Loan limits

2026 loan limits in Massachusetts

7 of Massachusetts’s 14 counties are high-cost areas with conforming limits above the $832,750 baseline. The rest use the national limits.

Check a loan amount against your county’s limitConforming and jumbo limits

One-unit limits by county

CountyConformingFHA
Barnstable County$832,750$828,000
Berkshire County$832,750$541,287
Bristol County$832,750$787,750
Dukes County$1,249,125$1,249,125
Essex County$962,550$962,550
Franklin County$832,750$541,287
Hampden County$832,750$541,287
Hampshire County$832,750$541,287
Middlesex County$962,550$962,550
Nantucket County$1,249,125$1,249,125
Norfolk County$962,550$962,550
Plymouth County$962,550$962,550
Suffolk County$962,550$962,550
Worcester County$832,750$545,100

Limits for 2026 from HUD’s county files; conforming limits are set by the Federal Housing Finance Agency.