Mortgage Limits - Field Descriptions

The field descriptions for the Mortgage Limits page are listed below in the order they appear on the page:

Field	Description
Sorted By	Specifies the order in which the list results display. Sort order is numerical, 0-99999, or alphabetical, A-Z.
State	Licensing state(s) included in the requested list.
County	County included in the requested list.
County Code	Three-digit Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code identifying the county for which the mortgage limit information is effective.
MSA Name	Name assigned to the area, i.e., Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), Micropolitan Statistical Area (Micro), or Metropolitan Division. A non-urban area is designated as Non-metro.
MSA Code	Five-digit Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) code assigned to the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), Micropolitan Statistical Area (Micro), or Metropolitan Division. A non-urban area is designated as 99999.
Limit Type	Loan category for which the mortgage limit information is retrieved. FHA Forward: Traditional FHA-insured forward loans. HECM: FHA-insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgage loans.
Limit Year	Calendar year, e.g., CY2009, for which mortgage limits are included in the requested list.
Last Revised	Month, day, and year (mm/dd/yyyy) entered to request all mortgage limits that changed on or after the specified date.
You may download the mortgage limits data and its file description using the File Layouts Page.	Link provides access to unformatted flat files for each of the limit types (i.e., FHA Forward and FHA HECM) and the file layout for each.

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