AR Forum FHFA to Review Loan Limits Again-Update The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced further steps today into evaluating whether to lower loan limits on loans sold or guaranteed by the GSEs ( Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ). Just recently, they had announced a decision to postpone a mandate to lower these limits. The proposal once again comtemplates the reduction of the Conforming Loan Limit from $ 417,000 in most areas to $ 400,000. This represents a proposed reduction of approximately 4 per cent from current levels. While this reduction might not hurt some areas, many high cost areas (0 comments)