The USDA Streamlined Refinance and Streamline-Assist programs require minimal documentation and no home appraisal. The ...

Combining a zero-down USDA loan with the popular barndominium home type could make your rural living dreams come true. But ...

Governors Kevin Stitt, R-Okla., and Jared Polis, D-Colo., join Morning Joe to discuss the National Governors Association ...

A gift letter for a mortgage verifies the source of a homebuyer’s gifted down payment funds. The gift letter proves that the funds are in fact a gift and don’t have to be repaid, and that the giver ...

Mortgage applications for newly built homes fell 6% year over year in January 2025 but were up 19% from December, according to the MBA.

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The best mortgage lenders with the best rates are typically ... which means you’ll pay more in interest over time. FHA and USDA loans are generally geared toward borrowers with lower incomes ...

WASHINGTON STATE - Probationary federal staff layoffs at the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced the appointment of Stephen Vaden as deputy secretary of USDA for his upcoming administration. Vaden, who served as general counsel for USDA during Trump’s ...

Thousands of federal government employees have been shown the door in the first month of President Donald Trump’s ...

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