Small loans to modest earners
Its typical loan was $145,000, against $235,000 at similar lenders (savings institutions making between half and twice as many loans); only about one in seven made smaller loans. Borrowers with low or moderate incomes (LMI) took 34.8% of its loans, against 24.8% at the typical similar lender, a higher share than at more than eight in ten. Its share in poorer neighborhoods, 23.9%, was also above peers' 16.4%.