A small book, smaller than it was
Its 22 loans compare with 77 in 2021 and 57 in 2020. Volume fell each year after 2021, to 19 in 2024, then rose 16% in 2025, while similar lenders, credit unions making between half and twice as many loans, fell 5%. On numbers this small one or two loans swing the rate, so the rise says little. The data do not show why the earlier decline happened.