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Where Have All The 4% Jumbo’s Gone? Read On

As anyone buying a home over $417,000 in Dallas knows, it is nearly impossible to get a mortgage unless you have 40% in equity (from, hopefully, the sale of your previous home) and near perfect credit. The huge rise in bankruptcies means a lot of folks are not going to be able to secure mortgages for at least five years, which is why so many investors think small to medium-sized rental homes are the best place to park money right now. But I digress. Dan Green over at the Mortgage Reports has some good news about Jumbos in the 4%, from Main Street Banks. These are small banks, banks that did not need a federal bailout, places like Inwood Bank and Frost Bank (and others, feel free to pipe in) who do banking the old-fashioned way: they keep the loans on their books.

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