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    For veterans seeking home loans, the coronavirus economy is making things harder

    Be careful -- Interest rates on VA home loans may be ticking higher amid economic turmoil.

    Patrick Boyaggi
    April 28, 2020
  • Your 2020 Guide to Military Benefits

    Maximizing the options available to you is essential to making the most out of your military career.

    Military Times staff
    April 13, 2020
  • A home is advertised for sale in Hampton Roads, Va. (Staff Sgt. Teresa J. Cleveland/Air Force)
    Your VA home loan benefit — the latest changes and tips to make the most of it

    New rules make it easier to use VA home loans, but there are some increased fees.

    Karen Jowers
    February 27, 2020
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  • Lt. Cmdr. Beth Teach greets her family on the pier after the return of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt. (MC3 Andrew Langholf/Navy)
    Your 2019 guide to military pay and benefits

    Maximizing the options available to you is essential to making the most out of your military career.

    Military Times staff
    June 9, 2019
  • More than 53,000 disabled veterans may be owed refunds totaling about $189 million in home loan fees they were incorrectly charged by the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to estimates from the VA Inspector General (Andy Dean)
    Thousands of disabled veterans may get refunds of VA home loan fees

    Disabled veterans were charged a funding fee for their VA home loan, when they should have been exempt.

    Karen Jowers
    June 7, 2019
  • (Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo)
    5 tips for troops and vets buying their first homes

    VA loans offer generous terms to veterans that civilians can’t get.

    Joshua Axelrod
    March 14, 2019
  • The Weir family, Vennita, left, Athena, center, and Bill take a photograph, at their home on Wednesday, September 27, 2018, in Albuquerque, N.M. Military families are complaining that this year’s base transfers are the worst in memory as movers are destroying, damaging, losing and stealing their household goods. (Vennita Weir via AP)
    Military families angry about damage, thefts during moves

    Moving is nothing new for Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Bill Weir's family, but their latest transfer was the bumpiest yet.

    Terry Spencer, The Associated Press
    October 7, 2018
  • Ready to buy a home with a VA-backed loan? Don't just go with the first lender you find. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)
    Using a VA loan? Here are 7 questions to ask your lender

    A National Guard member in the loan business tells future VA loan users how to 'interview' their lender.

    David Piatek
    September 13, 2018
  • Does your state offer reduced-rate home loans or other benefits to current or former service members? (Matt Rourke/AP)
    Not just VA: 7 more states with veteran-friendly home-loan programs

    Many programs designed for first-time home buyers are available to veterans regardless of property ownership history.

    Kevin Lilley
    August 21, 2018
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