VA home loans rebounded 26.8% in 2025, driven by Gen Z buyers and a surge in refinancing, reversing last year's decline.

Overall, VA purchase loans rose 8.5% year over year, to 323,835 from 298,327. This marks a strong turnaround from Fiscal 2024, when purchase volume fell more than 5% from Fiscal 2023.

Government refinance applications increased by 42% over the week, according to the MBA’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Feb. 28, 2025. This jump was mainly due to the dip in ...

On Wednesday, the Senate passed H.R. 1815, the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act. This authorizes a partial claim program within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)’s suite of loss-mitigation ...

Getting approved for a VA loan as a spouse of an active service member or veteran comes with specific requirements, and understanding the eligibility criteria is crucial to securing housing benefits.

Department of Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence celebrated the successful track record of the VA Home Loan program. In a speech Monday, he highlighted recent efforts to modernize and ...

If you are a member of the military or a veteran, you probably qualify for a VA loan — a mortgage with no down payment, no private mortgage insurance and lower-than-average rates. These mortgages are ...

Question: In a recent column, you said that, after the assumption of a home mortgage loan, the buyer is primarily liable for the home mortgage loan, but the seller remains secondarily liable. In light ...