Until fall last year, the national guarantee fund granted around 126,200 guarantees for loans contracted in 2009-2014, backing financing of around EUR4.8 billion. In January-September last year, the number of guarantees stood at around 20,500, for financing of EUR736 million.
Banks in the First Home program are: BCR, BRD, Raiffeisen Bank, Banca Romsnească, Alpha Bank, Millennium Bank, Banca Transilvania, CEC Bank, EFG Bancpost, Piraeus Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo Romania, UniCredit Tiriac Bank, Credite Agricole, OTP Bank, Bank Leumi, RIB Bank, ING Bank and Marfin Bank.
The program was introduced in 2009.