Appraised values for self-help housing loans may: (1) exceed the maximum area loan limit, and (2) be used to establish the owner’s original equity. However, the Section 502 loan amount must be at or ...

John Butera, the Maine State Director of the USDA's Rural Development Program, congratulates new homeowner Samantha Drost in her front yard in Woodland Monday. Credit: Cameron Levasseur / The County ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Beaumont ISD has announced a comprehensive teacher incentive program aimed at recruiting and retaining educators across the district. District officials said the stipend program is ...

May 20, 2026 - WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Representatives Jim Costa (CA-21), Sarah McBride (DE-AL), and James Moylan (GU-AL) led a bipartisan letter urging U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins ...

Homes in north Modesto. The 502 mortgage rule change slashes area loan limits in California, undermining a key pathway to homeownership for low-income families in Stanislaus County. Andy Alfaro ...

Recent changes to an important federal program that enabled thousands of people to achieve homeownership have made the program inaccessible to most Californians. The 502 Direct mortgage program is ...

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In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird. Credit...Illustration by Pablo Delcan and Danielle Del Plato ...

Housing advocates say USDA handbook revisions to the Section 502 Direct Loan program lower the maximum loan amount to 60% of local FHA limits and remove exceptions. They warn the changes could reduce ...