Home improvement and other purposes, few purchases
Home improvement was 38.6% of its loans and other purposes 33.6%; refinances were 19.6% and purchases only 8.2%. Originations rose 45% to 1,205, against 8% at similar lenders (credit unions making between half and twice as many loans) and 10% in the whole market, though they remain below the 2,118 of five years before.