The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed a bill that streamlines the appraisal process for U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs mortgage loans. With the passage of HR 7735, known as the ...

A bill that requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to update its appraisal rules passed the Senate on Tuesday. In recent weeks there had been murmurs among lobbyists that the legislation, the ...

The appraisal modernization legislation will let veterans use the same modern purchasers tools that non-veteran buyers already use. In today’s hot market, veterans struggle to gain access to the ...

One of the requirements of receiving a VA home loan is that you must have an appraisal performed on the property. What does this mean for you? If you are a first-time homebuyer, or if this is your ...

The Improving Access to the VA Home Loan Benefit Act of 2022 was supported by the MBA. The Act requires the VA Secretary to recommend ways to improve appraisal delivery times. It also requires the ...

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