The USDA home loan application process can take a bit longer than usual. Here are the steps it takes, from beginning to end.

The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has formally petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture to scrap what it calls ...

(CNN) — Slower mortgage approvals, stalled rural home loans and a freeze on new flood insurance policies: The government shutdown, which began at midnight on October 1, could gum up some of the gears ...

Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley last week announced that USDA is providing $858 million in loans to upgrade rural electric systems in 17 states. The funding ...

Eric Bivens was in the process of closing on a rural loan for a home in Owasso when he learned of the looming deadline, which he's afraid he won't be able to meet. As a first-time homebuyer, Bivens ...

PIERRE, S.D. — Interest rates for the Rural Development Loan through the Governor’s Office of Economic Development for South Dakota have recently been lowered. The interest rate was lowered from 4.5% ...

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