USDA loans are mortgages backed or funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Also called USDA rural development loans or rural housing loans, USDA home loans feature low or no down payments and ...

BEMIDJI, Minn.—Kjell Thompson has long dreamed of owning her own home, but until recently she thought it out of her reach. Her life changed about a year and a half ago, when she bought a four-bedroom ...

USDA Section 502 loans are primarily used to help low-income individuals or households purchase homes in rural areas. Funds can be used to build, repair, renovate or relocate a home, or to purchase ...

The U.S. federal government has been shut down for nearly three weeks, and it's starting to cause problems in the housing ...

MOORHEAD - U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development State Director Brad Finstad has announced that funding is available for very low- and low-income individuals and families looking to ...

The USDA Rural Loan Pilot Program was launched on Feb. 1, 2012 to assist current USDA Guarantee Loan borrowers with refinancing their mortgage to obtain a lower interest rate with minimal requirements ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 6, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that projects in 17 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico will receive loan and grant assistance to create jobs ...

Some lenders have a workaround for the Federal Housing Administration's suspension of reverse mortgage endorsements but fewer ...

LINCOLN -USDA Rural Development has announced its Top 10 approved lenders in lending activity for its Guaranteed Rural Housing (GRH) loan program in Nebraska for Fiscal Year 2013. In Fiscal Year 2013, ...

Alabama has received a $40 million chunk of a USDA loan program designed to help build needed public facilities in impoverished rural areas, with an Atmore-based bank designated as the conduit.