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Jumbo Mortgage Underwriting Trends Shifting Amid Refi Boom
July 16, 2021
Brandon Ivey
As interest rates declined in 2020, the ARM share of jumbo originations plummeted. Lenders also got more lenient with DTI ratios, while average credit scores and LTV ratios tightened somewhat.
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