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TVV's intelligence desk. Time-sensitive veteran benefit news in briefing format: what happened, who it affects, what to do. Every claim traces to a primary document.
VA funding fee rates hold steady for 2026. Full table inside
BLUF: VA home loan funding fee rates are unchanged for 2026 — first-use purchase with less than 5% down stays at 2.15%, subsequent use at 3.30%, IRRRL at 0.50%.
The VA owes funding fee refunds it never sent . You can check if you’re one of them
BLUF: A 2025 VA Inspector General report found veterans who were owed funding fee refunds and never received them. If your disability rating was made effective
California’s expanded veteran property tax exemption is not law yet
SB 296, the bill expanding California's disabled veteran property tax exemption, is still sitting in the Assembly suspense file. It is not law.
2026 VA disability COLA set at 2.8%. The new monthly math
VA disability compensation rose 2.8% for 2026. A veteran rated 100% with no dependents moved from roughly $3,831 to about $3,938 per month. No action required. See the new numbers.
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