A regional purchase lender
Home purchases were 90.5% of its lending, and it lends in 16 states, with North Carolina its main state. Originations fell 3% to 13,073, while similar lenders (independent non-bank lenders making between half and twice as many loans) grew 14%. With so much of its lending in purchases, it may have had less refinance business to add than lenders with a larger refinance mix.