A non-conforming mortgage is just one of several types of home loans. It’s called “non-conforming” because the borrower qualifying standards or structure fall outside conforming criteria that allows ...

Conforming loans are mortgages that meet the criteria set by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). They're eligible to be purchased by government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and ...

The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), the agency charged with keeping an eye on Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae has alerted lenders that conforming loan limits for the next year may ...

Does this mean no one can get a mortgage for more than $766,550? No. The conforming loan limit is the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the government-sponsored ...

Rocket Pro TPO, the wholesale arm of Rocket Mortgage, upped its agency conforming loan limits to $802,650 in 48 states, ahead of an announcement by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) that is ...

Last year, the Federal Housing Finance Agency increased the maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages to be acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for the first time since the housing crisis. And ...

As borrowers increasingly rely on government and non-conforming loans, the GSE market has shrunk dramatically The thirst for financing created a boost in home loan volume in December. A closer look at ...

Portions of this article were drafted using an in-house natural language generation platform. The article was reviewed, fact-checked and edited by our editorial staff. A non-conforming mortgage is one ...