Type One / Type Two

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Tool

Type classifier

Classification

Enter the payoff of the loan being refinanced, the new loan amount including any financed funding fee, and whether the current loan is VA-backed. The classifier shows the likely type and which protections apply. Nothing is preselected or stored, and it is not a government tool.

Last reviewed against the primary sources listed below.

From your payoff quote and Loan Estimate

How to read your result

The result names the likely type based on whether the new loan exceeds the payoff, and the protections that apply to that type.

What to do next

Ask your lender to confirm the type in writing and show the protections on your disclosures.

Lender confirms

The lender's classification on your disclosures is the one that counts.

Type questions

Why does the fee matter?

VA counts it in the loan amount.

VA circular and statute