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The Federal Reserve's most recent Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices noted that the demand for some types of residential real estate loans had weakened over the previous three months. In addition, most of the 55 domestic banks and 22 U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks that responded to the survey indicated that they expected this lack of demand to continue through the year. Conducted in July, the survey addressed changes in Banks' perceived demand for loans to businesses...

The Federal Reserve has released the October 2007 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices which addresses changes in the supply of and demand for bank loans both to businesses and consumers over the previous three months which, we presume, corresponds to the third quarter of 2007.

Banks were asked separately about changes in credit standards and demand for prime, nontraditional, and subprime residential mortgages. The report summarizes responses from 52 domestic banks and 22 foreign banking institutions, a respondent pool which accounts for the majority of the bank lending in the country...

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