2019 California FHA Loan Limits For 2019, FHA has re-instated the FHA Loan Limits called HERA, or "Permanent High Cost Loan Limits", that were originally authorized in the HERA law passed in the summer of 2009. The max FHA Loan for base counties has increased to $314,827 (floor), and up to $726,525 in high cost counties (the ceiling).