Veterans and refinancing define the book
Similar lenders are savings institutions making between a quarter and four times as many loans. VA loans (guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs) rose to 50.1% from 46.6%, against 1.2% for the typical peer, and FHA loans (insured by the Federal Housing Administration) were 12.5%; its conventional share of 37.2% is among the lowest tenth. Refinances were 54.3% of loans.