Big loans, few of them
Its typical loan was $1.8 million, larger than at any similar lender (savings institutions making between half and twice as many loans), where it was $240,000. Jumbo loans, those larger than the conforming limit, made up 73.1% of its lending, against 2.4% at peers. This is no one-year blip: the jumbo share was 72.8% last year and 55.8% in 2020. Home purchases made up 76.5% of its loans.