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the winner in the contest for biggest pumpkin was a jumbo that weighed in at over a thousand pounds
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Credit score: 620 for conventional, 580 for FHA, 540 for VA and USDA, 660 for jumbo, 660 for home equity loans.
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Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2024
Types of loans Conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, Arrive Home, Zero Down, jumbo, renovation, refinancing, reverse mortgages, home equity loans
Terms
10 to 30 years
Credit needed
540 for FHA, VA and USDA loans; 600 for Zero Down; 620 for conventional loans, 680 for jumbo loans.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2024
That’s a continuation, albeit a slowdown, of its jumbo, 50-basis-point reduction to the benchmark rate; its first cut in more than four years at the FOMC’s September meeting.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
That certainly was the case as markets anticipated the start of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s easing cycle, which kicked off with a jumbo cut last month .
—Weizhen Tan,katrina Bishop, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
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Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2024
Types of loans Conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, Arrive Home, Zero Down, jumbo, renovation, refinancing, reverse mortgages, home equity loans
Terms
10 to 30 years
Credit needed
540 for FHA, VA and USDA loans; 600 for Zero Down; 620 for conventional loans, 680 for jumbo loans.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2024
That’s a continuation, albeit a slowdown, of its jumbo, 50-basis-point reduction to the benchmark rate; its first cut in more than four years at the FOMC’s September meeting.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
That certainly was the case as markets anticipated the start of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s easing cycle, which kicked off with a jumbo cut last month .
—Weizhen Tan,katrina Bishop, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Jumbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jumbo. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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from Jumbo, name of a huge elephant shown by circus owner P. T. Barnum
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