Small loans and a small book
Similar lenders are state non-member banks making between half and twice as many loans. Bendena's typical loan of $105,000 was smaller than at more than four in five of them (their typical loan: $165,000), and its $5.7 million in total lending was among the lowest tenth. Lower home prices in its mainly rural Kansas markets may be one reason, as may manufactured homes, 11.6% of its loans against 2.6%.