A home-improvement lender
Home improvement was 43.3% of its loans and other purposes 33.3%; home purchases were 14.6% and refinances 8.8%. Its typical loan was $95,000, against $105,000 at similar lenders (credit unions making between half and twice as many loans), and $185,000 five years before. Its typical rate, 7.50% against 7.00%, was higher than at about three-quarters of peers, which this mix of smaller loans may explain.