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VA-Backed Home Loans for Surviving Spouses
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
VA home-loan eligibility certification for qualifying surviving spouses.
How to get help
Surviving spouses receiving DIC generally submit VA Form 26-1817 through a lender or regional loan center. Those not receiving DIC first submit VA Form 21P-534EZ with required service, marriage, and death records.
Who this service helps
A surviving spouse may qualify when the veteran is missing, a prisoner of war, died in service or from a service-connected disability, or met certain total-disability conditions, subject to remarriage and other VA rules.
Where this service is available
Service area: Nationwide federal loan-guaranty benefit, including Anderson, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Rusk, Smith, and Upshur counties.
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Location and contact
Source and verification
Source: Public-source listing
Cost / fees
No fee to request a Certificate of Eligibility from VA; private lenders set credit, income, interest, closing, and loan terms, and a VA funding-fee exemption may apply.
About this service
Provides eligible surviving spouses a Certificate of Eligibility needed to pursue a VA-backed home loan through a private lender.
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