Freddie Mac has announced that its conforming purchase loan limits for next year will remain unchanged from 2009. In addition, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has extended the high-cost loan limits for mortgages originated in certain high-cost areas, up to a maximum of $729,750 in the 48 contiguous states through 2010, pursuant to a congressional resolution signed by President Obama on Oct. 30. Loan limits for Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands will be 50% higher.

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