According to this blog posting on Washingtonpost.com, the number of small-business loans less than $1 million increased by 15 percent from June 2006 to June 2007. The "Small Business and Micro Business Lending in the United States for Data Years 2006-2007" report found that a total of 8,633 institutions made 24.5 million loans values at $685 billion, compared to about 21 million loans totaling $634 billion the prior year. In addition, the SBA's Office of Advocacy reported that loans with a value of $100,000 to $1 million increased by about 32 percent.