It will offer to lend to investors who want to buy property from it.

BBC: Nama to offer NI investors loans

Success will probably involve getting China to offer to lend the IMF a large sum of money from its massive reserves.

ECONOMIST: The G20 in London

Appraisers are supposed to offer independent analyses of home values to help a bank determine whether it makes sense to lend.

MSN: A BofA whistleblower emerges from the shadows

The London Interbank offer rate, which is the rate banks lend to each other, came down again, to 3.5% from the mid-4% range just a week ago.

FORBES: Banking

Regarding the mistaken bailouts of the banks themselves, they offer a much better explanation for why banks today are so reluctant to lend to anyone but the best of credit risks.

FORBES: Amazon.com Exposes The Fraudulent Nature Of The 2008 Bank Bailouts