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For veterans seeking home loans, the coronavirus economy is making things harder
Be careful -- Interest rates on VA home loans may be ticking higher amid economic turmoil.
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Military Benefits
Your 2021 Guide to Military Benefits
Maximizing the options available to you is essential to making the most out of your military career.
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Your VA home loan benefit — the latest changes and tips to make the most of it
New rules make it easier to use VA home loans, but there are some increased fees.
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Veterans launch association, workshop to get more vets in newsrooms
Navy veteran Zack Baddorf and Marine Corps veteran Russell Midori have launched Military Veterans in Journalism, a professional association designed to help veterans transition into media careers that will provide veterans with a journalism workshop next year.
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VA refunds $400 million in mistaken home loan fees
The move comes after a months-long review of VA loan practices that found tens of thousands of errors.
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Making home ownership easier for war-wounded veterans
Advocates want to extend adaptive housing grants to make it easier for disabled veterans to buy a second home.
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Your 2019 guide to military pay and benefits
Maximizing the options available to you is essential to making the most out of your military career.
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Thousands of disabled veterans may get refunds of VA home loan fees
Disabled veterans were charged a funding fee for their VA home loan, when they should have been exempt.
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5 tips for troops and vets buying their first homes
VA loans offer generous terms to veterans that civilians can’t get.
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Using a VA loan? Here are 7 questions to ask your lender
A National Guard member in the loan business tells future VA loan users how to 'interview' their lender.
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Not just VA: 7 more states with veteran-friendly home-loan programs
Many programs designed for first-time home buyers are available to veterans regardless of property ownership history.
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Not just VA: 5 more state-run programs that help troops, veterans buy their new home
Need a little extra help to make the mortgage math work? A state-run program could be the solution.
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Former Minot judge advocate accused of attempted PCS scam
The former staff judge advocate at Minot Air Force Base faces an Article 32 hearing next month stemming from alleged fraudulent claims on damaged household items and lying to investigators.
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What troops can learn from this Marine veteran’s foreclosure fight
Know your financial protections, and don't wait to make a claim.
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Military contractors will get full housing stipend payouts in 2019, but not troops
While military families will see a dip in their housing funds, lawmakers will keep some contractors from absorbing the same financial hit.
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This move was a ‘living nightmare’ — and it’s just one example from a brutal PCS season for troops, families
Heirloom vases destroyed, dining room tables broken.... this is the PCS season.
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Battling bed bugs: Advice for military families on the move
How'd they get here? How do I get rid of them? Will I get sick? Get up to speed.
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