A veterans' lender
Loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) made up 14.3% of its lending, against 5.7% at similar lenders, independent non-bank lenders making between half and twice as many loans. That is higher than at nearly nine in ten of them. Loans guaranteed by the Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service (RHS) took 2.8%, against 0.2%. Home purchases were 86.8% of its loans.