A long retreat
It made 51 loans in 2025, a third fewer than in 2024, while similar lenders, savings institutions making between half and twice as many loans, held steady. Fewer than one in ten of them fell further. The decline has run every year since 2020. Its typical rate was 3.00% then and 6.62% in 2025; dearer credit may have cut demand, and the bank may also have chosen to lend less.