highend mortgage: Jumbo Loan Market As A Leading Housing Market Indicator? - 09/03/12 08:52 PM
                Could the return of jumbo loan market signal the easing of credit markets for the housing market in general, and specifically be a leading market indicator? 
As reports about the recovery of the housing market continue to grow, larger high-cost home loans (referred to as jumbo loans) not guaranteed by the federal government are making a comeback. Reports indicate that lenders gave out $38 billion in private high-cost mortgages during the second quarter of 2012, which is an improvement of 65% from a year earlier and the highest quarterly dollar amount since the first quarter of 2008 according to … (2 comments)