Big Jump in 2022 Conforming Mortgage Limits
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are restricted by law to purchasing single-family mortgages with origination balances below a specific amount, known as the “conforming loan limit.” Loans above this amount are known as jumbo loans.
In most of the US the 2022 limit will increase 18 % from $548,250 to $647,200, but in Essex County the limit will rise to $770,500, meaning that the buyer of a Single Family Home, with 20% down, can purchase a house up to $963,125 with a conventional mortgage.
The national conforming loan limit for mortgages that finance single-family one-unit properties increased from $33,000 in the early 1970s to $417,000 for 2006-2008, with limits 50 percent higher for four statutorily-designated high cost areas: Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Since 2008, various legislative acts increased the conforming loan limits in certain high-cost areas in the United States. While some of the legislative initiatives established temporary limits for loans originated in select time periods, a permanent formula was established under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA). The 2022 conforming loan limits have been set under the HERA formula.
Andrew Oliver, M.B.E.,M.B.A.
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