The credit institutions which together make up the vdp in 2008 issued new loan commitments totaling EUR 183.1 billion. Of this amount, EUR 108.1 billion was accounted for by property finance and EUR 75.0 billion by public-sector lending. With a market share of 60.6% of total commercial property lendings in Germany and 28.0% of residential property lendings, the vdp member banks are among the most important providers of real estate finance.