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VA Home Loans - Veterans Benefits Administration Home

How to Apply

About Home Loans

VA helps Servicemembers, Veterans, and eligible surviving spouses become homeowners. As part of our mission to serve you, we provide a home loan guaranty benefit and other housing-related programs to help you buy, build, repair, retain, or adapt a home for your own personal occupancy.

VA Home Loans are provided by private lenders, such as banks and mortgage...

Purchase & Cash-Out Refinance Home Loans - Home Loans

Purchase & Cash-Out Refinance Home Loans

Home Loans

Purchase & Cash-Out Refinance Home Loans

With a Purchase Loan, VA can help you purchase a home at a competitive interest rate, and if you have found it difficult to find other financing.

VA's Cash-Out Refinance Loan is for homeowners who want to take cash out of your home equity to take care of concerns like paying off debt, funding school, or making home improvements. The Cash-Out Refinance Loan can also be used to refinance a non-VA loan into a VA loan. VA will guaranty loans up to 100% of the value of your...

Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan - Home Loans

Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan

Home Loans

Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan

The VA Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan (IRRRL) lowers your interest rate by refinancing your existing VA home loan. By obtaining a lower interest rate, your monthly mortgage payment should decrease. You can also refinance an adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) into a fixed rate mortgage.

IRRRL Facts

No...

Loan Fees - Home Loans - Veterans Benefits Administration

Loan Fees

VA Funding Fee

Generally, all Veterans using the VA Home Loan Guaranty benefit must pay a funding fee. This reduces the loan's cost to taxpayers considering that a VA loan requires no down payment and has no monthly mortgage insurance. The funding fee is a percentage of the loan amount which varies based on the type of loan and your military category, if you are a first-time or...

Targeted Short Videos - Home Loans

08/07/2013 Duration - 3:30

Audience: Veterans

Description: VA Provides grants to Veterans and Servicemembers with certain permanent and total service-connected disabilities to help purchase or construct an adapted home, or modify an existing home to accommodate a disability. Two grant programs exist: the Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) grant and the Special Housing Adaptation (SHA)...

Eligibility - Home Loans - Veterans Benefits Administration

Home Loans

Eligibility

VA home loans can be used to:

Buy a home, a...

Denver Regional Loan Center - Denver Regional Benefit Office

Denver Regional Loan Center

Our Services

The Denver Regional Loan Center (RLC) is one of eight VA regional loan centers (RLCs) administering VA's Home Loan Guaranty program, which helps Veterans obtain mortgage loans from private lenders by guaranteeing a portion of the loan against loss. In administering VA Home Loan Guaranty benefits, the RLC is the direct contact for the lending,...

Loan Limits - Home Loans - Veterans Benefits Administration

Home Loans

Loan Limits

VA does not set a cap on how much you can borrow to finance your home. However, there are limits on the amount of liability VA can assume, which usually affects the amount of money an institution will lend you. The loan limits are the amount a qualified Veteran with full entitlement may be able to borrow without making a downpayment. These loan limits vary by county, since the value of a house depends in part...

VA Home Loans - Veterans Benefits Administration

Home Loans

Certificate of Eligibility

After establishing that you are eligible , you will need a Certificate of Eligibility (COE). The COE verifies to the lender that you are eligible for a VA-backed loan. This page describes the evidence you submit to verify your eligibility for a VA home loan and how to submit the evidence and obtain a COE.

Evidence Needed

The evidence you need depends on the...

Construction and Valuation - Home Loans

Construction and Valuation

This page contains supplemental information and guidance from the Construction and Valuation Section (C&V) on VA Loan Guaranty Program property requirements and appraisal issues.

Lenders: Submit your question to a C&V representative at the VA Central Office. Please include in the subject line "General Question". Questions will generally be answered in 4 business...

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