Posts Tagged ‘lane county’
USDA Running out of money shortly
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that program funding for the Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program will likely be exhausted by April. This will have major effect on all Lane County Rural applications. The USDA normally runs out of money near the start of their new fiscal year and have issued Conditional Commitments on loans approved prior to more funding being received. Read More
USDA Rural Guaranteed Home Loan Refinance Changes
Up until recently, USDA allowed a streamline refinance on Oregon USDA loans for a simple interest rate reduction. That changed in January and refinance of a USDA loan to a new USDA loan in Oregon now requires a complete application, including appraisal to refinance the balance to a lower interest rate. This change will make it more difficult for those owing more than the property value to take advantage of today’s interest rates. Read More
USDA Closing Cost Question
I am going to be answering some questions that are coming up on My FHA Mortgage Blog over the next few weeks either here or on one of my other two blog sites, FHA Loans and Eugeneloanguy. I am hoping that by answering questions posed by the public we can get better information out there than what we have been seeing on the internet. There are a lot of myths and fallacies on the internet, just take a look at this post to see what I am talking about. This particular question has to do with closing costs and a USDA loan. I hope this series helps. Read More
USDA Loans Taking Longer – Review Process
Our USDA Guaranteed Home Loans are underwritten by our in-house underwriting staff, but after it is approved through our staff underwriters, the loan then must be forwarded to USDA for their approval of the loan, since they are the ones guaranteeing the loan. This is similar to what happens when a mortgage insurance company requires loans to be submitted to and approved by them prior to insuring the loan. Read More





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