Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I bought my first house in 2006, using a VA loan, and then eventually refinanced. I'm lucky to be a homeowner, especially with a 2 ...

A VA loan is one of the most important benefits available to military members. Finding the right lender helps you make the ...

The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) is praising the U.S. House of Representatives for its bipartisan passage of H.R. 1815, the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, a measure aimed at ...

One of the best benefits that active duty and retired military service members receive is access to VA mortgages. The VA home loan program, which started in 1944, enables military personnel and their ...

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We are now witnessing an outcry from Democrats, loan servicers and the media over the prospect of Congress scaling back the Department of Veterans Affairs’s new mortgage bailout program, the Veterans ...

VA loans offer many benefits such as no down payment or mortgage insurance, easier qualifications and lower interest rates. However, they also have drawbacks such as a required funding fee, property ...

Veterans are taking advantage of the U.S. housing market tilting in buyers’ favor, new data from Redfin shows, with lower borrowing costs and more for-sale inventory leading to greater numbers ...

MBA and CHLA are urging Congress to reconsider proposed VA home loan fee increases in H.R. 6047. They warn that higher fees could limit affordable homeownership for veterans and military families. AI ...

Iraq war veteran Kevin Conlon is among tens of thousands of veterans left facing foreclosure because of a debacle in the VA home loan program. Kevin and Jenny Conlon live in upstate New York, not far ...

I bought my first house in 2006, using a VA loan, and then eventually refinanced. I'm lucky to be a homeowner, especially with a 2.6% interest rate. I also feel guilty that none of my siblings can ...