Mortgages: Comparing a VA Home Loan with a Typical Home Loan

The VA home mortgage loan is very similar to aVeterans, during peacetime, who have served active
conventional home loan in the sense that it offersduty a minimum of 181 days
financing on the subject property. However, theReserve members who have served six years
notable difference is that no down payment isVeterans who receive a discharge under general
necessary, a funding fee subject to the loan amountconditions or above (not dishonorable).
and prepayment penalties do not exist.The advantage of not having to put down a typical
The Factors that Determine if You are Eligible for aconventional loan down payment of
VA Home Loan?ten-to-twenty-percent is a large advantage for most
It is available to:who choose the program. It permits buyers who are
Veterans, during a war, who have served active dutyfinancially capable of making the monthly loan
service a minimum of 90 dayspayments to finalize their dream of owning a home.