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Lower jumbo-conforming spread a positive for mortgage lending

The unprecedented negative spread between jumbo and conforming mortgage interest rates did not last for long. But the normalisation of the gap between jumbo and conforming rates marks an important stage in the return of private capital to the mortgage market.

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