Fannie Mae Selling Guide B5-1-01: High-Balance Mortgage Loan Eligibility and Underwriting
This topic contains loan eligibility and underwriting information on high-balance mortgage loans, including:
Fannie Mae publishes the full text of this section: Fannie Mae Single Family Selling Guide on the Fannie Mae website. Zeitro Strata answers questions about it with the passage and page cited.
What this section covers
- Loan Limits
- Loan Eligibility and Underwriting Requirements
- High LTV Refinance Loans
- Government Mortgage Loans
Guideline text quoted as published by the agency. The latest published version governs. This is not an underwriting decision.

