jumbo mortgages: Jumbo Loan Market Still Booming in 2015 - 08/06/15 09:31 AM
The US Jumbo Loan market continues to perform extremely well in 2015 after an already wonderful 2015. A jumbo loan is any loan where more than $417,000 is borrowed for a home purchase. In high priced markets, jumbo loans are not counted until someone borrows $625,000.
In 2014, jumbo loans took 19% of the total mortgage market, which had not been seen since 2002. In 2015, that number has risen to 20%. Even more enlightening, after only taking 1% more market share for total mortgages, jumbo loans took 36% more dollar volume than in 2014, reaching 160 billion in the first half … (1 comments)