Bob Taylor Properties, Inc.
Telephone 323-257-1080
5526 N. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles,
California, 90042, USA
Email mail@bob-taylor.com
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VA (Veterans Administration) Loans
The Veterans Administration loan guarantee program was created in 1944 to assist service personnel returning home from World War II to obtain no-down payment home financing at reasonable interest rates. Since that time, any veteran who has served a minimum time in active duty in a regular component of the United States Armed Forced has become eligible for VA benefits for use toward the purchase of a home. Unmarried, surviving spouses of veterans who died as a result of service injured are also eligible for VA financing, as are spouses of MIAs or POWs on active duty, listed as missing for more than 90 days.
Like FHA, VA is not a direct lender. Va guarantees a certain portion of the loan amount to enable private lenders to make 100% loans with some protection against foreclosure loss.
There is no VA limit on the amount of the loan a veteran can obtain; this is determined by the lender. The VA does, however, set a limit on the amount of the loan that it will guarantee.
One funded, most FHA and VA loans are pooled into Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA, called "Ginnie Mae") mortgage backed securities and then sold into the secondary mortgage market with guarantees by GNMA which represent the full faith and credit of the Federal Government. Ginnie Mae is a division of HUD.