2009 Loan Limits Released
Loan limits for 2009 have been released by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. As expected, the 2008 stimulus and $729,750 cap have been flushed out, only to be replaced by a conforming loan limit of $625,500 for most of the surrounding counties. (See below for specifics)
This could be a great opportunity if you didn’t get a chance to refinance in 2008 and have a balance that fits the limit. Or if you are looking to buy and can keep the loan under the limit. Pricing should be at par across the conforming board unlike the soon to be flushed out “JUMBO conforming,” product that carried a pretty hefty price increase above the traditional conforming loan limits.
I would imagine these products will be appearing rather quickly as the year winds down and the ability for sale to Fannie and Freddie. . .
as always, more to come!
November 8th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
This puts additional downward pressure on real estate prices and is another reason to wait to buy (as if we needed more reasons).
November 9th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
U see the chronicle yesterday and their zip code price database? 94109 +14% YoY to $1,400 median, and 94123 -1.3% to $1,995 median. still so expensive….. meanwhile, the stock market has tannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnked! ouch