Jumbo mortgage market is beginning to thaw - latimes.com

In a very well-timed article (see my immediate past blog post), the LA Times reports that the the Jumbo mortgage market is beginning to thaw.  There isn't much movement yet, and in fact the article quotes what all would-be jumbo mortgage borrowers already know, namely that "For now, the jumbo market remains limited to the volume of loans that banks are willing and able to keep on their books. But there is hope for a return to private outside funding." 

That private funding is exactly what's needed,