FHA Loan Limits Restored for Two Years
November 18, 2011
Last night Congress restored the loan limits for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) for two years.
In late September the FHA, Fannie Mae; and Freddie Mac loan limits were reduced in 42 states, pricing potential home buyers out of the American Dream of home ownership and holding back the housing recovery.
The reinstated FHA loan limit formula and cap change will help make mortgages more affordable and accessible for hard-working, middle-class families in 669 counties in 42 states and territories, where the average loan limit reduction after the reset last month was more than $68,000. The provision reinstates the FHA loan limits through 2013 at 125 percent of local area median home prices, up to a maximum of $729,750 in the highest cost markets, the floor will remain at $271,050. However, Congress chose not to apply the loan limits restoration to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Fannie-and-Freddie-backed mortgages will remain at 115 percent of local area median home prices up to $625,500.
