FHFA limit for your county

Conforming Loan Limit Calculator

The FHFA loan limit for your county and unit count, and whether a given loan amount is conforming, high-balance, or jumbo.

Your numbers

Is this loan conforming in 2026?

The limit is on the loan amount, not the purchase price. High-balance is still conforming. Jumbo is not.
2026 FHFA LIMITS

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$The financed amount, not the purchase price
1–4 unit residential property
ZIP code and largest conforming price

A ZIP is mapped to a county. Down payment is only used to show the largest conforming purchase price.

Optional. A ZIP is mapped to a county; it is not an FHFA field.
%Used only to show the largest conforming purchase price

This loan is

ConformingAt or under the national baseline for this unit count.
Dallas County 1-unit limit$832,750
Room under the limit$432,750
National baseline$832,750
Largest conforming price at 20% down$1,040,938
How we got this
  1. Dallas County, TX limit1-unit property, FHFA 2026$832,750
  2. National baseline limitThis county is at the baseline, so there is no high-balance band here$832,750
  3. Your loan amount$432,750 under the county limit$400,000
  4. Largest conforming purchase price at 20% down$832,750 ÷ (1 − 20%)$1,040,938
What we assumed
  • The limit applies to the loan amount, not the purchase price. A larger down payment can bring an expensive house under the limit.
  • These are the values FHFA set for loans acquired in calendar year 2026. A file published in November does not apply to a loan closed before 1 January.
  • A conforming loan is one the agencies may buy. It is not an approval: credit, income, reserves and the property still decide whether a lender will lend.
  • FHA and VA set their own limits, which are not these. A VA loan with full entitlement has no limit at all.
Technical details

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Guide

How a county FHFA limit classifies a loan

The calculator looks up the FHFA conforming loan limit for the county and unit count you pick, then places your loan amount in one of three bands: conforming, high-balance conforming, or jumbo. The limit is on the loan, not the purchase price, and it is not a lender approval.

Baseline, high-balance, and jumbo

Most U.S. counties sit at the national baseline FHFA sets from the house-price index. A loan at or under that baseline is conforming. In a high-cost county the limit is higher, up to 150% of the baseline on the mainland. A loan above the local baseline and at or under the county limit is still agency-eligible; it is called high-balance conforming and usually carries a loan-level price adjustment. Above the county limit the loan is jumbo, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may not buy it. In Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands the local baseline is already 150% of the national figure, so a loan under that higher floor is ordinary conforming, not high-balance.

Putting more money down can pull an expensive house under the same county cap, because the cap applies to the financed amount. The page will show how much extra cash would do that, and the largest purchase price that still conforms at the down payment you typed.

The calendar on the file

FHFA publishes a calendar year’s values in November. They apply to loans the agencies acquire in that calendar year, starting 1 January. Using a 2026 file on a loan that closed in 2025 is the wrong year’s rule.

Questions about this calculator

What is the 2026 conforming loan limit?

The national baseline for a one-unit property is $832,750. High-cost counties go higher, up to $1,249,125 on the mainland. A few Hawaii counties sit above that ceiling because Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands are statutory special areas. Type the county; the page will not guess from a city name.

Is a high-balance loan a jumbo loan?

No. High-balance conforming is still a conventional loan the agencies may buy. Jumbo starts the dollar after the county limit. Pricing and reserve requirements usually change at both steps, which is why the page names all three.

Does this apply to FHA or VA loans?

No. FHA publishes its own county limits. A VA loan with full entitlement is not capped by the FHFA figure at all. Use this page for conventional conforming versus jumbo, then type the loan amount those programs actually allow on the mortgage calculator.

Terms used here

Conforming loan
A loan at or under the FHFA county limit, which Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac may buy. Not the same as being approved.
High-balance conforming
A conforming loan above the national baseline and at or under the county high-cost limit. Still agency-eligible, with its own price adjustment.
Jumbo loan
A loan above the county FHFA limit. The lender keeps it or sells it privately.
County loan limit
The maximum loan amount FHFA sets for one-, two-, three- and four-unit properties in that county for a calendar year.

Practical tips

  • If the house is expensive, raise the down payment before you assume you need a jumbo product.
  • Compare the payment on the mortgage calculator after you know which band you are in. This page does not quote a rate.

Limits and caveats

  • Not a lender decision, not a Good Faith Estimate, and not an FHA or VA limit.
  • A ZIP code is mapped through Census ZCTAs to a county. Some ZIPs cover more than one county; pick the one that actually contains the property.

Results are for information. They are not legal, tax, medical, or financial advice. How the math is maintained · Report a wrong figure.

Engine notes

Rounding, versioning, and omissions that sit beside the guide rather than repeating it.

  • The limit is on the loan, not the price. FHFA publishes four figures per county, one for each unit count from one to four. Your loan amount is compared with the figure that matches the property. A larger down payment can bring an expensive house under the same limit.
  • Three bands, not two. At or under the local conforming baseline the loan is conforming. On the mainland that baseline is 832,750 for one unit in 2026. In Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands statute sets the local baseline at 150% of that figure (1,249,125). Above the local baseline and at or under the county limit the loan is high-balance conforming: still agency-eligible, with its own price adjustment. Above the county limit it is jumbo.
  • When the file applies. These values apply to loans acquired in calendar year 2026 (2026-01-01 through 2026-12-31). A November announcement is not in force before 1 January.
  • Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the Virgin Islands. Statute sets those areas at 150% of the otherwise applicable limit, so a handful of Hawaii counties can sit above the national ceiling. That is a printed exception, not a data error.

Calculation receipt

What each number here is

This answer is built from published figures. Each one is named below, with the release it came from.

VERIFIEDFHFA conforming loan limit values · Loans acquired in 2026
Sets the figures this answer is made of. Without it the page says so rather than estimating.

If a source above is unavailable or out of date: The limit is a figure FHFA sets county by county. There is no formula behind it that survives losing the file, and last year’s limit is a wrong answer rather than an old one.

Sources

Where this data comes from