USA Mortgage/DAS Acquisition Co. is again the leading government-backed rural housing lender in Missouri, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Guaranteed Rural Housing Program. Based in Creve Coeur, an area west of St. Louis, USA Mortgage claimed the top rank for the fifth consecutive year by closing 463 USDA-backed home loans valued at $57.8 million, between October 2014 and September 2015. In FY 2015, 5,019 Missouri families purchased homes through the USDA Section 502 single-family guaranteed housing program. USA Mortgage has topped the $1 billion mark in home-loan volume annually since 2009 and has been ranked the largest home lender in metropolitan St. Louis since 2012. USA Mortgage’s capability to handle all aspects of the home-loan process, from origination through closing and funding, makes it an ideal destination for ...