Fewer loans, bigger ones
It made 105 loans, down 10% from 117. Similar lenders, national banks making between half and twice as many loans, grew 7%, and its fall was steeper than about four in five of theirs. Yet the amount it lent rose from $28.9 million to $56.5 million. Its typical loan rose to $215,000, against $177,500 at peers. A few large loans could account for much of the jump.