Many, if not most of my clients decide to use their VA benefit and go with a VA loan and for many reasons it's a great idea. Also many decide to do a 100% financing VA loan (no down payment) and I think that is a great idea too, but one that involves some risk.One of the biggest advantages of a VA loan is that you can still do 100% financing. With all of the recent problems is the mortgage industry, 100% financing which was readily available a few years (2 comments)
This article is part of "The Patrick AFB Online Relocation Package". You have decided to live off base. Now how are you going to finance that new home? A VA loan seems to be a logical choice... But not always. Here are some of the advantages of a VA Loan: No downpayment is requiredNo monthly mortgage insurance premium to payThere is a limitation on your closing costs30 year loans with a choice of payment plans- Traditional Fixed Payments- GPM (low initial payments slowly rising to a level payment in the sixth year)- GEM (slowly increasing payments, with the increase applied to principal - faster (3 comments)