Nearly half its loans federally insured
Loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) made up 48.9% of its total, more than double the 22.5% at similar lenders (independent non-bank lenders making between half and twice as many loans). Loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs took 10.8%. Conventional loans were only 37.5%, fewer than at all but about one in twenty peers. Purchases made up 92.4% of its business.