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Banks staging the largest QoQ build in loans-held-for-sale in Q1 2026

Banks whose loans-held-for-sale balance rose at least $5M quarter-over-quarter — an early signal of asset-disposition staging, portfolio repositioning, or distress-driven shedding.

Q1 202650 institutions
Held-for-sale loan balances rose across 50 institutions in Q1 2026, with MORGAN STANLEY BANK NA in UT leading the expansion by +$8.4B, bringing its total to $17.6B. BANK OF AMERICA NA and SMBC MANUBANK followed with increases of +$5.8B and +$2.8B, respectively.
HFS Loan Pool Surges
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RankInstitutionSourceStateloans_held_for_sale_qoq_deltaTrend
1MORGAN STANLEY BANK NABANKUT841200000000.0%
2BANK OF AMERICA NABANKNC578200000000.0%
3SMBC MANUBANKBANKCA282818800000.0%
4SOFI BANK NATIONAL ASSNBANKUT261759200000.0%
5GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USABANKNY78100000000.0%
6MERCHANTS BANK OF INDIANABANKIN65358300000.0%
7FIFTH THIRD BANK NABANKOH63200000000.0%
8WESTERN ALLIANCE BANKBANKAZ50368900000.0%
9SANTANDER BANK N ABANKDE48742500000.0%
10NICOLET NATIONAL BANKBANKWI39352500000.0%
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RankInstitutionSourceStateloans_held_for_sale_qoq_deltaTrend
11U S BANK NATIONAL ASSNBANKOH████████
12FIRST MERCHANTS BANKBANKIN████████
13CITIZENS BANK NATIONAL ASSNBANKRI████████
14FIRST-CITIZENS BANK&TRUST COBANKNC████████
15TRUIST BANKBANKNC████████
16WELLS FARGO BANK NABANKSD████████
17NEWTEK BANK NATIONAL ASSNBANKFL████████
18CEDAR RAPIDS BANK&TRUST COBANKIA████████
19FIRST HORIZON BANKBANKTN████████
20PINNACLE BANKBANKTN████████
21QUAD CITY BANK&TRUST COBANKIA████████
22GUARANTY BANKBANKMO████████
23AMERANT BANK NATIONAL ASSNBANKFL████████
24COMMUNITY STATE BANKBANKIA████████
25COLUMN NATIONAL ASSNBANKCA████████
26PREFERRED BANKBANKCA████████
27BANC OF CALIFORNIABANKCA████████
28LENDINGCLUB BANK NABANKUT████████
29BELL BANKBANKND████████
30SUMITOMO MITSUI TR BK U SABANKNJ████████
31CROSS RIVER BANKBANKNJ████████
32PRIMIS BANKBANKVA████████
33COASTAL COMMUNITY BANKBANKWA████████
34PLAINS COMMERCE BANKBANKSD████████
35CORNERSTONE CAPITAL BANK SSBBANKTX████████
36LEADER BANK NATIONAL ASSNBANKMA████████
37CIBC BANK USABANKIL████████
38SUNFLOWER BANK NATIONAL ASSNBANKTX████████
39BARRINGTON B&T CO NABANKIL████████
40SQUARE FINL SERVICES INCBANKUT████████
41BANKUNITED NATIONAL ASSNBANKFL████████
42BANK OF LAKE MILLSBANKWI████████
43DIME COMMUNITY BANKBANKNY████████
44LUMINATE BANKBANKMN████████
45FIRST ELECTRONIC BANKBANKUT████████
46COASTAL STATES BANKBANKSC████████
47RAYMOND JAMES BANKBANKFL████████
48FIRSTBANKBANKTN████████
49NEWTOWN SAVINGS BANKBANKCT████████
50HANCOCK WHITNEY BANKBANKMS████████

Methodology

This card ranks banks whose loans-held-for-sale (HFS) balance rose at least $5M (USD 5000000 floor) quarter-over-quarter and surfaces the top 50 by absolute dollar delta. HFS balance: FFIEC Call Report Schedule RC line 4.a (RCFD5369 consolidated; RCON5369 fallback for filers without foreign offices). A rising HFS balance can signal portfolio repositioning, securitization staging, or distress-driven disposition — the card surfaces the movement; interpretation depends on the bank's broader credit-quality and capital posture.

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