Home Buying
VA Construction Loans Explained
How a VA construction loan works: Borrow and build exactly the home you want.
All branches of military service attract go-getters and build confidence, so it follows that servicemembers might not want to buy a home ready-made. Some would rather plan and orchestrate the building of their home from scratch. The Department of Veteran Affairs guarantees a loan for that.
VA construction loans involve much more paperwork than VA p...
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