Bigger loans than its rivals
Its typical loan of $855,000 compares with $245,000 at similar lenders, savings institutions making between half and twice as many loans. Jumbo loans, those larger than the conforming limit, were 34.4% of its lending, against 2.4% at similar lenders. That jumbo share was the same a year before, so this is a settled business, not a one-year swing. Purchases made up 72.8% of its loans.