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A record number of veterans and members of the armed services are getting VA loans—mortgages guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs that come with a number of benefits.
Some VA loans require no money down, have no mortgage-insurance payments and can have lower interest rates and closing costs than conventional mortgages.
The VA guaranteed 705,474 loans—including jumbo mortgages—in fiscal year 2016, which runs from…