{"id":3671,"date":"2017-01-07T01:09:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T06:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp2.fastforwardstories.com\/?p=3671"},"modified":"2017-01-07T01:09:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T06:09:04","slug":"what-are-va-home-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloud02.titletapsites.com\/inspiredca\/2017\/01\/07\/what-are-va-home-loans\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are VA Home Loans?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;position:absolute;top:0;width:100%;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_zci7xm20qs dnt=1 videoFoam=true\" style=\"height:100%;position:relative;width:100%\">\n<div class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:0;transition:opacity 200ms;width:100%;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/zci7xm20qs\/swatch\" style=\"filter:blur(5px);height:100%;object-fit:contain;width:100%;\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" onload=\"this.parentNode.style.opacity=1;\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\nWhat Are VA Loans?&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\n&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\nAs the video says, the name is misleading &#8211; they&#8217;re not loans FROM the VA.&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\n&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\nThe VA &#8211; short for &#8220;US Department of Veterans Affairs&#8221; &#8211; is the Federal military veteran benefit system.&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\n&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\nThe VA administers benefits and services for Servicemembers, Veterans their dependents and survivors.&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\n&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\nPrograms related to home loans are one of their key services.&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\n&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\nThe VA is not a bank; they do not provide home loans themselves.&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\n&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\nBut they do guarantee a portion of home loans provided to veterans and other eligible people by banks and mortgage companies.&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\n&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\nThese guarantees enable lenders to provide more favorable terms.&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\n&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\nThey are are commonly called &#8220;VA Loans&#8221;.&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\n&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\nThey cover buying, building, repairing, retaining and adapting homes for personal occupancy by eligible Veterans and survivors.&#xD;<br clear='none'\/>\n&#xD;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#xD; What Are VA Loans?&#xD; &#xD; As the video says, the name is misleading &#8211; they&#8217;re not loans FROM the VA.&#xD; &#xD; The VA &#8211; short for &#8220;US Department of Veterans Affairs&#8221; &#8211; is the Federal military veteran benefit system.&#xD; &#xD; The VA administers benefits and services for Servicemembers, Veterans their dependents and survivors.&#xD; &#xD;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[16],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloud02.titletapsites.com\/inspiredca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloud02.titletapsites.com\/inspiredca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloud02.titletapsites.com\/inspiredca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloud02.titletapsites.com\/inspiredca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloud02.titletapsites.com\/inspiredca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cloud02.titletapsites.com\/inspiredca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloud02.titletapsites.com\/inspiredca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloud02.titletapsites.com\/inspiredca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloud02.titletapsites.com\/inspiredca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}