{"id":856,"date":"2012-08-13T03:51:11","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T03:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/governmentloanpros.com\/california\/?p=856"},"modified":"2012-08-13T03:51:11","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T03:51:11","slug":"congress-authorizes-new-higher-va-loan-limits-for-rest-of-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/governmentloanpros.com\/california\/congress-authorizes-new-higher-va-loan-limits-for-rest-of-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Authorizes New Higher VA Loan Limits for rest of 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Congress Authorizes New Higher VA Loan Limits for rest of 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>VA Loan Limits increased for Remainder of 2012 \u2013 up to $1m in California<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congress and the President have worked together to authorize the Veterans Administration to increase the 2012 VA Loan Limits for California for the remainder of 2012. \u00a0 The formula for generating the VA Loan Limits was altered by Congress in 2008, and has now been resinstated beginning August 6, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The VA Jumbo Loan allows Veterans and Active Duty Military Personnel to purchase homes in higher cost areas of California and Washington at loan amounts more inline with local housing costs. \u00a0 \u00a0Many Vet\u2019s can purchase up to $1m with zero money down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some examples of the new VA Loan Limits in California<\/strong>\u00a0are: Veterans in Los Angeles, Orange County, Ventura, Brea, Pasadena, Irvine, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, and Long Beach may qualify for a 100% VA Jumbo loan up to $675,000. San Diego County cities including San Diego, Oceanside, Chula Vista, El Cajon, Encinitas, Carlsbad, San Marcos, Escondido, Rancho Bernardo, la Mesa and National City a Vet can borrow up to $518,750 with no money down when buying a house. San Jose vets can go up to $831,250 with no money down VA Purchase Loan. Bay Area Vets buying a home in San Francisco, Alameda, Oakland, Fremont, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, Daly City, etc can qualify up to $1,000,000 for a 100% VA Loan as well. We also offer VA Loans that exceed these limits with the appropriate amount of Down payment on purchases, or equity on Refinances.<\/p>\n<p>VanDyk Mortgage is a proud VA Lender serving many states including California, Washington, and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We have compiled the California VA Loan limits for 2012 by county below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>State County 2012 VA Loan Limit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0ALAMEDA\u00a0$1,000,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0ALPINE\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0AMADOR\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0BUTTE\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0CALAVERAS\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0COLUSA\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0CONTRA COSTA\u00a0$1,000,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0DEL NORTE\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0EL DORADO\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0FRESNO\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0GLENN\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0HUMBOLDT\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0IMPERIAL\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0INYO\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0KERN\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0KINGS\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0LAKE\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0LASSEN\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0$675,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0MADERA\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0MARIN\u00a0$1,000,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0MARIPOSA\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0MENDOCINO\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0MERCED\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0MODOC\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0MONO\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0MONTEREY\u00a0$436,250<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0NAPA\u00a0$500,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0NEVADA\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0ORANGE\u00a0$675,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0PLACER\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0PLUMAS\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0RIVERSIDE\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0SACRAMENTO\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0SAN BENITO\u00a0$831,250<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0SAN BERNARDINO\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0SAN DIEGO\u00a0$518,750<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0SAN FRANCISCO\u00a0$1,000,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0SAN JOAQUIN\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0SAN LUIS OBISPO\u00a0$497,500<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0SAN MATEO\u00a0$1,000,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0SANTA BARBARA\u00a0$650,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0SANTA CLARA\u00a0$831,250<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0SANTA CRUZ\u00a0$663,750<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0SHASTA\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0SIERRA\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0SISKIYOU\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0SOLANO\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0SONOMA\u00a0$456,250<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0STANISLAUS\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0SUTTER\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0TEHAMA\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0TRINITY\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0TULARE\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0TUOLUMNE\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0VENTURA\u00a0$563,750<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0YOLO\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>CA\u00a0YUBA\u00a0$417,000<\/p>\n<p>If you need a VA loan for a higher amount than your county loan limit, please call us. We do offer VA loans over the county loan limits for Purchase, Refinance, and VA IRRRL Streamline Refinance (aka VA Streamline). Call Brian Skaar at 760-752-4480 to get started.<\/p>\n<p>VanDyk Mortgage also offers FHA, VA, &amp; Conventional loans in addition to FHA Jumbo, VA Jumbo, and Conforming Jumbo loans (aka FHA High Balance, VA High Balance, and Conforming High Balance).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress Authorizes New Higher VA Loan Limits for rest of 2012 VA Loan Limits increased for Remainder of 2012 \u2013 up to $1m in California Congress and the President have worked together to authorize the Veterans Administration to increase the 2012 VA Loan Limits for California for the remainder of 2012. \u00a0 The formula for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[737,741,744,749,750,751],"class_list":["post-856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-va-jumbo","tag-va-jumbo-lender-2","tag-va-loan","tag-va-loan-pro","tag-va-purchase","tag-va-refinance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - 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