The VA is on pace in 2013 to shatter an old mortgage production record set in 1994, according to agency officials. Mike Frueh, director of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Home Loan Guaranty Services, said the VA is “trending” to do just about 600,000 home loans even though the home buying-and-selling season, which typically kicks off in the spring, has not yet started. The last time the VA originated that many home loans was in 1994, a banner year for VA mortgage lending to veterans and active members of the military. FY 2012 became the second best year for VA loan originations with ...