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

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 ...

USDA rural home loans (often called USDA Rural Development loans) remain fully available in 2025 for Maryland homebuyers. These mortgages offer 100% financing (no down payment) with competitive ...

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 that ...

The housing affordability crisis is sparing no one. But rural America is feeling particular strain. In rural America, prices continue to rise and incomes haven't kept up, according to a new report ...

The financing offered by the rural development loan program is so attractive that it accounts for about half of all home loans in the River Parishes A number of suburban New Orleans communities may be ...

Business people, software developers and marketing specialists are expected to be among the entrepreneurs who will attend the inaugural Startup Weekend Hartford on Sept. 23, 24 and 25 at the Hartford ...