An FHA lender
FHA-insured loans made up 47.4% of its lending, against 21.3% at similar lenders, meaning independent non-bank lenders making between half and twice as many loans. That share was higher than at nearly nine in ten of them. Most of its loans, 88.4%, financed a purchase, and its typical loan, $305,000, was a little smaller than its peers' $325,000.