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FGMC owes Customers Bank $25M, bankruptcy filing shows

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(FGMC) and its holding company, Maverick II Holdings LLC, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday, June 30, leaving one of the country’s major warehouse lenders as its largest unsecured creditor, according to court filings. The lender then filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday, June 30.

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Mortgage lender AmeriFirst Financial files for bankruptcy

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filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware, just two months after it got back into the forward mortgage origination business. Bankruptcy Court for Delaware. Other creditors in the AmeriFirst bankruptcy with unsecured claims exceeding $500,000 include – RCP Customized Credit Fund ($5.97 million, court pleadings show.

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Warehouse lenders stung by FGMC’s bankruptcy

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Recent pleadings filed in the bankruptcy case of First Guaranty Mortgage Corp. FGMC and its affiliate, Maverick II Holdings LLC , on June 30 filed to reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Samples reveals in his declaration that FGMC was hemorrhaging cash just prior to filing for bankruptcy protection — posting a $23.3

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Texas Capital Bank shoots back at Ginnie Mae over dismissal motion

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government’s motion to stop the gathering of evidence in a case against Ginnie Mae , Texas Capital Bank (TCB) responded to the government’s attempt to dismiss the entirety of the bank’s complaint. Ginnie Mae accordingly implored TCB to lend money to RMF. But TCB was hesitant to lend money to a bankrupt company.

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FSOC recommends more regulation and liquidity for nonbank servicers

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Reducing competition and credit availability while increasing borrowing costs is antithetical to regulators’ goals of a diverse and robust market for mortgage lending and servicing,” Broeksmit said in a prepared statement. Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said in a prepared statement.

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Automation is coming to non-QM lending

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“Automated underwriting for agency [ Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ] products is definitely much easier because there’s a defined set of scenarios that you have to meet,” says Keith Lind, executive chairman and president of Acra Lending (a non-QM lender formerly known as Citadel Servicing ).

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The risk of zero-down loans while the Fed talks recession

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Bank of America recently announced a loan for lower-income households that doesn’t require homebuyers to come up with a downpayment or closing costs, and doesn’t base the loan on a minimum FICO score. People’s first reaction was to wonder if this was 2008 all over again. Remember, the system is designed to keep home prices inflated.

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