So, in summary, forgive us for continuing to be a boring story, but we are, as we said, we would be 2 or 3 years ago predictable, solid, a balance sheet that's not likely to blow up whatever happens in the economy. We continue to be cautious. You might argue that we are overly cautious, but I think I am getting old, but I think these are times when caution is the byword. There are a lot of uncertainties out here with regard to the industry and with regard to the macroeconomic environment surrounding the industry, not the least of which is the political uncertainty, so as I think most reasonable thinkers are in this business, we are sitting back on the sidelines watching with everyone else to see what's going to happen.
And, when something makes sense on the M&A line, you will see an announcement by us, but you won't see an announcement just for the sake of making an announcement. And, frankly, I think those, particularly in the Southeast, who moved aggressively earlier are paying the price for it, even for the FDIC deals that looked attractive a year or 2 ago turned out to be not so, and so we've been careful.
We look forward to going to New York. To answer your question of how much we are going to do in New York, the answer is I don't know, but the reception that we seem to be getting in talking to people is very, very encouraging, both from employees and customers who we've known very well over the years, and I think we will get more than our share of the market when we get to New York, but let's be realistic. That's not going to be high margin business either. But, the old fallback in New York used to be multi-family lending, which was a lot more attractive business 2 or 3 years ago than it is today, where we are seeing rates in the low 3s and we would expect to be frank with you if banks keep being as aggressive as they are to break this [ph], so we are not going to be able to make it doing just multi-family lending in New York for sure.
That's going to have to be a mixture of commercial lending and commercial real estate lending and C&I, all of which we are prepared to develop in that market, but I think we are being very realistic about our expectations and we are trying to get that point across to you and make everybody feel comfortable with our thinking as you know, those of you who know Raj and Doug and I for years, we don’t hide much. We -- our thinking is an open book and we are going to try to do what make sense here.
Having said all of that, appreciate your call, appreciate your interest in the company and look forward to talking to you again in 90 days. Bye.