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What You Should Expect Out Of Adjustable VA Loan Rates

By Josephine Q. Michael

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Published: 15Mar2012
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Millions of veterans of the armed forces, along with other military personnel, are eligible to take out home loans that include the Department of Veteran Affairs' special adjustable VA loan rates. When most civilian homeowners hear the word 'adjustable' in regards to the interest on their mortgage, they tend to get a little nervous. However, the home loans that are provided under the VA program's special terms include a different 'adjustable' rate than what those homeowners are familiar with, one that veterans should actually be pretty excited about.

The main concern for a normal adjustable rate has always been the fact that they can adjust by an undetermined amount an undetermined number of times, making it impossible for the homeowner to know what their rate will be throughout the life of their mortgage. This is not how adjustable VA interest rates work at all, because there are special regulations that are put in place by the Department of Veteran Affairs to make sure that the adjustments are kept to a minimum from start to finish.

The first of these regulations is the fact that the rate is not allowed to be altered by more than one percent in any direction, whether it is being raised or it is being lowered. Furthermore, the lender is only allowed to make a single adjustment each year, which means that the rate can only go up or down by one percent every year.

Now, you could be assuming that this still leaves room for your rate to increase to ten percent in ten years and even higher as time goes by, but that is a concern that you can confidently put out of your mind. Thanks to a strict cap on the adjustments, the rate can only be altered by so many percent through the duration of the loan. With adjustments being stopped at five percent, if your rate increased by one percent for five years, you would be left with a rate that cannot be altered any further and practically becomes a fixed rate.

Thanks to these special regulations enforced by the Department of Veteran Affairs, military veterans and other military personnel can buy their homes with full knowledge of what to expect from their lenders. That kind of peace of mind is nearly impossible to come by in today's housing market, so if you have the opportunity to take advantage of the mortgage benefits being offered through the VA program, it is probably in your best interest to take it.

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