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  authority: USDA SFH Guaranteed Loan Program Technical Handbook HB-1-3555 ¶1.1 —
    Welcome To The Handbook
  description: USDA SFH Guaranteed Loan Program Technical Handbook HB-1-3555 ¶1.1
    — Welcome To The Handbook.
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  section: USDA SFH Guaranteed Loan Program Technical Handbook HB-1-3555 ¶1.1 — Welcome
    To The Handbook
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    authority: USDA SFH Guaranteed Loan Program Technical Handbook HB-1-3555 ¶1.1
      — Welcome To The Handbook
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    paragraph_quote: '1.1 WELCOME TO THE HANDBOOK This Handbook provides Agency staff
      and lenders participating in the Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program
      (SFHGLP) with the tools needed to originate, underwrite, and service guaranteed
      loans efficiently and effectively. Its goal is to help Agency staff and lenders
      administer the SFHGLP smoothly, while ensuring that the program’s basic legal
      and administrative requirements are met. The Handbook describes: x Loan origination,
      underwriting, servicing, and liquidation policies and procedures; x The role
      of the Agency and participating lenders in program administration; and x Practices
      that will help ensure efficient and effective program administration. The guidance
      provided by this Handbook is intended to be consistent with all applicable laws,
      Executive Orders, and departmental regulations, including other Agency regulations.
      Nothing contained in this Handbook should be construed to supersede, rescind,
      or otherwise amend such laws, Executive Orders, and regulations. SECTION 1:
      INTRODUCTION TO THE HANDBOOK'
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