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#2026-05387Tek Aile Konut Garantili Kredi Programı

🇺🇸United States··Final Rule·Medium Impact·Agriculture Department, Rural Housing Service·View source ↗

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The USDA is streamlining the rural home loan guarantee program by letting approved lenders use automated systems to underwrite and close loans. Delegated Lenders can now get loan guarantees after closing using automated underwriting, rather than waiting for manual government review. This affects rural homebuyers, mortgage lenders serving rural areas, and USDA Rural Development. Faster loan processing means quicker home purchases for families in rural communities — a meaningful improvement for an often slow process.

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Action

Final rule.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Delegated Lenders must use approved automated loan underwriting systems to underwrite single-family housing loans under the SFHGLP

Delegated Lenders participating in SFHGLP
operational
high

Delegated Lenders must use approved automated loan closing systems to close loans under the SFHGLP

Delegated Lenders participating in SFHGLP
operational
high

Delegated Lenders must obtain Loan Note Guarantees from RHS after loan closing (rather than before closing) when using automated underwriting and closing systems

Delegated Lenders participating in SFHGLP
operational
high

Rural Housing Service must approve the automated underwriting and closing systems used by Delegated Lenders before those systems can be used for loan processing

Rural Housing Service (USDA Rural Development)
operational
medium

Delegated Lenders must maintain eligibility status as 'Delegated Lenders' in the SFHGLP to exercise post-closing guarantee authority

Delegated Lenders participating in SFHGLP
licensing