Last week, the Senate voted to approve the high-balance conforming loan limit to $729,750 in wealthier neighborhoods, as part of a larger spending bill. As of October 1, 2011, the largest conforming loan (loans that are eligible to be purchased or guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) limit returned to $625,500 after several years of a temporary extension to $729,750. There is a ways to go yet before the higher limit becomes an actuality. The approved measure is attached to a spending bill brought to the Senate by Robert (1 comments)