First you need to select a home and sign a purchase contract that’s dependant on you receiving a VA home loan. Next, you should choose a lender and complete a loan application with your Certificate of Eligibility. The lender will then contact Veterans Affairs to assign an appraiser to determine the market value of the home.
Once a Certificate of Reasonable Value has been issued on the home, your lender will let you know that you’ve been approved for your Home Mortgage Loan. At that time, you’ll attend the closing where the lender or its attorney will explain the terms of the loan to you, and you will sign the loan agreement.
After the signing, the VA Loan is sent to Veterans Affairs for guaranty, at which point your Certificate of Entitlement is annotated and sent back to you. Finally, once all appropriate approval has taken place and paperwork is signed, you move in.