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pdfSurvey Questions for FHLBank Member Lenders — (For October Open‐Forum Discussion)
Questions marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.
1. * Is your institution a/an?
Certified Community Development Financial Institution (housing)
Certified Community Development Financial Institution (business)
Certified Community Development Financial Institution (both: housing & business)
Credit union
Commercial bank (regulated by OCC, the Federal Reserve or the FDIC)
Housing associate (state or local housing finance or economic development finance authority)
Insurance company
Savings association (regulated by OTS)
2. * Please check the federal, state or local economic development funding programs that your
institution participates in. (check all that apply)
Small Business Administration (SBA) 7(a) Program
Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Community Development Initiatives
U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA)
State/local economic development authorities
Other (please specify):
3. * What is the biggest economic problem your market has faced in the past 2 years? (please select
only your top three)
Decline of a major industry (e.g., auto) – If selected, please identify the major industry in the
“other” field below.
Decline in sources of funds
Decline in private sources of funds
Decline in Federal sources of funds
Decline in state sources of funds
Decline in local sources of funds
Decline in business credit demand
General decline in small business activity
High unemployment
Lack of public infrastructure to support development
Lack of local government concessions (e.g., tax abatements)
More restrictive credit requirements
Other (please specify):
4. * Rank the following purposes of business credit for which there is an unmet demand in your
market (1 = most important, 4 = least important).
Equipment
Expansion
Permanent Working Capital
Premises/Real estate
5. * What is currently the most difficult portion of an economic development funding package for
the borrower to come up with? (1 = Most difficult, 3 = Least difficult)
Equity Loan from private lender
Gap financing
Guarantees/credit enhancements
6. * What do you view as the biggest hurdle to borrowers trying to qualify for economic
development financing from your institution?
Borrower’s weak financial position
Cost (interest rates, fees, short amortization) of private loan
Subordination of loans
Lack of collateral
Lack of private credit
Lack of public credit
Other (please specify):
7. * Does your institution provide any of the following financing products for economic
development projects (select all that apply)
Gap Financing
Grants
Guarantee
Loans
Letters of Credit
Does Not Provide Economic Development Financing
Other (please specify):
8. What is the annual volume (number of loans and dollar amount of loans) of economic
development lending done by your institution?
Number of Economic Development Loan:
Dollar Amount of Economic Development Loans:
9. * Does your institution offer loans or other credit products for the following types of activities
(select all that apply)
Agribusiness
CDFI Intermediaries
Farms
Infrastructure
Small Businesses (as defined by SBA or less than 100 employees)
Medium Sized Businesses (100‐499 employees)
Large Sized Businesses (500 or more employees)
Social Services
Other (please specify):
10. * If yes to Question 9, what are the loan maturities? (select all that apply)
1 year or shorter
From 1 to 5 Years
From 5 to 10 years
From 10 to 20 years
Longer than 20 Years
11. * Please describe the types of economic development initiatives that you think will be creating
demand for long‐term financing (maturities of 5 years or more) in your market area in the next
five years (e.g., evolving industries, small businesses, relocation packages for regional or national
business headquarters, local government expansion).
12. * What types of economic development initiatives have been successful in your institution’s
service area; for example, initiatives that have created jobs, provided new public services, or
revitalized a specific geographical area?.
13. * When was the last time that your institution applied for or obtained a targeted economic
development advance, grant or letter of credit from an FHLBank?
Never applied for an advance, grant, or letter of credit
Within the last year
Within the last 3 years
Within the last 5 years
Within the last 10 years
14. * How many FHLBank targeted economic development advanceswere you approved for within
the last five years?
Never applied for a targeted economic development advances
Less than 5 advances
5 advances to less than 10 advances
10 advances to less than 20 advances
20 or more advances
15. * Is there a feature of the FHLBank’s targeted economic development advances program that
deters your institution from obtaining these advances to fund your economic development and
small business credit activities?
Regulation is too confusing
Targeting requirements for use of advances doesn’t target the economic development needs in
my service area
Not inclined to use housing assets as collateral for economic development loans
Don’t have sufficient housing assets to collateralize economic development advances
Paperwork/Documentation
Other (please specify):
16. * What economic development needs (e.g., types of industries, geographic areas, or other) do
you think should be targeted for the use of FHLBank economic development funding?
17. * In your opinion, what would be the characteristics of successful targeted economic
development advances from your FHLBank, that your institution would be willing and able to
access regularly to support economic development and business financing in your market area?
18. * Does your institution qualify as a community financial institution (CFI) (i.e., assets at or below
$1.01 billion? Yes________ No__________
19. * If your institution is a CFI, does your institution have small business, small farm, agribusiness or
other community development loans/assets to use as collateral for economic development
advances from the FHLBank? Yes________ No__________
20. Please provide your total assets as of 12/31/09.
File Type | application/pdf |
File Title | Survey Questions for FHLBank Member Lenders |
Author | Deattra Perkins |
File Modified | 2010-08-18 |
File Created | 2010-08-18 |