Wells Fargo Getting Clocked by California: What, No Perp-Walk? by Wolf Richter • Sep 28, 2016 • 41 Comments No bank is “so powerful as to be untouchable.”
The Unnerving Thing Wells Fargo Just Said About the Auto Boom by Wolf Richter • Mar 2, 2015 • 13 Comments Now the spigot is getting turned off.
How Much Are Banks Exposed to Subprime? More than we Think by Wolf Richter • Apr 11, 2018 • 49 Comments Wells Fargo has $81 billion in exposure to loans that, on paper, it isn’t exposed to.
I’ve Had it with Stupid Stuff about Hotels in San Francisco: Park Hotels & Wall Street Screwed Shareholders, Bond-Fund Holders, and Pension Funds, but Blame San Francisco? by Wolf Richter • Jun 12, 2023 • 127 Comments The clueless WSJ reporter needs to be taken to the woodshed. That kind of BS article doesn’t belong in the WSJ.
What Are Older Office Towers Worth in the New Era? Second San Francisco Office Tower Sells for 70% Off Original Listing Price by Wolf Richter • Jun 5, 2023 • 125 Comments And nearly 60% off the purchase price in 2005. Price discovery sets in. Deals are being made.
What Are Older Office Towers Worth? Here’s the First Sale in San Francisco’s New Era of Office CRE by Wolf Richter • May 9, 2023 • 116 Comments Union Bank made a deal to sell its tower at 75% off original listing price, setting the first new benchmark. Other towers waiting in the wings.
Banks and Commercial Real Estate Debt, a Deep Dive: Investors and Government on the Hook for the Majority of CRE Debt by Wolf Richter • Apr 10, 2023 • 95 Comments Retail CRE debt has been crappy since 2017, and banks managed without collapsing. Now Office goes to heck. Multifamily, the biggie, is following.
What Are Older Office Towers Worth When They Finally Sell amid Record Vacancy Rates? Not Much. Huge Losses Everywhere by Wolf Richter • Apr 8, 2023 • 160 Comments But foreclosure sales are far worse, including a total wipeout of CMBS investors.
Bank Stocks Got Wacked: Between a Rock and a Hard Place as Banks Run Out Free Money by Wolf Richter • Mar 9, 2023 • 187 Comments Oh dearie, those bonds.
Dip in Mortgage Rates Not Slowing Housing Bust 2: Mortgage Lenders Sing the Blues by Wolf Richter • Jan 11, 2023 • 241 Comments It just keeps getting worse.