Since more homeowners in rural regions are either at or near retirement age, there’s a greater chance they will stay in their ...

Representatives Bill Huizenga and Kristen McDonald Rivet have introduced the FARM Home Loans Act of 2025, which would expand ...

Rural areas of the U.S. that have long been viewed as a refuge for affordable homeownership are now grappling with rising prices, limited inventory and increasing competition — pressures once thought ...

The rule makes existing manufactured homes meeting specific criteria eligible for financing under the programs, according to an announcement issued by the RHS this week. The new rule also “reduces ...

Rural homebuyers need to earn $75,000 to afford the typical home, up from $36,000 before the pandemic. The median home sale price in rural areas is up 61% from before the pandemic, compared with a 49% ...

Home prices in rural America are rising faster than in suburban and urban areas, deepening the affordability crisis in America’s heartland. In rural counties across the U.S., the median sales price of ...

A family buys a home on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation with help from the USDA Rural Development office and the Akwesasne Housing Authority. (Photo courtesy of USDA.org) Rising costs, high interest ...

It is well known that housing costs have skyrocketed in suburban and urban areas across America since the turn of the century and especially in recent years, but it is less understood whether rural ...

In this April 5, 2010 photo, Lisa Kartek stands near an open field and looks toward the home she purchased in Annandale, Minnesota, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development ...

We’re once again taking the Marketplace “Economic Pulse,” views on the economy from a range of perspectives. This time it’s another check-in on housing, but specifically the affordability issue for ...