Big loans for home buyers
Purchases made up 84.5% of its loans and refinances the rest. Its typical loan was $525,000, against $325,000 at similar lenders (independent non-banks making between half and twice as many loans), and 7.3% of its loans were jumbo (larger than the conforming limit), against 1.0%. VA loans (guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs) made up 19.3%, against 5.2%.