by one family consisting of (1) two or more units intended to be joined together horizontally when located on a site, but capable of independent movement or (2) a unit having a section or sections which unfold along the entire length of the unit.

Manufacturer's invoice. A document, issued by a manufacturer and provided with a manufactured home to a retail dealer, acceptable in form and content to the Secretary which indicates the wholesale (base) price at the factory of the manufactured home model or series including any furnishings, equipment and accessories installed by the manufacturer, net of all rebates to the dealer. The following certification or a reasonable facsimile thereof, signed by an authorized representative of the manufacturer, must appear on the invoice:

“The undersigned certifies that the manufacturer's invoice price shown on this invoice reflects the dealer's cost at point of manufacture, exclusive of any and all freight or transportation charges, net of any and all discounts, bonuses, refunds, rebates (including volume rebates), prizes or anything of value which will inure to the benefit of the dealer at the time of purchase or at any future date.”

Necessary site preparation. Those improvements essential to render a manufactured home site acceptable to the Secretary including, but not limited to, the installation of utility connections, sanitary facilities and paving, and the construction of a suitable pad.

New manufactured home. A manufactured home which, at the time of purchase by the veteran-borrower, has not been previously occupied and was manufactured less than 1 year prior to the date of application to the Department of Veterans Affairs for loan guaranty.

(Authority: Sec. 406, Pub. L. 97-306)

Reasonable value means that figure which represents the amount a reputable and qualified appraiser, unaffected by personal interest, bias, or prejudice, would recommend to a prospective purchaser as a proper price or cost in the light of prevailing conditions.

Repossession—repossessed means recovery or acquisition of such physical control of property (pursuant to the provisions of the security instrument or as otherwise provided by law) as to make further legal or other action unnecessary in order to obtain actual possession of the property or to dispose of the same by sale or otherwise.

Resale means sale of the property by the holder to a third party for the purpose of liquidating the security for the loan after having acquired the property by repossession, public or private sale, or by any other means.

Secretary. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or any employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs authorized to act in the Secretary's stead.

Servicing agent. An agent designated by the loan holder as the entity to collect installments on the loan and/or perform other functions as necessary to protect the interests of the holder.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3714)

Used manufactured home. A manufactured home which has been previously occupied or which was manufactured more than 1 year prior to date of loan application.

Wholesale (base) price list. The price list(s) as periodically amended, published and distributed by a home manufacturer to all retail dealers in a given marketing area, quoting the actual wholesale (base) price at the factory for specific models or series of manufactured homes, itemized options, itemized furniture, and specialty items offered for sale to such dealers during a specified period of time. All such wholesale (base) prices shall exclude any costs of trade association fees or charges, discounts, refunds, rebates, prizes, loan discount points or other financing charges, or anything else of more than a nominal value of $10 which will inure to the benefit of a dealer and/or home purchaser at any date, as required to be disclosed in the manufacturer's invoice. Each price list and amendment shall be retained by the manufacturer for a minimum period of six years from the date of publication to be available to VA and other Federal agencies upon request.

[36 FR 1253, Jan. 27, 1971, as amended at 40 FR 13212, Mar. 25, 1975; 43 FR 37197, Aug. 22, 1978; 44 FR 22723, Apr. 17, 1979; 48 FR 40227, Sept. 6, 1983; 50 FR 13193, Apr. 3, 1985; 54 FR 34988, Aug. 23, 1989; 55 FR 37471, Sept. 12, 1990; 58 FR 29114, May 19, 1993; 58 FR 37858, July 14, 1993]