The USDA Streamlined-Assist refinance, step by step
USDA and consumer sources
Assist note
Assist Ready summarizes USDA Rural Development's guaranteed loan pages and HB-1-3555 handbook, the USDA eligibility site and CFPB guidance. It is not a government website.
Last reviewed against the primary sources listed below.
Updates
USDA updates its handbook; the date at the top shows our last comparison.
USDA and consumer sources
- USDA Rural Development: Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program
- USDA HB-1-3555 Guaranteed Loan Technical Handbook
- USDA Income and Property Eligibility site
- USDA Rural Development: State offices
- CFPB: Loan Estimate explainer
- CFPB: What is a Loan Estimate?
- CFPB: What is a Closing Disclosure?
- CFPB: What's the difference between a mortgage lender and a mortgage servicer?