Flagstar Financial is the regional bank formerly known as New York Community Bancorp — one of the largest US lenders on apartment buildings, especially New York's rent-regulated ones. A 2022 merger with Flagstar Bancorp and a 2023 grab of failed Signature Bank pushed it past $100B in assets; then a 2024 crisis over commercial-real-estate losses forced a dividend cut and a $1.05B rescue led by Steven Mnuchin's Liberty Strategic Capital. It is now shrinking its property loans, building a commercial bank, and rebuilding trust.
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Flagstar Financial is the regional bank formerly known as New York Community Bancorp — one of the largest US lenders on apartment buildings, especially New York's rent-regulated ones. A 2022 merger with Flagstar Bancorp and a 2023 grab of failed Signature Bank pushed it past $100B in assets; then a 2024 crisis over commercial-real-estate losses forced a dividend cut and a $1.05B rescue led by Steven Mnuchin's Liberty Strategic Capital. It is now shrinking its property loans, building a commercial bank, and rebuilding trust.