The VA streamline refinance loan is also known by many other names. It is called IRRRL or Interest Rate Reduction Refinancing Loan because it is a loan that can reduce your interest rates. It is also sometimes called as a VA to VA because you take out a VA loan to refinance another VA loan.
All instances of getting a VA to VA loan can effectively lower your interest rates, except when you are refinancing an adjustable rate loan to a fixed rate loan, in which case you cannot get a lower interest rate from refinancing. This is important to note, because when you refinance an ARM towards a fixed rate loan, chances are that the interest rates will increase instead of decrease.
Lenders may have different ways of offering a VA streamline or of evaluating a VA loan holder for a VA streamline loan, but they do have one thing in common. All lenders offer the VA streamline through a very streamlined process wherein the borrower don’t even have to present credit reports, income reports, appraisal reports, and so on. Some lenders may still ask for your VA-issued certificate of eligibility, while some don’t even ask for it anymore. Instead, some lenders just ask for a Prior Loan Validation from the VA.
The only other requirements are a certification that you previously occupied the involved home and a loan amount that falls within the allowed limits.
But keep in mind that lenders do have different rates, so make sure you contact various lenders and make comparisons before you make a decision.