After his wife lost her job during the pandemic, his mortgage company offered him a forbearance. The VA had other loan modification options, but those essentially required a new mortgage with a ...

Sponsor Message The VA said it is encouraging all veterans who are struggling with their mortgage, whether they're in a loan modification already or not, to contact the VA at 1-877-827-3702 or ...

The COVID-19 Refund Modification can give borrowers up to a 20% reduction in their monthly mortgage payments. Like the Partial Claim Payment Program discussed above, the VA makes any overdue ...

Officials said Friday that the department will contact mortgage services to pause VA foreclosures and extend the COVID-19 Refund Modification program through May 31, 2024, to ensure that veterans ...

with a VA home loan. After his wife lost her job during the pandemic, Garcia took a forbearance and got stuck. ARNOLD: His mortgage company was telling him to pay up or take a loan modification at ...

Under the new COVID-19 Refund Modification, veterans could see a significant reduction in their monthly mortgage payments. London said, “VA will actually work with the mortgage servicer to ...

The VA home loan program — established in 1944 during ... special forbearances and traditional loan modifications,” he said. But Van Orden disagreed. “My focus is to ensure that veterans ...

Veterans Affairs officials are pushing mortgage companies to extend a moratorium on VA home loan foreclosures ... veterans can apply for loan modifications and alternative repayment plans through ...

(Staff Sgt. Teresa J. Cleveland/Air Force) When Bryan Bergjans and his wife bought their first house in the early 2000s, he didn’t use his VA home loan benefit, because he didn’t know about it.

Joseph Bui / Joseph Bui for NPR The VA had other loan modification options, but those essentially required a new mortgage with a new interest rate, and rates were rising sharply — from around 3% ...