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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.”

Compared to the same period a year ago, warehouse lines of credit to nonbanks increased by a mouthwatering 41.9%.

MBA is seeking assurances that nonbank lenders can access the Fed’s Main Street Loan Program.