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Banks Don’t Love Rich Mortgage Borrowers as Much as They Used To

The Fed’s interest-rate hikes and recent bank failures mean lenders aren’t competing so fiercely for jumbo loans

By Ben Eisen and Rachel Louise Ensign

Sheila Smith was set to get a mortgage for about $750,000 to buy an investment property in Sedona, Ariz., earlier this year. The lender, a regional bank, offered a starting interest rate of about 5%, well below the going rate.

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