Thanks Shane! Great info! When I first posted this, most folks took it as a grain of salt by saying it will be at least a year. When I read the article, the change seemed imminent. I am so glad I have my FHA case# as well.
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But with USDA, don't you have to buy in a targeted ares?
yes more rural areas. All areas dont qualify so im def lookin in a rural area now 
That's pretty bad news. I was planning to go for an FHA mortgage in the next few months. I'm trying to get things together and get a property sold before applying for the new mortgage, but this really makes my timeline tight. Not to mention it's probably going to make things harder in terms of buying if people are trying to rush to get contracts signed and case numbers issued before June 3rd. 
True. I forgot that others will be rushing to do the same. If possible, try to get on Contract before school lets out as after that, there will be folks looking to buy before their children go back to school in the fall.
Colorado doesn't have any rural areas until we get far away from the city...like 100 miles out min. I'm glad you have a rural area to look for homes in! So you won't have to deal with this FHA nonesense.