Big loans, and few of them
Its typical loan was $505,000, against $245,000 at similar lenders (savings institutions making between half and twice as many loans). Jumbo loans, those larger than the conforming limit, made up 29.3% of its lending, against 1.3%, a share among the highest tenth. So although it made fewer loans than about two-thirds of similar lenders, its $30.5 million was more than about seven in ten lent.