Big loans for a small bank
Its typical loan was $505,000, against $165,000 at similar lenders: state non-member banks making between half and twice as many loans. That is larger than at more than nine in ten of them. Jumbo loans, those larger than the conforming limit, made up 22.6% of its lending, against 1.6% for peers. Four in five of its loans paid for a home purchase.