How many times can you use a VA loan?
2010 March 12
We are active military. We bought one house with a VA loan, sold it, and moved. Now we’ve bought another house with a VA loan. If we sell it and my husband gets out of the military, can we still use a VA loan again?
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VA home loans are a unique way of extending support to the US war veterans, who committed their lives in safeguarding the interests of the country. Therefore, understanding these loans is beneficial. VA housing loan program provides financial assistance to veterans so that they can purchase home at a favorable rate of interest and convenient loan terms. Loans provided by the VA are fixed<!–interest mortgage loan that do not require any down payment. These loans are provided to all eligible veterans, regardless of their age, color, race, sex, religion, familial status, nationality or handicap.
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No prepayment penalties and long amortization terms are another advantage of these loans. Houses provided under VA housing loan programs are duly inspected at the time of construction and require a warranty from the builder. The foremost step is to locate a suitable–>property in a safe locality. Next, the veteran has to go to a lender and apply for a home loan. VA guaranteed loans are provided by private lenders that include banks, mortgage companies and savings and loan associations. No prepayment penalties and long amortization terms are another advantage of these loans.
You can only get a new VA loan once the old one is paid off in full. You then have to get a new certificate of eligibility.
Request a certificate of eligibility. That’s the only way to know for sure- it will tell you if you can buy again using your VA eligibility. If not FHA is the next best thing.
yes
Not sure if there’s a limit or not but we were in the same situation. My husband (already retired when we met) got a VA loan while he was in. He got divorced and his ex got the house. We built a house 5 years ago together. His ex defaulted on the loan so we had to pay $4,000 to get that cleared up first before we could get our own VA loan. His ex defaulted over 10 years ago but we still got stuck paying it. That’s such a low amount I’m not really sure if those were fees or something else; seems too low to be the loan payoff, I never asked details. Calll your local VA or your bank, they should let you know if there’s a limit but I know for sure you can use it after he’s retired.