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    For veterans seeking home loans, the coronavirus economy is making things harder

    Be careful -- Interest rates on VA home loans may be ticking higher amid economic turmoil.

    Patrick Boyaggi
    April 28, 2020
  • Your 2020 Guide to Military Benefits

    Maximizing the options available to you is essential to making the most out of your military career.

    Military Times staff
    April 13, 2020
  • A home is advertised for sale in Hampton Roads, Va. (Staff Sgt. Teresa J. Cleveland/Air Force)
    Your VA home loan benefit — the latest changes and tips to make the most of it

    New rules make it easier to use VA home loans, but there are some increased fees.

    Karen Jowers
    February 27, 2020
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  • Lt. Cmdr. Beth Teach greets her family on the pier after the return of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt. (MC3 Andrew Langholf/Navy)
    Your 2019 guide to military pay and benefits

    Maximizing the options available to you is essential to making the most out of your military career.

    Military Times staff
    June 9, 2019
  • More than 53,000 disabled veterans may be owed refunds totaling about $189 million in home loan fees they were incorrectly charged by the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to estimates from the VA Inspector General (Andy Dean)
    Thousands of disabled veterans may get refunds of VA home loan fees

    Disabled veterans were charged a funding fee for their VA home loan, when they should have been exempt.

    Karen Jowers
    June 7, 2019
  • (Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo)
    5 tips for troops and vets buying their first homes

    VA loans offer generous terms to veterans that civilians can’t get.

    Joshua Axelrod
    March 14, 2019
  • Ready to buy a home with a VA-backed loan? Don't just go with the first lender you find. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)
    Using a VA loan? Here are 7 questions to ask your lender

    A National Guard member in the loan business tells future VA loan users how to 'interview' their lender.

    David Piatek
    September 13, 2018
  • Veterans and active-duty service members may qualify for state-based home-buying aid, especially if they are first-time or low-income buyers. (John Bazemore/AP)
    Not just VA: 5 more state-run programs that help troops, veterans buy their new home

    Need a little extra help to make the mortgage math work? A state-run program could be the solution.

    Kevin Lilley
    August 14, 2018
  • The former staff judge advocate at Minot Air Force Base has been charged with filing false claims that household items were damaged during permanent change-of-station moves. (Airman 1st Class Gul Crockett/Air Force)
    Former Minot judge advocate accused of attempted PCS scam

    The former staff judge advocate at Minot Air Force Base faces an Article 32 hearing next month stemming from alleged fraudulent claims on damaged household items and lying to investigators.

    Stephen Losey
    August 13, 2018
  • A Marine veteran's legal fight over his 2010 foreclosure began in 2016 ... and the delay has proved costly. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
    What troops can learn from this Marine veteran’s foreclosure fight

    Know your financial protections, and don't wait to make a claim.

    Kevin Lilley
    August 9, 2018
  • Solar panels installed on the back side of housing units on Dover Air Force Base in Delaware absorb sunlight to generate electricity on May 11, 2018. New legislation about to be signed into law would give base contractors more housing funding than troops receive on their own. (Roland Balik/Air Force)
    Military contractors will get full housing stipend payouts in 2019, but not troops

    While military families will see a dip in their housing funds, lawmakers will keep some contractors from absorbing the same financial hit.

    Leo Shane III
    August 6, 2018
  • Some military families have experienced delays in getting their household goods this summer. If your belongings are delayed, you can file an inconvenience claim with the transportation service provider. (Senior Airman Jeremy McGuffin/Air Force)
    Household goods delayed? Here’s how to make your inconvenience claim

    'Inconvenience' may be an understatement. Here's how to file a claim for necessary expenses when your household goods are late.

    Karen Jowers
    August 3, 2018
  • This dining room table is among the casualties of a military family's move this summer. (Courtesy photo via Alissa Fancher)
    This move was a ‘living nightmare’ — and it’s just one example from a brutal PCS season for troops, families

    Heirloom vases destroyed, dining room tables broken.... this is the PCS season.

    Karen Jowers
    August 2, 2018
  • Bed bugs (shown not quite to scale) can add an unwelcome, itchy task to your military move. (Jonathan Stack/Defense Logistics Agency)
    Battling bed bugs: Advice for military families on the move

    How'd they get here? How do I get rid of them? Will I get sick? Get up to speed.

    Kevin Lilley
    August 1, 2018
  • Military families are facing delays when they move this summer. (Air Force)
    Moving this summer? Here’s why you could face delays, no matter where you’re going

    Military families: It may be a while before you meet up with your household goods again.

    Karen Jowers
    July 27, 2018
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