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 ...

When the USDA ran out of money for its Section 502 guaranteed Rural Housing product in April, the program effectively shut down. At that time it was up to the Congress to appropriate the $150 million ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

After further consideration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reversed itself and decided North Liberty residents will continue to be eligible for Rural Development home loans. Last week, the ...

People living in rural and suburban areas have an additional home-ownership resource available to them that they may not be aware of. This is the USDA mortgage program, which is a loan program offered ...

Among the many federal agencies with an “affordable housing” mission is the Agriculture Department’s Rural Housing Service (RHS). It was established in 1949 to provide housing assistance to poor ...

-- A U.S. Department of Agriculture loan program usually limited to rural areas is being offered to eligible individuals and families in Tuscaloosa, the city announced Thursday. USDA's Rural ...

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.