
Veterans United Home Loans
VA-loan specialist with $0 down, a published daily VA rate table and a typical 620 minimum score
Lender terms checked October 14, 2026See lender siteThe Bottom Line
- Min. credit score
- 620 (verified Oct 14, 2026). All rates and fees
Key facts
- Min. down payment: 0% (VA)
- Loan types: VA, USDA, FHA, Conventional
- Online pre-approval: Yes
Pros
- $0 down VA purchase loans, including VA jumbo, with full entitlement
- Publishes a daily VA rate table with its points and assumptions
- Also offers USDA, FHA and conventional loans
- Licensed in all 50 states
Cons
- VA funding fee of 2.15% on a first-use purchase and 3.3% for later use, unless you are exempt
- Its sample VA rates include about 1.8 points ($5,348 on the $295,000 sample loan)
- VA loans need eligible service and a Certificate of Eligibility
- No lender fee amount and no lock fee are published
At a glance
Lender terms checked October 14, 2026- Lender type
- Mortgage banker
- Eligibility
- Eligibility for VA loans depends on military service and a Certificate of Eligibility. Veterans United also offers USDA, FHA and conventional loans.
- Loan purposes
- Purchase, Refinance, Cash-out refinance
- Loan types
- VA, USDA, FHA, Conventional
- Minimum credit score
- 620 (Typically 620 for VA and VA jumbo loans; none published for its other products)
- Minimum down payment
- 0% (0% on VA, including jumbo, with full entitlement; a down payment can be required with diminished entitlement)
- Maximum DTI
- No hard cutoff on VA loans, per Veterans United; residual income also applies
- States served
- All 50 states (not every loan type is available in every state)
- Online pre-approval
- Yes. Online, by phone or in its app
- Lender fees
- No lender fee amount is published; it says lenders are capped in what they can charge a Veteran to originate and process a VA loan. VA funding fee: 2.15% on a first-use purchase, 3.3% for later use, 0.5% on a Streamline, unless exempt.
- Rate lock
- Its rate table assumes a 30-day lock on fixed purchase loans (45 days on jumbo purchases, 60 on refinances). No lock fee is published.
- Closing time (lender's claim)
- VA loans often close in about 30 to 45 days, though timelines vary
- NMLS ID
- 1907
Sources: veteransunited.com/va-loans, veteransunited.com/va-loans/va-mortgage-rates, read October 14, 2026
Sample pricing the lender publishes
Last verified October 14, 2026This is the lender's own example, not a quote for you. Stated as of October 14, 2026 (08:03 AM CST). Its assumptions: Owner-occupied primary residence, credit score 720, VA funding fee included, 181 days of active service, no disabilities and no previous VA loan. Fixed purchase: 30-day lock, no down payment, $295,000 loan.
| Loan | Rate and APR | Points and payment |
|---|---|---|
| 30-year fixed VA purchase | 6.750% rate, 7.23% APR | 1.8130 points ($5,348.35) |
| 15-year fixed VA purchase | 5.875% rate, 6.618% APR | 1.6880 points ($4,979.60) |
Things to know before you apply
- The VA funding fee is 2.15% of the loan on a first-use purchase or cash-out refinance, 3.3% for later use and 0.5% on a Streamline, unless you are exempt (some disabled Veterans are).
- Its sample VA rates include about 1.8 points: $5,348 on the $295,000 sample loan.
- The example assumes a 720 credit score and no previous use of a VA loan.
- Veterans United says it typically looks for a 620 minimum score on VA loans.
Regulatory record
We found no CFPB enforcement action about mortgage lending by this lender on consumerfinance.gov. Searched the CFPB enforcement actions list on October 14, 2026 for Veterans United and Mortgage Research Center. That is not a clean bill of health: other regulators, courts and state agencies also act on lenders.
Where these numbers come from
Everything in the table above was read from the lender's own pages, listed here with the day we read them.
- VA loans guide read October 14, 2026
- VA mortgage rates read October 14, 2026
- VA loan eligibility read October 14, 2026
- VA loan process read October 14, 2026
- First-time homebuyer guide read October 14, 2026
- Homepage and licensing read October 14, 2026
NMLS ID 1907, as the lender prints it on its own site. Confirm its licenses in your state on NMLS Consumer Access (that site blocks automated checks, so we have not confirmed the lookup ourselves).
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Source: veteransunited.com