With nonbanks continuing to steal market share away from depositories, warehouse commitments have been going through the roof. Of course, ultra low mortgage rates help...
Bill Dallas of FoAM: “Most warehouse lenders are at capacity and already ‘bulged’ most of their companies. As a result, if you need additional capacity and you didn’t plan for it, there are no new warehouse players. You are dead in the water.”
As one East Coast-based banker put it: “Before the pandemic exploded, I had eight or nine new customers lined up I wanted to bank. Right now, that’s on hold until this passes.”
The creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund could grease the skids for an end to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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