2012 California VA Loan Limits for VA Borrowers

2012 California VA Loan Limits for VA Borrowers



The Veterans Administration has released the 2012 VA Loan Limits for California. While they stated that Congress may increase these limits, they will not go down. The formula for generating the VA Loan Limits was altered by Congress in 2008, and has now been altered again. The VA Jumbo Loan allows Veterans and Active Duty Military Personnel to purchase homes in higher cost areas such as California and Washington at loan amounts much higher than the old VA limits. 


Some examples in California are 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 $625,500. 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 $477,000 with no money down when buying a house. San Jose vets can go up to $625,500 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 $625,500 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.  VanDyk Mortgage is a proud VA Lender serving many states including California, Washington, Texas, Florida, and more.

VanDyk Mortgage offers FHA, VA, & Conventional loans in addition to FHA Jumbo, VA Jumbo, and Conforming Jumbo loans (aka FHA High Balance, VA High Balance, and Conforming High Balance).


We have compiled the California VA Loan limits for 2012 by county below.


State County 2012 VA Loan Limit


CA ALAMEDA   $625,500
CA ALPINE  $417,000
CA AMADOR   $417,000
CA BUTTE   $417,000
CA CALAVERAS   $417,000
CA COLUSA   $417,000
CA CONTRA COSTA   $625,500
CA DEL NORTE   $417,000
CA EL DORADO   $417,000
CA FRESNO   $417,000
CA GLENN   $417,000
CA HUMBOLDT   $417,000
CA IMPERIAL   $417,000
CA INYO   $417,000
CA KERN   $417,000
CA KINGS   $417,000
CA LAKE   $417,000
CA LASSEN   $417,000
CA LOS ANGELES   $625,500
CA MADERA   417,000
CA MARIN   $625,500
\CA MARIPOSA   $417,000
CA MENDOCINO   $417,000
CA MERCED   $417,000
CA MODOC   $417,000
CA MONO   $417,000
CA MONTEREY   $417,000
CA MONO   $417,000
CA NAPA   $460,000
CA NEVADA   $417,000
CA ORANGE   $625,500
CA PLACER   $417,000
CA PLUMAS   $417,000
CA RIVERSIDE   417,000
CA SACRAMENTO   $417,000
CA SAN BENITO   $625,500
CA SAN BERNARDINO  $417,000
CA SAN DIEGO  $477,000
CA SAN FRANCISCO   $625,500
CA SAN JOAQUIN   $417,000
CA SAN LUIS OBISPO   $457,000
CA SAN MATEO   $625,500
CA SANTA BARBARA   $598,000
CA SANTA CLARA   $625,500
CA SANTA CRUZ   $610,650
CA SHASTA   $417,000
CA SIERRA   $417,000
CA SISKIYOU   $417,000
CA SOLANO   $417,000
CA SONOMA   $419,750
CA STANISLAUS   $417,000
CA SUTTER   $417,000
CA TEHAMA   $417,000
CA TRINITY   $417,000
CA TULARE  $417,000
CA TUOLUMNE   $417,000
CA VENTURA   $518,000
CA YOLO   $417,000
CA YUBA   $417,000


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.

VA Jumbo Loans available to $1,500,000

VA Jumbo Loans available to $1,500,000

VanDyk Mortgage offers VA Jumbo Loans up to $1,500,000 in all areas that we service. Many VA Jumbo Lenders cap their VA loans at $417,000, or $650,000m and a few at $700k.  We offer VA Jumbo Loans up to the full county limit for your area, and even go above the county limit when there is sufficient down payment and entitlement to reach your minimum 25% guarantee for the loan. Here is another post that covers that subject: The VA 417K myth.

VA Jumbo's are the best way to purchase a Luxury home with less than 20% down payment in many California counties and areas.  In fact, VA Jumbos are the best way to buy a home that is over $417K in most California Counties.   Here is a list of County VA Loan Limits: VA Loan Limits by county - 2012 VA County Loan Limits for California. Call to find out how much downpayment you will need for your home purchase - 760-752-4480 direct,  ask for Brian Skaar.

We offer VA Jumbo Loans for Purchase, Refinance, and Cash-out Refinance.  VanDyk Mortgage is a VA Direct Lender (since 1987) offering VA Loans such as VA purchase loans, VA Streamline Refinance, VA IRRRL, VA Refinance Loans, VA Mortgages of all types. As a Government Direct Lender, VanDyk Mortgage is also a HUD Full Eagle FHA Direct Endorsement Underwriter, ie FHA Dir500,000ect Lender offering FHA Loans such as FHA Purchase loans, FHA Refinance, FHA Streamline Refinance, FHA 203K Streamline Rehab loans, FHA Jumbo, FHA Jumbo Purchase, FHA Jumbo Refinance, FHA Jumbo Streamline Refinance, FHA mortgages of all types. We offer FHA & VA loans in California, Georgia, Texas, Washington, & More. Visit us at http://www.vandykfunding.com/ to get started or just find out more.

2010 California VA Loan Limits

2010 California VA Loan Limits for VA Borrowers

The Veterans Administration, in concert with some help from Congress in 2008 now allows Veterans and Active Duty Military Personnel to purchase homes in higher cost areas such as California and Washington at loan amounts much higher than the old VA limits. Some examples in California are San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, Fremont and much of the Bay Area may qualify for a 100% VA Jumbo loan up to $962,500. Los Angeles and Orange county cities such as Los Angeles (duh), Irvine, Anaheim, Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna, Orange, Santa Monica, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Torrance, Pasadena, and Brea can borrow up to $593,750 with no money down when buying a house. San Diego Vets qualify up to $437,500 for a 100% VA Loan.

VanDyk Mortgage is a proud VA Lender serving many states including California, Washington, Texas, Florida, and more.

We have compiled the California VA Loan limits for 2010 by county below. Here is a link to our complete list of all nationwide 2010 VA Loan Limits.

STATE COUNTY 2010 VA LIMIT

CA ALAMEDA $962,500
CA CONTRA COSTA $962,500
CA EL DORADO $418,750
CA LOS ANGELES $593,750
CA MARIN $962,500
CA MONO $512,500
CA NAPA $443,750
CA NEVADA $418,750
CA ORANGE $593,750
CA PLACER $418,750
CA SACRAMENTO $418,750
CA SAN BENITO $633,750
CA SAN DIEGO $437,500
CA SAN FRANCISCO $962,500
CA SAN LUIS OBISPO $487,500
CA SAN MATEO $962,500
CA SANTA CLARA $633,750
CA SANTA CRUZ $568,750
CA VENTURA $486,250
CA YOLO $418,750

Any county not listed is at $417,000 for the VA loan limit.

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 VA IRRRL Streamline Refinance (aka VA Streamline), VA Refinance and VA Purchase. Call Brian Skaar at 760-752-4480 to get started.

VA Loans that are over $417,000 are often called VA Jumbo or VA High Balance loans.

VA Condo Loans -VA Loans to buy or refinance Condominiums

VanDyk Mortgage VA Condo Loans -VA Loans to buy or refinance Condominiums / Condo's.

VanDyk Mortgage is a VA Lender offering VA Loans to purchase or refinance Condominiums. The tightening credit market of the past couple years has wrought havoc on Condominiums as Conventional Agencies Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac have added many restrictions on Condos, both in the way of reduced eligibility and also increased rates for Condo's. FHA also recently changed it's rules for Condominium eligibility as well, making it even harder for Sellers and Listing Agents to sell Condo's.

In comes the VA to the rescue. To qualify for a VanDyk VA Condo Loan, the condo must be on the VA Approved Condo list, which includes many existing complexes. You can search for VA Approved Condos yourself or rely on us. The hard part is the Condo Association name may not appear in the VA Site, forcing us to use the homes Legal description to determine the VA Condo Eligibility. Simply call us so we can help research the Condo's Eligibility for a VA Loan.

VanDyk Mortgage offers VA financing on Condos with VA Loans up to $417,000 and we also offer VA Jumbo Loans for Condo's (up to the County VA Loan Limits). This includes Purchase, Refinance, and the popular VA IRRRL, or VA Streamline Refinance.

VanDyk does not require the seller to hold the property for 90 days like many other lenders. If the seller of record on the day of the purchase agreement matches, that fits within our rules. Another name for this is the Flip Rule, where many banks require a seller to be on Title for 90 days minimum, we only require 1 day.

We offer VA Loans for Condo's in California & Washington state. Condo's in cities like San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, Seattle, Bellevue, Ventura, and Irvine can qualify for VA Condo Loans.

Direct lender offers VA Jumbo loans up to full county loan limit

VanDyk Mortgage is a VA Direct lender offering VA Jumbo loans up to your full county loan limit.
(and beyond!)

VanDyk Mortgage allows you to borrow up to your full County Loan Limits and beyond. Our VA Jumbo loans are not capped at $417,000, $625,500, or $650K. This may sound strange, but many VA lenders do not offer VA loans above 417K, 625,500, or 650k.

Why $650K you ask?  It doesn't correspond with any VA County Limit .  This has to do with the lender's investors and warehouse financing.  Warehouse financing is basically the Lender's line of credit that is used to extend mortgage loans. Many lenders are constricted by their warehouse lender's guidelines to the $650K limit or $417K, without regard to actual VA Loan Limits or VA Loan Options available to Veteran Buyers and Refinancers.  VanDyk Mortgage allows you to borrow up to your full County VA Loan Limits for 2012 and also in some cases we can make a VA Jumbo Loan up to $1.5 million. (these do require equity or down payment). Please call for details on the VA Jumbo Program, it allows Veterans to purchase and refinance properties in higher cost areas in California and Washington such as Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland, and more.

VA Loans not just for First Time Homebuyers

VA Home Loans are not just for First Time Homebuyers anymore. With increased VA Loan limits compared to years past and enhanced VA refinance options, VA Home Loans offer current Veteran Homeowners two opportunities.

Veterans looking to purchase a new home (ie move up VA buyer) can now take advantage of much higher VA Loan limits to purchase their primary home. We will discuss VA Loan limits further in this article.

Refinance your Non-VA Loan into a safe, fixed rate VA loan (with no mortgage insurance, and up to 90% of your homes value, and this amount can include cash out).

Veteran Homebuyers in the greater Seattle-Tacoma-Everett area can borrow up to $458,850 with our VA Jumbo Loans. Vets in Los Angeles and Orange Counties can qualify for 100% VA Financing up to $625,500. San Diego Vets can go up to $477,000 with no money down, while much of the Bay Area has a much higher VA Loan limit of $626,500 (San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Fremont, Santa Clara, Pleasanton, Sunnyvale, etc). We are a Direct VA Lender offering VA Home Loans and VA Jumbo Home Loans in every state we service. Check your counties VA Loan limits on our main site, www.vandykfunding.com. We have been making VA Loans since 1987, go with the VA Loan Pros at VanDyk Mortgage.

Check out some of our other articles on VA Loans.

2010 high cost Loan Limit extension helps VA Loan Limits

2010 high cost Loan Limit extension helps VA Loan Limits.

The loan limit extension for 2010 that was approved by congress today for FHA & GSE backed loans (Freddie & Fannie) will also help VA Borrowers in many higher cost areas. VA Limits are based on the approved loan limits for FHA & GSE loans, so we don't expect any changes to VA Loan limits for 2010 based on today's legislation. Here is a post that covers the new 2010 loan limit news & information. VA Loans that are over $417K are often called VA Jumbo Loans, or VA High Balance Loans.

We offer VA Jumbo Loans for Purchase, Refinance, and Cash-out Refinance. VanDyk Mortgage is a VA Direct Lender (since 1987) offering VA Loans such as VA purchase loans, VA Streamline Refinance, VA IRRRL, VA Refinance Loans, VA Mortgages of all types.

As a Government Direct Lender, VanDyk Mortgage is also a HUD Full Eagle FHA Direct Endorsement Underwriter, ie FHA Direct Lender offering FHA Loans such as FHA Purchase loans, FHA Refinance, FHA Streamline Refinance, FHA 203K Streamline Rehab loans, FHA Jumbo, FHA Jumbo Purchase, FHA Jumbo Refinance, FHA Jumbo Streamline Refinance, FHA mortgages of all types. We offer FHA & VA loans in California, Georgia, Texas, Washington, & More. Visit us at http://www.vandykfunding.com/ to get started or just find out more.