The high cost of renting and buying homes in U.S. cities is no secret. But this affordability problem isn’t limited to urban regions – it affects rural areas as well. Rural areas, home to about 25% of ...

USDA Section 502 Direct Loan caps drop to 60% of local FHA limits, raising concerns about rural homeownership access in California.

More than 200 Cache County residents are now excluded from the benefits previously allowed to them by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Section 502 Direct Loan Program, as the ...

Day by day, nail by nail, Austin Reese is hammering away at what will soon be his new home in the high country. Reese, who works for the Colorado State Forest Service’s Granby office, bought the home ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The ongoing government shutdown is set to create growing delays for homebuyers relying on federal loan programs, with Rural Development loans being hit particularly hard.

With the credit markets still in a bind, previously overlooked government-loan programs are getting increasing attention in the local real estate and mortgage markets. The Federal Housing ...