Bigger loans than its rivals
Its typical loan was $530,000, against $245,000 at the middle of similar lenders (savings institutions making between half and twice as many loans), larger than at more than four in five of them. Jumbo loans, those larger than the conforming limit, made up 20.6% of its lending, while the typical peer made none. Purchases were 62.5% of its loans. Every loan was conventional.