The veterans' business shrank
It made 286 loans, down from 485, while similar lenders, non-bank lenders making between half and twice as many loans, grew by 18%. Almost the whole fall came in loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): they were 54.6% of its loans in 2024 and 23.4% in 2025. Its volume has swung before, from 467 in 2021 to 157 in 2023.