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Kentucky VA Refinance Guidelines


VA Loans Louisville Kentucky

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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) designed a mortgage loan specifically for veterans, active-duty service members and reservists to make it easier for them to buy a home. While some borrowers may be familiar with this loan, they may not know certain details.

VA home loans don’t have a limit, are only available through lenders, must be used for primary residences and eligible to surviving spouses, and require a Certificate of Eligibility.

Let’s take a closer look:

1. There isn’t a cap on the amount someone could borrow.

Unlike many other mortgage loans, VA loans don’t have a set cap on how much money a borrower could receive, according to the VA. This essentially means there isn’t a limit. However, the VA itself does, with it only assuming liability on a certain amount.

“The loan limits are the amount a qualified Veteran with full entitlement may…

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Kentucky VA loans skyrocket in popularity for first-time home buyers


VA Underwriting Changes

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VA Underwriting Changes

VA has just revised Chapter 4 – Credit Underwriting and Chapter 11 – Appraisal Requirements (now named Appraisal Reports) of their underwriting guidelines. These changes will take effect for all VA loans beginning May 23rd, 2019. Major changes are as follows, but the documents have been revised throughout so it is recommended that everyone review them HERE.
  • Borrowers using rental income from a non-subject property to qualify need to document a minimum 2 year rental history and 3 months reserves PITI for each rental property (excluding property being vacated and turned into a rental). When no mortgage exists on a rental property, 3 months reserves must still be provided that cover taxes, insurance, HOA dues, and any other fees documented for the property. These reserves cannot come from equity, gift funds, or…

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Kentucky VA loans skyrocket in popularity for first-time home buyers


Service members are far more likely to opt for a Department of Veterans Affairs mortgage than any other type of loan when buying their first home, a new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shows. Here’s a look at how much more popular Kentucky VA loans have become for service members in the last decade.

Source: Kentucky VA loans skyrocket in popularity for first-time homebuyers

 

This report uses the term “servicemember” as those who are training for, serving in, or have previously served in the uniformed services, as defined in 10 U.S.C. § 101(a)(5).
2 “[N]early 90% of VA-backed loans are made with no down payment.” U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (2018). Available at https://www.va.gov/housing-assistance/home-loans/.
3 These protections range from VA-provided loan counseling and assistance working with loan servicers, to VA’s authority to force a loan servicing transfer or servicing the loan in-house.
4 The funding fee ranges from 1.25 to 3.3 percent for home purchase loans, depending on veteran status, down-payment size, and first or subsequent use of VA loan benefits. The fee is waived for applicants with a service-connected disability. Other details on VA home loan benefits, costs, and eligibility requirements are available at https://www.va.gov/housing-assistance/home-loans/.
5 This report defines “first-time homebuyer” as individuals who open a new home loan anytime between 2006 and 2016, and do not have a prior home loan tradeline on their credit report as of the first quarter of 2006. This is stricter than the definition used by many first-time homebuyer assistance programs, which include anyone who has not owned a home in the previous three years.
6 These observations are based on Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data. “Data Point: 2017 Mortgage Market Activity and Trends”, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (HMDA Report, 2018), Figure 2. Available at https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/research-reports/cfpb-data-point-mortgage-market-activity-and-trends/.