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A Closer Look at a Key VA Loan Benefit: Avoiding PMI

As we’ve mentioned countless times, the VA home loan program comes with a laundry list of benefits, from purchasing with no money down and caps on what borrowers can pay in closing costs to incredibly competitive interest rates even for those with lackluster credit. But there’s another big one that sometimes gets swallowed up in [...]

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Comparing VA Loans to Conventional, FHA and USDA Finance Options

For the vast majority of military borrowers, VA loans are the most powerful and cost-effective mortgage program on the market. These government-backed loans come with significant financial benefits that help veterans purchase with no money down and no out-of-pocket spending up front. But there are certainly times when a VA loan isn’t the best answer. For [...]

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How to Refinance a Conventional Mortgage into a VA Loan

It comes as a surprise to some, but one of the myriad benefits of VA loans is that qualified veterans with non-VA home mortgages can refinance into a VA loan and reap the program’s benefits. The VA Cash-Out refinance is the only way to make it happen.

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Chris Birk maintains the VA Loans Insider for Veterans United Home Loans, the nation's leading VA-approved lender. A recovering journalist, Chris writes about military home buying and the mortgage industry for a host of sites and publications, from Zillow's Mortgages Unzipped and About.com to the Huffington Post and Motley Fool. He is also the author of "The Book on VA Loans: An Essential Guide to Maximizing Your Home Loan Benefits."



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