Tag: VA Home Loans

With the number of VA loans increasing 50 percent last year due to more easily accessible financing options than through conventional programs,

VA Home Loan Centers (VAHLC) is a leading provider of VA loan support and real estate representation. VAHLC provides the following comprehensive service

  The Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs says the country remains on track to end homelessness among military veterans in 2015. He and...

  The time needed to process veterans’ disability claims shot up by nearly 40 percent last year despite years of effort by federal officials to...

  The 2013 National Defense Authorization Act recently hit an unexpected bump over an amendment on veterans’ gun rights in the U.S. Senate. Sen. Tom Coburn...

U.S. home resales unexpectedly rose in October, a sign that slow improvements in the country's labor market are helping the housing sector recovery gain...

Number of improving housing markets increases   The number of housing markets across the U.S. that are showing improvement increased 21 percent in November, the National...

An improving employment picture coupled with record low mortgage rates and fewer foreclosure sales are sending the California housing market into overdrive. Despite the tough economy in...

  Ray Alarcio has come out of the dark, both literally and figuratively. Before he entered treatment last year for his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and...

    Through a $36 million contract with HP Enterprise Services, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will be added to the group of federal agencies...

    The term Veterans Affairs Hospital is outdated, officials say. Recently, the push is to replace hospital with health care system — they are trying...

  As the election has ended and the campaign ads have dissolved off of the television, most people have gone back to their every day...

  Mr. Zamosky, a graduate of Hempfield Area High School, joined the Army National Guard at 17 and went on active duty with the Air...

Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center held a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday for two new veterans homes. The Green Homes are modeled after the Green House Project, a...

Since 1944, the VA Loan Guaranty program has helped eligible veterans, surviving spouses and active duty servicemembers both buy homes and refinance them with access to affordable home loan financing and low downpayment hurdles.

VA’s Home Loan Program Continues to Lead Mortgage Industry WASHINGTON – Today the Department of Veterans Affairs announced it has guaranteed 20 million home loans...

The Housing Market Index edged up 1 point to 41 in October, reaching the highest level for the index since June 2006, according to...

  JPMorgan Chase & Co. posted a record quarterly profit on Friday as falling interest rates and a recovering housing market brought big increases in...

  Two Republican legislators are calling for the chief of staff to Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to step down. Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), the ranking...

  Pending home sales have fallen after reaching a two-year peak, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The highest level of activity was seen...

  The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is responsible for guaranteeing home loans made by lenders to qualified veterans. While this lending option has been...

      Plans to build nearly 100 homes for veterans in Santa Clarita and Sylmar advanced this week as the California Department of Veterans Affairs said...

  The Veterans Affairs Department’s Chief Human Capital Officer John Sepulveda resigned Sunday in advance of an inspector general report on VA’s spending on human resources training...

The Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) issued a caution to veterans today in an effort to prevent them from paying for benefits assistance. According to the...

The VA Jumbo loan is a less frequently used hybrid version of a VA mortgage, however for Veteran home buyers who are purchasing a...

  Maybe sometime in 2014, according to the department’s estimates, or halfway through President Obama’s second term, if he is re-elected. For a president who...

  New Jersey’s U.S. senators today announced that the federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded Volunteers of America of Delaware Valley $1.2 million...

  The Federal Reserve's record-low interest rates have shrunk income for savers but cut costs for borrowers. Chairman Ben Bernanke is among the beneficiaries. Bernanke's latest...

  Veterans Affairs officials in Tennessee and other states are taking steps to stop the practice of charging veterans to assist them in obtaining certain...

  The 5 th annual National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic, taking place this week in San Diego, teaches Veterans with disabilities how to reengage in...

With the recent deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, many Veterans have done multiple tours over the past several years.  And that’s in addition to...

  Mortgage delinquencies fell for the second consecutive month in July and are down 11% for the last year, signaling a major improvement for the...

  A sharp drop in the inventory of discount priced foreclosures led to the biggest year over year increase in home prices in a year...

  Just nine weeks before the U.S presidential election, the Obama Administration has made a major push to refinance underwater mortgages. The bill promises lenders...

  Five states are leading the U.S. housing recovery with higher home sales and appreciation. Hard hit Arizona, which had the second highest number of Alt-A...

  The Department of Veterans Affairs will no longer cover the cost of service dogs assigned to people with mental disabilities such as post-traumatic stress...

Early estimates suggest thousands of military veterans who are currently attending colleges in Ohio will not receive the benefits they need to pay tuition,...

  Haircuts, flu shots, a free meal and bottomless cups of coffee were just a few of the many services offered to homeless vets Thursday...

  Veterans’ administrators in Florida are expanding their online services as a means to reach out to former active-duty military personnel residing in the Sunshine...

    A Houston attorney pleaded guilty to conspiring with his wife to steal $2.3 million from dozens of disabled veterans, for whom he served as...

Short sales are no better for a homeowner's credit than damage done as a result of a foreclosure, according to FICO officials.

  Mortgage borrowing rates resumed their drop after a month of solid increases, according to Freddie Mac. The fixed 30-year home loan averaged 3.59%, down from...