Report: Most new foreclosures near Fort Hood tied to VA home loans

KILLEEN, Texas—More than half of new foreclosures in 2016 around the military post Fort Hood were tied to Veterans Affairs home loans.

About 67 percent of all new foreclosures in Bell County were tied to the zero-percent-down mortgages for qualified vets and active-duty soldiers.

Killeen real estate agent Brian Adams said that many soldiers “find that they can’t sell it without bringing a lot of money to the table.”

Because lenders are guaranteed a quarter of the loan value in the event of a default, homebuyers with a VA loan often put no money down.

If service members then try to sell later, the cost to cover the remaining mortgage could be higher than the actual market value of the home.