Periods of rapid growth in lending are often associated with construction booms, partly because real-estate assets are relatively easy to post as collateral for loans.
1	Periods	period	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	E	_	4	case	_	_
3	rapid	rapid	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	growth	growth	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	E	_	6	case	_	_
6	lending	lending	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VA	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	often	often	ADV	B	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	associated	associate	VERB	V	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	E	_	12	case	_	_
11	construction	construction	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
12	booms	boom	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	9	punct	_	_
14	partly	partly	ADV	B	_	22	advmod	_	_
15	because	because	SCONJ	CS	_	22	mark	_	_
16	real	real	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	FF	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	estate	estate	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
19	assets	assets	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
20	are	be	AUX	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	relatively	relatively	ADV	B	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	easy	easy	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	9	advcl	_	_
23	to	to	PART	PART	_	24	mark	_	_
24	post	post	VERB	V	VerbForm=Inf	22	advcl	_	_
25	as	as	ADP	E	_	26	case	_	_
26	collateral	collateral	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	24	obl	_	_
27	for	for	ADP	E	_	28	case	_	_
28	loans	loan	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	9	punct	_	_
