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‘There will be bank failures,’ Fed chief tells lawmakers

Housing Wire

In remarks made Thursday to the Senate Banking Committee this week, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he expects some U.S. banks to fail in the coming months because of declining values and defaults in their commercial real estate loan portfolios. There will be bank failures, but not the big banks.”

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NexTier Bank to acquire Mars Bank

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NexTier , the holding company of NexTier Bank , will acquire Mars Bancorp , the holding company of Mars Bank. The combined company and branch locations will operate under the NexTier Bank brand, both banks said in a release Thursday. With the acquisition, NexTier Bank will have total assets in excess of $2.6

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NYCB, a struggling $78B resi mortgage servicer, to receive $1B equity investment

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Department of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s private equity firm, Liberty Strategic Capital , will inject $1 billion in equity investment in struggling New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), one of the nation’s largest residential mortgage servicers. Targeting a 10% CET1 ratio, the bank cut its quarterly dividend from $0.17

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Bank of America still profitable in Q1 as mortgage production tumbled 

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Higher interest rates pushed up profits for Bank of America (BofA) in the first quarter of 2023, but much like its depository peers, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo , the mortgage business dropped by double-digits during this period. The bank posted a net income of $8.2 Consumer banking division posted a net income of $3.1

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Santander Bank to stop originating mortgages in the United States

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Amid higher rates, lower volumes, and fiercer competition , Santander Bank decided it will stop originating residential mortgages and home equity loans in the United States. The Spanish bank said it will continue to service current loans and honor pending borrowers’ applications. regulators. mortgage industry are in the past.

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First Internet Bank is shuttering its consumer mortgage business

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First Internet Bank is shutting down its consumer mortgage business due to a steep decline in mortgage volumes and the negative outlook for mortgage lending that is forecasted to continue for the next several years. The home equity loans balance was $24.7 The residential mortgage loan balance for First Internet was $383.9 million. “The

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BofA’s mortgage production falls in Q1

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Bank of America (BofA) reported another quarterly decline in mortgage and home equity production in the first quarter of 2024. Loan production in the home equity arena was $1.8 BofA’s mortgage assets Bank of America had $227.7 The home equity portfolio was $25.5 The home equity portfolio was $25.5

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