Banks, savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, insurance companies, and guardians holding funds received from or currently in receipt of funds from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to the extent of those funds alone, may:
(1) Make such loans and advances of credit, and purchases of obligations representing loans and advances of credit, as are insured by the Federal Housing Administrator, and obtain such insurance;
(2) Make such loans secured by real property or leasehold as the Federal Housing Administrator insures or makes a commitment to insure, and obtain such insurance.