Bottom line: Real estate secured an important victory getting direct endorsement for federally
backed rural housing loans enacted into law, but the change will likely be several years in the making.
But the law also contained a provision — that would greatly speed up how long it takes to get federally
backed rural housing loans approved.
And, VA loans from the Department of Veterans Affairs and USDA -
backed Rural Housing Loans both allow no money down.
Not exact matches
USDA home
loans are
loans backed the U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of the USDA
Rural Development Guaranteed
Housing Loan program, which is also known as Section 502.
USDA home
loans are
loans backed the U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of the USDA
Rural Development Guaranteed
Housing Loan program, which is also known as Section 502.
For USDA -
backed loans, the
house must be in a
rural location to qualify for a
loan.
USDA
loans are
backed through the
Rural Housing Division of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and are available to eligible primary home buyers with low to moderate incomes or have limited down payment funds available.
Although
Rural Housing loans are
backed by the government, their rates are not set by the USDA.
The bank's government -
backed lending, which is mostly FHA but also includes VA and
Rural Housing Services
loans, accounted for about 26 percent of its lending for the first nine months of 2013, Goyda said.
Any
loan backed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the FHA, the VA, or the
Rural Housing Services is a federally related mortgage.
The Department of Agriculture reassessed its
rural housing definition for its assistance programs, including federally backed loans from the Rural Housing Ser
rural housing definition for its assistance programs, including federally backed loans from the Rural Housing S
housing definition for its assistance programs, including federally
backed loans from the
Rural Housing Ser
Rural Housing S
Housing Service.
Federally
backed home
loans from the
Rural Housing Service have been called one of the the government's best kept secrets because buyers can get safe, affordable mortgage financing in areas where few other
loan options are available.