Current super-jumbo bank-statement guidelines, updated from one source.
The current program figures below are hydrated from Lendmire’s super-jumbo bank-statement standards source at each visit, so the ladder shown for Novato, CA is the ladder in force.
Program ceiling
The ceiling belongs to the bank portfolio program, which carries twelve-month-statement files above the portfolio program’s top band; the ladder table shows where each program takes over.
Top primary-residence leverage
The headline leverage belongs to a primary residence at the smallest balances the program accepts; the ladder table below shows what each occupancy and band allows.
Months of bank statements
Twelve or twenty-four months of statements qualify the file; the expense ratio depends on whether the account is personal or business and on the size of the business.
Credit floor
The minimum credit score for the ladder’s bottom rung; the credit required for a given leverage rises with the loan size and with the occupancy.
Qualifying income is the eligible deposits divided by the statement months, after the ownership share and any expense ratio; total obligations stay inside this cap.
Cash in hand is capped at this figure when the loan is above sixty percent of value; at or below that leverage the proceeds are not capped on the portfolio program.
An interest-only period is available through select programs at its own leverage and credit floor; the bank portfolio program carries a lower interest-only cap.
| Loan size | Primary residence | Second home | Investment |
|---|---|---|---|
| $300,000 – $1M | 90% · 680+ | 85% · 700+ | 85% · 700+ |
| $1M – $1.5M | 85% · 700+ | 80% · 680+ | 80% · 680+ |
| $1.5M – $2M | 85% · 720+ | 80% · 700+ | 80% · 700+ |
| $2M – $2.5M | 80% · 720+ | 80% · 720+ | 80% · 720+ |
| $2.5M – $3M | 80% · 720+ | 75% · 720+ | 75% · 720+ |
| $3M – $3.5M | 75% · 720+ | 65% · 760+ | 60% · 680+ · bank program |
| $3.5M – $4M | 75% · 760+ | 65% · 760+ | 60% · 680+ · bank program |
| $4M – $5M | 65% · 680+ · bank program | 65% · 760+ · case by case | 65% · 760+ · case by case |
| $5M – $6M | 60% · 680+ · bank program | 55% · 680+ · bank program | 55% · 680+ · bank program |
| $6M – $10M | 60% · 680+ · bank program | 55% · 680+ · bank program | 55% · 680+ · bank program |
| $10M – $20M | 55% · 680+ · bank program | 50% · 680+ · bank program | 50% · 680+ · bank program |
| $20M – $30M | 55% · 680+ · bank program | 50% · 680+ · bank program | 50% · 680+ · bank program |
Current super-jumbo bank-statement snapshot · updated September 7, 2026 · portfolio program to $6M, bank portfolio program above it to the ceiling · super-jumbo overlays above $3.5M on a primary residence and $3M on a second home or investment property · portfolio-program balances above $4M reviewed case by case before submission · reserves 3–9 months by loan size.
Nothing on this page is a Loan Estimate, an approval, a quote, or a commitment to lend. Super jumbo bank statement leverage, credit, reserves, and documentation rules are read from the program matrix for a specific occupancy, loan size and credit tier and depend on the statements, the property, and full underwriting through select wholesale lenders licensed in sixteen states. Lendmire is a mortgage broker and is never the lender.
What a super-jumbo bank-statement loan is — and how deposits become income.
A super jumbo bank statement loan is the standard bank-statement structure carried to larger balances: the deposits qualify the borrower, and a matrix of occupancy, loan size and credit tier decides the leverage. In Novato, CA, that ladder is what a buyer plans around.
Balance inside the standard ceiling? See Bank Statement Loans in California, the standard program, or the statewide guide at Super Jumbo Bank Statement Loans in California.
Deposits qualify the loan, not tax returns
In Novato, CA, the file is built on statements: consecutive, recent, with transfers between the borrower’s own accounts and unusual deposits excluded, and a limit on returned items in the window. The deposits are the whole income case.
Leverage is a ladder by occupancy and size
There is no single loan-to-value on this program. A Novato file is placed by occupancy and loan size, the credit tier selects a cell inside the band, and that cell is the leverage. The ladder table on this page shows the best cell in each band for each occupancy.
Credit, reserves and overlays rise with the balance
Above the overlay line, a Novato file carries a stricter credit floor, a clean recent housing history, longer seasoning, U.S. citizenship or permanent residency, no non-occupant co-borrowers, and no rural property. Reserves scale with the balance, and cash-out proceeds may not satisfy them.
Two programs, one file
For Novato, CA borrowers planning a very large balance, the program that carries it is decided by the ladder: the portfolio program through its bands — case by case above its review line — and the bank portfolio program above them. Either way, the deposits qualify the file.
The calculator below runs this math with your numbers, reads the leverage cell the matrix allows for the occupancy, loan size and credit tier, and shows the housing budget the debt-to-income cap leaves. The statements, the appraisal, and full underwriting decide the actual figures.
Where Novato’s self-employed high earners buy — and how a lender reads the market.
For Novato, CA, the share of homes valued above the standard program’s reach and the share of households earning at the top of the distribution are the two figures that matter most to a high-balance lender’s read.
These are context figures, not underwriting inputs. Value and income rarely climb at the same pace; the market figures below show how far Novato’s top of market has moved, and the calculator shows what that means for the debt-to-income math.
Data sources: U.S. Census Bureau — ACS 5-Year (2024) housing and population estimates, including owner-occupied home values by bracket, household income by bracket, and class of worker.
Distinct Novato submarkets, distinct appraisal stories.
The executive suburban luxury market around Novato splits into distinct pockets; a lender underwrites the home in front of it, but the pocket sets the expectations.
Golf and club communities
Behind the club gates in Novato, the file has to show that the dues fit inside the cap and the community’s documents pass review. Census estimates place about 53% of Novato’s owner-occupied homes at a value of one million dollars or more — roughly 6,997 homes.
Luxury townhomes and condominiums
In Novato’s luxury attached product, the association package carries underwriting weight — warrantability, reserves, litigation — and a non-warrantable project has its own cell. The median owner-occupied home value in Novato runs near $1,032,500 on the latest Census estimate.
Acreage and equestrian property
The estate parcels around Novato carry space premiums, and the file has to show the acreage stays inside the limit for its loan band. Roughly 3,883 Novato workers — about 16% of the workforce — work for themselves, the borrowers bank-statement programs exist for.
Estate neighborhoods
In Novato’s established estate streets, the appraiser has company and the ladder applies with few structural adjustments. About 28% of Novato’s households earn two hundred thousand dollars a year or more — roughly 5,694 households at the top of the income distribution.
Executive relocation homes
Executives and founders moving into Novato often buy before they sell; the file reads the departing residence, the deposits, and the reserves together. Median household income in Novato sits near $115,736, the middle of a distribution whose top end the program serves.
New luxury construction
New luxury construction around Novato appraises on comparables that may be scarce for the product, so the appraisal review is longer and a second appraisal is routine at larger balances. Novato counts a population near 53K.
Read the submarkets as orientation. The file’s figures come from the statements, the appraisal, and the program matrix.
Four ways Novato entrepreneurs put super-jumbo bank-statement financing to work.
The same deposit-qualified structure serves several purposes at high balances in Novato, CA; four of the most common are below.
Move with a departing residence
Buy the next Novato home before the current one sells: the bank portfolio program accommodates a departing residence and cross-collateralization, and the deposits qualify the new balance.
Buy a primary residence above the standard ceiling
Acquire a Novato estate or tower residence as a primary home and qualify on deposits, with the highest leverage the ladder offers at the balance and interest-only available through select programs.
Finance a second home on the same statements
Second-home financing in Novato, CA reads the same statements and the same cap; the ladder starts a rung lower than a primary residence and never rises above it, band by band.
Take cash out inside the cash-out ladder
Cash-out in Novato, CA has its own rungs: leverage by band and occupancy, a proceeds cap above a certain leverage, and the bank portfolio program’s own treatment at the largest balances.
Size a Novato bank-statement file before requesting a quote.
Enter the occupancy, a price, an equity percentage, a credit tier, the statements you would use and the deposits they show for a Novato scenario. The calculator computes qualifying income the way the program does, reads the leverage cell the matrix allows for the occupancy, loan size and credit tier, and shows the housing budget the debt-to-income cap leaves. No rate or payment is shown or implied.
Novato bank-statement qualifier
Illustrative Novato inputs; the calculator re-reads the matrix on every change.
Illustrative starting assumptions: a $1,850,000 price set above Novato’s median owner-occupied home value to reach the super jumbo band, an equity position sized to the ladder, twelve months of deposits sized to carry a balance of that size, and modest other obligations (U.S. Census Bureau). Every field is editable; no rate or payment is shown.
Illustrative estimate only — not a Loan Estimate, approval, quote, or commitment to lend. No rate, payment, or cost is shown or implied. Qualifying income follows the program’s deposit method for the statements entered; leverage is read from the current program matrix for the occupancy, loan size and credit tier; the appraisal, the statements themselves, reserves, and full underwriting decide the actual figures. Consumer mortgage lending licensed in sixteen states.
Same borrower, four very different files.
A self-employed buyer in Novato, CA can be financed several ways; the difference is what qualifies the loan and how large the balance may be.
Deposits at scale, a standard bank-statement loan, or the property’s rent.
Qualifies on twelve or twenty-four months of deposits above the standard bank-statement ceiling, with leverage read from an occupancy-and-size matrix, super-jumbo overlays above the line, and a bank portfolio program carrying the largest bands.
The everyday bank-statement loan: deposit-qualified, with its own leverage ceilings by occupancy and a balance limit most Novato homes never approach — the super jumbo path begins where it stops. Inside the standard ceiling, Lendmire arranges bank statement loans in California.
Qualifies an investment property on its rent rather than the owner on deposits — business-purpose financing with its own ladder, for a leased rental rather than a home the borrower will live in. For a leased rental, see super jumbo DSCR loans in Novato.
If the deposits carry the payment and the balance is above the standard ceiling, super jumbo bank statement is the structure; if it is inside the ceiling, standard bank statement; if the property is a leased rental, super jumbo DSCR.
What to prepare for a Novato scenario review.
What a bank-statement scenario review usually starts with.
This is a general preparation guide, not a universal checklist. The selected lender may request additional information based on the loan size, occupancy, the statements, the business, the property, and reserves. Nothing here is legal or tax advice.
Local details that can change the loan.
The larger the balance, the more the details matter. In Novato, CA, these are the ones that most often change a file’s shape.
Use these checks to keep the Novato file clean and fundable.
Three checks keep a Novato high-balance file on track: know the rung for the occupancy, know how the deposits will be counted, and know the overlays that apply above the line.
- Know the rung: place the balance on the ladder for the occupancy before the price is set.
- Count the deposits: know the expense ratio the business type carries.
- Consider the asset paths: know the divisor for the asset-allowance path.
Occupancy and loan size decide the leverage
Occupancy chooses the ladder and the balance chooses the band; together they set the leverage ceiling and the credit floor for the best cell. A primary residence starts highest, a second home and an investment property a rung lower, and every larger band steps down — which is why the equity is planned before the price.
How the deposits are counted
Personal statements with business transfers count at full value; business statements carry an expense ratio set by the business type and employee count, or an accountant’s letter; the borrower must own a minimum share of the business, and the deposits must be consistent inside the window.
Asset paths when deposits fall short
An asset-allowance path adds qualifying income from liquid assets divided over a set number of months, with a longer divisor when the assets stand alone; an assets-only path skips the ratio and the reserves, and retirement assets count at a reduced value.
The review line and the bank-program hand-off
Above the portfolio program’s review line, a Novato file is reviewed case by case before submission; above the program’s top band, the balance moves to the bank portfolio program — twelve months of statements, a lower leverage cap, an adjustable structure, and features the portfolio program lacks.
Property type selects its own cell
Warrantable condominiums, non-warrantable condominiums, condotels, two-to-four-unit homes and rural property each carry their own leverage cell on the matrix; acreage is capped, rural property is excluded above a set balance, and a second home is limited to a single unit.
From Novato bank statements to a funded high-balance loan.
Lendmire runs a Novato high-balance file in a set order: place it on the ladder, count the deposits, appraise it, close it.
Place the balance
The first step is the ladder: where the Novato, CA balance lands for the occupancy, which cell the credit tier opens, and whether the structure should change to land on a better rung.
Count the deposits
Lendmire computes the Novato file’s qualifying income before the appraisal is ordered, so the balance and the ratio are known, not hoped for.
Appraise and package
The appraisals set the value the ladder is applied to; the Novato, CA file is packaged in parallel — statements, credit, reserves, property — in the order the lender reads it.
Close and fund
Final underwriting reads the whole Novato, CA file against the matrix, and the loan funds at the leverage the occupancy, band and credit tier opened.
A brokerage built around self-employed borrowers.
Lendmire built its practice on borrowers whose tax returns understate their income, which is why the statement methods, the ladders, and the overlays are familiar ground rather than surprises.
Ladders, not guesses
Lendmire reads the matrix for a Novato balance before anything is ordered, so the equity and the structure are planned around the rung the file will actually land on.
The statements, read fairly
The expense method changes the income; Lendmire chooses the one that reads a Novato business most fairly and packages the statements to support it.
The right wholesale program
Not every wholesale lender carries a self-employed borrower past the standard ceiling, and the ones that do differ on leverage, overlays, and documentation; Lendmire knows which is which.
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Novato super jumbo bank statement loan FAQs
What Novato, CA entrepreneurs want to know about deposit-qualified financing above the standard ceiling — answered at the program level, not the file level.
How is leverage decided on a super jumbo bank statement loan in Novato?
By occupancy, loan size and credit tier. There is no single loan-to-value on the program; the ladder steps leverage down as the balance climbs, and the best cell in every band requires stronger credit.
How is my income calculated from bank statements?
Deposits divided by months, after exclusions and the expense ratio. The method chosen for a Novato file changes the income, which is why Lendmire settles it before the lender sees the statements.
Can I take cash out of a high-value Novato home?
Inside the cash-out ladder for the occupancy, yes. Leverage steps down by band, and on the portfolio program the proceeds are capped above a set leverage — at or below it the proceeds are not capped. The bank portfolio program publishes no cap of its own, and state home-equity rules apply where they exist.
What does Lendmire do on a Novato high-balance file?
Reads the balance against the matrix for the occupancy, chooses the statement method that reads the business most fairly, chooses the wholesale program whose ladder fits, packages the file — statements, credit, reserves, property — orders the appraisals the balance requires, and manages the lender’s review. Lendmire is the broker, never the lender.
What if my deposits fall short but my assets are strong?
The program’s asset paths supplement or replace statement income for Novato borrowers whose wealth sits in accounts rather than in deposits, with retirement assets counted at a discount and foreign assets excluded.
Does the program finance investment property?
Investment property qualifies on the deposits like any other occupancy, on its own ladder and with its own rules; where the property’s rent is the stronger case, the DSCR path is the alternative.
Should I use personal or business statements?
Either works. Personal accounts avoid the expense ratio but must show the business transfers; business accounts show the gross deposits and take the ratio the business type carries or an accountant’s letter supports.
Is interest-only available?
An interest-only period is available on both programs, subject to their own caps; the calculator’s budget line shows what the cap leaves for the payment either way.
What happens in the portfolio program’s largest bands and above them?
A Novato balance in the portfolio program’s upper bands is read case by case before it is submitted; a balance above the program’s top band is a bank portfolio file, with its own credit floor, its own leverage, its own documentation window, and features the portfolio program lacks.
What credit score does a super jumbo bank statement loan require?
It depends on the balance, the occupancy and the leverage requested. The floor in the snapshot applies at the bottom of the ladder; larger balances and top cells require stronger credit, and a single recent housing late reduces leverage.
Ready to size a Novato balance? Start with the deposits.
Share the property, the statements you would use, and the equity you plan to bring; a Lendmire loan officer places the scenario on the ladder and follows up.
This guide covers Novato — for the statewide ladder, overlays, and scenarios, see Super Jumbo Bank Statement Loans in California, part of Lendmire’s super jumbo bank statement loan program.
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