Tuesday, March 19, 2024 

VA LOANS

The VA mortgage loan is a great benefit for that our soldiers can use when buying or refinancing a home. Now even active duty personnel can qualify. If you are a Disabled Veteran, you may qualify for additional benefits on a VA home mortgage loan. The VA Home Mortgage Program does not limit the number of times a veteran may use the program.

The VA mortgage loans extend to not only the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines but also to Reservists and National Guards.

The Veterans Benefit Act, signed recently increased the VA home loan limit to $510,400 for a mortgage with no money down. It increased the eligibility to Veterans, for active duty personnel and increased the benefits to Disabled Veterans.


Some of the benefits of the VA Mortgage Loan Program are:

• VA provides a home loan guarantee benefit with no money down up to $510,400
• No monthly Home Owner’s Insurance is required
• Many VA Mortgage Loans are assumable
• It is easier to qualify for a VA Home Loan than a conventional loan
• VA Mortgage Loans can be refinanced

No Money Down Up to $510,400

You do not have to put any money down to qualify for a VA Home Mortgage Loan for up to $510,400. If the seller agrees to pay the closing costs, you may be able to purchase the home with no out of pocket cost. The loan and sales contract can be set up so that the VA Home Mortgage Loan covers 100% of the selling price and the seller covers the closing cost.

The VA Funding Fee

The Veterans Administration assesses a Funding Fee to all VA home loans between 1.40% and 3.60% of the home loan amount. The fee is added into the amount of the mortgage to be paid over the life of your VA home mortgage loan. The VA Funding Fee replaces the much higher priced Mortgage Insurance required when you get a conventional home loan. If you are a Disabled Veteran, you may qualify to get the fee waived completely.

Assumable VA Mortgage Loans

VA loans are also assumable. If the person assuming the mortgage is a veteran with VA eligibility, the original veteran will not be giving up the amount of eligibility that they used to get the loan at the beginning. Veterans should use great care and closely investigate the terms of an assumption before allowing someone to assume their mortgage. It is too great a benefit to give up.

Qualifying for a VA Mortgage Loan

The VA offers excellent qualifying standards. The VA does not use credit scoring in their analysis of the loan. Even if you have experienced some financial difficulties in your life that caused your scores to be low but have maintained a good payment record over the past year or so, you may qualify for a VA mortgage loan. This can be a tremendous savings compared to the cost of conventional loans when the borrower's credit scores are low.

VA Mortgage Loans may be refinanced

VA mortgage loans have built in features allowing a home loan to be refinanced to a lower interest rate without all of the criteria normally associated with a conventional loan. This is called an Interest Rate Reduction Loan; the veteran can secure a lower interest rate without any credit checks, appraisal, and income or asset verification and can roll the costs of the transaction into the mortgage so there are no out of pocket costs.

 
 
 

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