The purchase price of a home to the department shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), except that the purchase price of a mobilehome to the department shall not exceed twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500), and a veteran purchasing the home may advance, subject to the provisions of Section 986.4, the difference between the total price or cost of the home and the sum of the purchase price of the home to the department and any amount the department is required under Section 986.9 of this code to add to the purchase price of the home in fixing the selling price thereof to the veteran. The purchase price of a farm to the department shall
not exceed eighty thousand dollars ($80,000), and a veteran purchasing the farm may advance the difference between the total price of the farm or cost of the dwelling and improvements to be constructed on a farm under a contract and the sum of such purchase price to the department or contract price to the department and any amount which the department is required under Section 986.9 of this code to add to such purchase or contract price to the department in fixing the selling price of the farm to the veteran.