VA Loan Guidelines

What is VA Loan?	VA Credit Issues
VA Loan Closing Costs	The Law on Occupancy
Debt to Income Ratios	Co-signors or Joint Loans
VA Funding Fee	Your VA Loan Checklist

The Law on Occupancy

The law requires a veteran obtaining a VA guaranteed loan to certify that he or she intends to personally occupy the property as his or her home. As of the date of certification, the veteran must either (1) personally live in the property as his or her home, or (2) intend, upon completion of the loan and acquisition of the dwelling, to personally move into the property and use it as his or her home within 60 days after the loan closing (reasonable).

The above requirement applies to all types of VA guaranteed loans except Interest Rate Reduction Refinancing Loans (IRRRLs). For IRRRLs, the veteran need only certify that he or she previously occupied the property as his or her home.

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