The newest weekly mortgage applications survey data, released Wednesday by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) included the lowest mortgage rates in months, which created a stir in the number of ...

The combined cost of mortgages, taxes and insurance now takes up a larger share of household income than it has since the early 1980s, according to an affordability index from John Burns Research & ...

FHA loans are available to any borrower who meets the eligibility criteria, while VA loans are available only to active-duty military, veterans and their surviving spouses. You can get a VA loan with ...

One of the best benefits that active duty and retired military service members receive is access to VA mortgages. The VA home loan program, which started in 1944, enables military personnel and their ...

Jennifer Barnhill is a columnist for Military.com writing about military families. The VA loan is designed to help and protect service members as they buy a home. Don't have enough for a 20% down ...