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R. Christopher Whalen
Feb 67 min read
The Bottom Quartile: FLG, KEY, LOB & TCBI
A look at the bottom quarter of WGA Bank Top 100 Index. We view TCBI as a work in progress. But kudos to KEY...
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R. Christopher Whalen
Aug 13, 20246 min read
Bank of Nova Scotia + KeyCorp = ??
If you were really, REALLY going to do mortgage warehouse lending in today's market, KEY would be the better platform, not BNS.
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R. Christopher Whalen
May 13, 20247 min read
Yellen FSOC Punts on Mortgage Servicers; WGA Bottom 25 Banks
Are there bank bargains down in the cellar waiting to be discovered?
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R. Christopher Whalen
Apr 21, 20247 min read
TCBI v Ginnie Mae Goes to Trial | Outlook for Commercial & Residential Mortgage Finance
McCargo's actions and the fact that the case has not been dismissed in its entirety is very unhelpful given current market conditions.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Dec 31, 20237 min read
End of Fintech? Biden GSE Release?
Is AFRM maturing from a hot new fintech entrant to a familiar face headed for a bank license?? Yikes.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Oct 26, 20239 min read
Interest Rates, Fintech & MSRs
Regulatory skepticism about mortgage assets could effect financing rates for lenders, which means higher mortgage rates for consumers.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Oct 9, 20237 min read
Texas Capital Bank v Ginnie Mae
The legal dispute between Ginnie Mae and Texas Capital Bank makes additional defaults by HECM lenders more likely...
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R. Christopher Whalen
Aug 14, 202310 min read
Reverse Mortgage Bankruptcy Festers; IRA Housing Outlook
The Biden Administration has no real strategy for addressing the growing stress in the market for government insured mortgages
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R. Christopher Whalen
Aug 4, 20236 min read
RITM Goes Multi Asset; TCBI Shrinks Assets, Grows Returns
TCBI needs to keep efficiency in the 50s if they want to survive the coming drought in mortgage lending.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Jul 20, 20235 min read
Update: U.S. Bancorp & Goldman Sachs
We expect to see USB trading at a discount to JPM and Peer Group 1 until the bank improves its operating leverage to pre-COVID levels.
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R. Christopher Whalen
Mar 17, 20238 min read
Mark-to-Market on Bank America; Update on Credit Suisse & Guild Holdings
We recently added Western Alliance (WAL) and GHLD to our portfolio
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R. Christopher Whalen
Dec 22, 20226 min read
GNMA, FNMA Seize Assets from Reverse Mortgage Funding Estate
The US government now owns the largest reverse lender in the country.
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