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Old 07-16-2025, 06:31 AM
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The bank served its purpose. To provide financing and mortgages for people moving to TV.
Initially they were selling manufactured homes and homes in the middle of effing nowhere. Both are usually a no go for traditional banks and mortgage companies.
Now that they are well established it’s not hard to get approval at a good rate for a purchase in TV.
My slightly educated guess is that as they lost market share in the loan department and as more folks used online banking with their old hometown bank it became less profitable. And being a small bank dealing with banking regulations can get very expensive in terms of people and time.