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

A new Veterans United Home Loans analysis found that more than 58,000 VA loans went unused in 2024 — representing nearly $28 billion in potential mortgage volume. Despite the VA loan’s benefits, usage ...

A "For Sale" sign is posted in front of a home in San Marino, California, in 2023. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP) Veterans Affairs officials next month will end a 10-month-old mortgage rescue program for ...

Limited inventory and high interest rates dramatically cooled the housing market in 2022, with home sales falling nearly 18% from 2021, according to data from the National Association of Realtors. At ...

To get a VA home loan, you must be a service member, veteran or qualifying surviving spouse with a Certificate of Eligibility. VA home loans have no down payment requirements but only apply for ...

You can have multiple VA loans throughout your life, but only in certain situations, such as selling your current home and buying a new one or refinancing your existing VA loan. VA loan entitlement is ...

Rachel Witkowski is an award-winning journalist whose 20-year career spans a wide range of topics in finance, government regulation and congressional reporting. Ms. Witkowski has spent the last decade ...

In the U.S. housing market, competition for location, location, location has sent prices through the roof (not literally, but still: get an inspection). Buyers using VA home loans can feel good about ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced that it has guaranteed its 29 millionth home loan through its Home Loan Guaranty Program. According to the VA, it reached the milestone when a ...