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VA IRRRL

Also called IRRRL

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Definition

A VA IRRRL is the Department of Veterans Affairs Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan, a refinance of an existing VA-backed loan. It is a VA-specific program, not a generic streamline refinance and not a cash-out refinance.

In plain English

A veteran who already has a VA-backed loan may be able to refinance that same VA loan to lower the rate or move from an adjustable rate to a fixed rate. VA calls that an IRRRL and also describes it as a streamline refinance of a VA loan. An FHA streamline is a different agency’s program. A rate-and-term refinance is the broader conventional idea. This page is the VA program only.

Technical definition

VA’s official IRRRL consumer page is PRIMARY. CFPB’s VA-loan key-terms heading is supporting program context. Current funding-fee, seasoning, and net-tangible-benefit numbers are omitted.

Why it matters

VA advertising uses streamline and IRRRL together. Readers need the VA program kept on its own page.

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Important note

Do not author current funding-fee, seasoning, or net-tangible-benefit thresholds.

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