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09.02.20
VA loans offer amazing advantages and benefits beyond down payments — learn how they can help you buy or refinance your home easily, with great savings.
Read more about 10 VA Loan Benefits You Need to Know in 2020
11.28.17
Every day, hundreds of servicemembers exit the military and start a new life as a civilian.
Read more about Veterans Coming Home: Challenges of Reintegration
07.20.17
Pennymac offers “streamline” refinancing options to consumers to get better mortgage terms without an extensive qualification process. Streamline refinance programs typically allow borrowers to bypass many of the traditional mortgage requirements by offering minimal credit scoring requirements, no new appraisal, easier income and asset verification, and limited paperwork. Reducing the paperwork can often make the process easier and faster, which is why it’s called “streamline refinancing.” Streamline refinance refers only to the amount of documentation and underwriting that the lender must perform, and does not mean that there are no costs involved in the transaction.