King, Snohomish and Pierce Counties loan limits effective January 1, 2009 are:

• Single Family: $506,000
• Two Family:  $647,750
• Three Family:  $783,000
• Four Family:  $973,100

The new loan limit is lower than the current FHA Jumbo limit of $567,500 and is happens to be the same as the jumbo-conforming (aka high-balance) loan limits for our area for 2009.