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  • Six steps Veteran homeowners can take to avoid foreclosure on a VA Home Loan 

    Six steps Veteran homeowners can take to avoid foreclosure on a VA Home Loan 

    Financial hardship can put homeowners at risk of foreclosure. Here are six steps Veterans can take to avoid it.

  • National Financial Awareness Day: Preparing for homeownership with your VA home loan benefit 

    National Financial Awareness Day: Preparing for homeownership with your VA home loan benefit 

    As we approach National Financial Awareness Day, we want to remind you how important it is to prepare for homeownership!

  • VA home loan first-time homebuyer benefits

    VA home loan first-time homebuyer benefits

    New here? The VA-guaranteed home loan offers numerous benefits, and VA has an entire homebuying section and can walk Veterans through the process.

  • VA updates home loan appraisal requirements to help Veterans compete in today’s housing market 

    VA updates home loan appraisal requirements to help Veterans compete in today’s housing market 

    Updated home loan appraisal requirements reduce delays, cut outdated rules, and help Veteran homebuyers move faster in a competitive housing market.

  • You could be losing thousands of dollars on your home loan

    You could be losing thousands of dollars on your home loan

    Veterans and service members can use VA home loan services to potentially save hundreds of thousands of dollars.

  • Modernizing VA home loans

    Modernizing VA home loans

    VA is enhancing the VA Home Loan program with cutting-edge technologies, making it easier and more efficient for our Veterans to achieve the American Dream of homeownership.

  • Home loan borrowers can now deduct funding fees

    Home loan borrowers can now deduct funding fees

    Starting this year, Veterans and service members can deduct VA funding fees on their taxes when purchasing a home using the VA-guaranteed home loan.

  • Home loan offers that sound too good to be true

    Home loan offers that sound too good to be true

    Some VA home loan offers are too good to be true. Here are some red flags to watch out for.

  • Surviving spouses and VA home loans

    Surviving spouses and VA home loans

    Eligible surviving wives or husbands can apply for a VA-guaranteed home loan to purchase or refinance a home. Here's how.

  • VA Home Loan basics: An earned benefit with unique advantages

    VA Home Loan basics: An earned benefit with unique advantages

    Active homebuyers most often search for their new homes during the busy spring and summer months. Experienced Veteran homebuyers know they have a leg up on the process—their VA Home Loan Guaranty benefit. But what about those who've never used it?

  • What real estate industry changes mean for VA home loan borrowers

    What real estate industry changes mean for VA home loan borrowers

    Recently, one of the largest real estate professionals (REPs) trade organizations—the National Association of Realtors® (NAR)—has been in the news regarding a settlement concerning buyer-broker compensation. Effective Aug. 17, 2024, the the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) has reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit that resulted in changes to buyer broker fees in real estate transactions. Here's how that could affect Veterans and service members using VA's home loan benefits.

  • Celebrating 80 years of the VA home loan program

    Celebrating 80 years of the VA home loan program

    Over the past eight decades, VA’s Home Loan program has helped Veterans to secure more than 28 million home loans.

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Last updated August 12, 2026

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