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Starting the last week of December 2020, conforming loan limits for high-market value areas like San Francisco are going up to more than $822,000 from just over $765,000 for purchases of single-family homes, condominiums and other types of property up to 4-unit buildings. Combined with low mortgage rates and more generous lending allowances (down payment amounts, acceptable credit scores and property conditions among more) conforming conventional loan guidelines and limits impact the entire industry by eating more into the Jumbo loan category and more.
Median home values generally increased in high-cost areas in 2020, driving up the maximum loan limits in many areas. The new ceiling loan limit for one-unit properties in most high-cost areas will be $822,375 — or 150 percent of $548,250. ... As a result of generally rising home values, the increase in the baseline loan limit, and the increase in the ceiling loan limit, the maximum CLL will be higher in 2021 in all but 18 counties or county equivalents in the U.S.
Source: FHFA Announces Conforming Loan Limits for 2021 | Federal Housing Finance Agency
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