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Bankrupt AmeriFirst Financial wants court to green light private sale of loans  

Housing Wire

Bankrupt retail lender AmeriFirst Financial is seeking approval for a private sale of loans from a Delaware bankruptcy judge to pay off two warehouse lenders and fund restructuring costs. Law360 and National Mortgage News first reported on AmeriFirst’s motion seeking approval of loan sales. million to Centier Bank.

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FAR parent updates investors on AAG integration, business performance

Housing Wire

The company also said it “continues to evaluate new products to reach additional segments of the population facing a retirement gap,” and describes recent reverse mortgage industry consolidation following influential industry changes in 2017 and the 2022 bankruptcy of Reverse Mortgage Funding (RMF). “As

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What happens after the Fed’s rate hike?

Housing Wire

One of the unsung heroes of the most prolonged economic and job expansion ever recorded in history was the passing of the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform Act and the 2010 qualified mortgage rule under Dodd-Frank. As we can see below, the bankruptcy levels were extremely high before the bankruptcy law was passed in 2005.

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The 2024 mortgage M&A playbook

Housing Wire

When we’ve been in situations like this in the past, we’ve done the same thing where we want to continue to gain market share and, at the same time, add good sales and fulfillment talent to our franchise.” There were also a few cases of bankruptcy. bankruptcies. exits and 3.2%

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Fannie Mae’s chief economist on housing market outlook

Housing Wire

However, a silver lining in the subdued housing market is the strength in new-home sales. On the production side, the mortgage business is in recession because the levels of existing-home sales are back where they were at the end of the great financial crisis at around 4 million units. We don’t know what third-quarter growth was.

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Daily Links: Stalled Hotel Tower Site Next to Weylin in ‘Burg to Be Auctioned in Bankruptcy Sale

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The City] First Responders Ready to Work as Lifeguards, But City Says No [The City] BPL Honors Jon Batiste, Other Notables… Read More > The post Daily Links: Stalled Hotel Tower Site Next to Weylin in ‘Burg to Be Auctioned in Bankruptcy Sale appeared first on Brownstoner.

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Despite Recent Progress, Bankruptcy Threatens Long-Anticipated Nassau Brewery Restoration

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The long-anticipated restoration and adaptation of the historic Nassau Brewery at 945 Bergen Street could be scrapped by a bankruptcy sale just as it inches toward completion.