Eltingville has no VA loan limit to worry about for a full-entitlement veteran. The VA appraisal is the number that decides how high a veteran can go.
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Joseph Ranola is a real estate broker and not a lender. A VA-approved lender decides loan eligibility and the VA appraiser decides value, and this page covers the brokerage side: what Eltingville homes cost, which VA rules matter and what to check before an offer.
Redfin reports an Eltingville median sale price of $767,130 for the three months ending August 2026, up 6.2% year over year, from 91 homes sold, down 3.4%. The median home took 38 days to sell, up 8 days, and sold for 98.7% of list price. Source: redfin.com, Eltingville housing market.
PropertyShark shows a higher $850,000 median for Q3 2026, but that figure rests on only seven sales, so it is too thin to treat as a trend. The gap between the two numbers is a sample-size gap, and the 91-sale Redfin reading is the sturdier benchmark for a veteran setting a budget.
No. A veteran with full VA entitlement has no VA loan limit in Eltingville, provided the lender approves the income and the VA appraisal supports the purchase price. County loan limits apply only to veterans using remaining entitlement. Source: va.gov, VA loan limits, last updated August 12, 2025.
That makes the VA appraisal the binding constraint on an Eltingville purchase. If the appraised value comes in under the contract price, the veteran negotiates the price down, covers the difference or walks away, so Joseph Ranola builds an offer around comparable sales that can survive a VA appraisal.
For a first-use purchase loan, the VA funding fee is 2.15% with less than 5% down, 1.5% with 5% or more down and 1.25% with 10% or more down. After first use, the fee with less than 5% down is 3.3%. Source: va.gov, funding fee and closing costs, rates effective April 7, 2023, page updated October 5, 2026.
On a $767,130 purchase with nothing down, the 2.15% fee is about $16,493. With 10% down, the loan is $690,417 and the 1.25% fee is about $8,630. Both figures are illustrations, not quotes. Veterans who receive VA service-connected disability compensation are among those exempt from the fee, and the lender confirms exemption status.
Yes, within a limit. VA caps seller concessions at 4% of the home's reasonable value, which would be about $30,685 on a $767,130 value, and only the funding fee may be financed into the loan, so other fees are paid at closing. Source: va.gov, funding fee and closing costs.
With homes in Eltingville selling at 98.7% of list price and spending 38 days on market, a veteran has room to negotiate concessions. Joseph Ranola structures the offer so the concession request does not weaken the price.
Eltingville is mostly single-family. PropertyShark counts 1,949 residential units in Eltingville, and 1,661 of them, about 85%, are single-family, with 288 two-to-four family units. Source: propertyshark.com, Eltingville, Q3 2026.
PropertyShark's risk table counts 101 Eltingville buildings in a flood zone and 357 in a hurricane evacuation zone. A veteran should request a flood insurance quote before the inspection period ends, because insurance cost goes into the monthly payment alongside taxes and the mortgage. The 30-year fixed rate averaged 7.32% for the week of October 22, 2026, down from 7.40% the prior week, according to Freddie Mac.
Joseph Ranola prices the offer to the VA appraisal, negotiates seller concessions and keeps a veteran on budget. Joseph Ranola serves every neighborhood across Staten Island and Brooklyn, from Tottenville to Williamsburg.
“Joe was so helpful and honest and kept us on budget.” — Mary Ellen Graham, verified Google review
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