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conforming loans: Jumbo Loans are Back in Play for Massachusetts Home Buyers - 09/19/09 08:20 PM
For home buyers in the Greater Boston, Massachusetts area a jumbo loan means one that exceeds $523,750.  Over the past two years, rates on these loans have skyrocketed, effectively putting a damper on this end of the real estate market.  
Home buyers with large mortgages are now getting some relief from huge monthly payments as rates on jumbo loans have started to fall. As lenders have decided that it is now safe to reenter the upscale housing market, rates have fallen to around 6 percent.  This narrows the gap between conventional loans and jumbos to 1 percentage point. 
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