Lower-income areas, higher-income borrowers
24.6% of its loans were in LMI (low- and moderate-income) tracts and 22.0% in majority-minority tracts, higher than about four in five and three in four similar lenders (national banks making between half and twice as many loans). But 10.7% went to LMI borrowers, among the lowest tenth, against 25.0%. Where its branches are, or higher-income buyers in those neighbourhoods, may explain the gap.