Home Loan Guarantees

Home Loan Guarantees

You must have suitable credit, sufficient income, and a valid Certificate of Eligibility (COE) to be eligible for a VA-guaranteed home loan. The home must be for your own personal occupancy. The eligibility requirements to obtain a COE are listed below for spouses.

The spouse of a Veteran can also apply for home loan eligibility under one of the following conditions:

  • Unremarried spouse of a Veteran who died while in service or from a service-connected disability, or
  • Spouse of a Servicemember missing in action or a prisoner of war
  • Surviving spouse who remarries on or after attaining age 57, and on or after December 16, 2003
  • Surviving Spouses of certain totally disabled veterans whose disability may not have been the cause of death

(Note: a surviving spouse who remarried before December 16, 2003, and on or after attaining age 57, must have applied no later than December 15, 2004, to establish home loan eligibility. VA must deny applications from surviving spouses who remarried before December 6, 2003, that are received after December 15, 2004.)

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4 Comments
  • francheska
    Posted at 21:45h, 21 July Reply

    My mother is widowed. Dad served in the Navy for 30 years. She heard somewhere that there are no cost – no fee= loans for veterans. is this true? she wants to refi $317000.00 home –

  • Tom Giang
    Posted at 18:54h, 26 April Reply

    Question: What is the maximum Home Loan/maximum price one qualified person can get for a townhouse in San Josa, CA? Thanks

    • VA.org Editor
      Posted at 19:02h, 26 April Reply

      VA does not set a cap on how much you can borrow to finance your home. However, there are limits on the amount of liability VA can assume, which usually affects the amount of money an institution will lend you. The loan limits are the amount a qualified Veteran with full entitlement may be able to borrow without making a downpayment. These loan limits vary by county, since the value of a house depends in part on its location.

      The basic entitlement available to each eligible Veteran is $36,000. Lenders will generally loan up to 4 times a Veteran’s available entitlement without a down payment, provided the Veteran is income and credit qualified and the property appraises for the asking price.

      You can find the limit for your county here: https://www.fhfa.gov/DataTools/Downloads/Pages/Conforming-Loan-Limits.aspx

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