VA home loans rebounded 26.8% in 2025, driven by Gen Z buyers and a surge in refinancing, reversing last year's decline.
Overall, VA purchase loans rose 8.5% year over year, to 323,835 from 298,327. This marks a strong turnaround from Fiscal 2024, when purchase volume fell more than 5% from Fiscal 2023.
There's good and bad news for home shoppers hoping for lower mortgage rates in 2026 — they're likely to fall more in the new ...
In a new study by Veterans United Home Loans, the VA loan program rebounded sharply in Fiscal Year 2025, reversing last ...
Because they're guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VA loans come with lower rates, flexible credit score requirements and no down payments or private mortgage insurance ...
Since this rate cut was no surprise, the markets have taken it in stride,” 43-year mortgage industry veteran Melissa Cohn ...
A congressional bill would raise VA compensation for survivors and severely injured veterans, but lawmakers are sparring over ...
The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance climbed to 6.42% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. Rates averaged 5.43% ...
The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance declined to 6.32% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The 15-year, fixed-rate refinance mortgage average rate is 5.37%. For 20-year mortgage ...
Falling interest rates have pushed servicer refinance retention to a 3.5-year high, per ICE Mortgage Technology's December ...