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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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This global investment firm wants to become a non-QM rainmaker

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The new REMIC, Mill City Loan Holdings LLC , will serve as a mortgage conduit for funds managed by CarVal while also developing relationships with originators to acquire “residential mortgage assets across multiple strategies,” according to a CarVal statement announcing the launch of the REMIC, which will do business as Mill City Loans.

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Figure partners with NovaWulf on proposed reorg of crypto lender Celsius

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The partnership was made public by Figure on Thursday and comes a day after an announcement from Celsius — which filed for bankruptcy in July 2022 — that it will be acquired by NovaWulf. Figure Acquisition Corp., a blank check company affiliated with Figure, was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange in December.

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There’s more blood on the tracks in the non-QM market

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billion in assets, has a diverse portfolio of residential and commercial real estate assets. A closer look at WMC’s books, however, shows that as of June 30 its residential whole loan portfolio, nearly all of which is comprised of non-QM loans, was underwater by some $44 million. million loss in the first quarter. WMC, with some $2.8

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Private-label MBS market facing strong headwinds

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In July and August of this year, there was a total of 25 residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) deals secured by mortgage pools valued at $8.3 That cap doubled starting in September, meaning the central bank going forward will now allow up to $35 billion per month in MBS to roll off its balance sheet as the securities mature.

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Loan buybacks haven’t disappeared, but they are trending down

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The pool of non-QM borrowers includes real estate investors, foreign nationals, business owners, gig workers and the self-employed, as well as a smaller group of homebuyers who face credit challenges, such as past bankruptcies. And those loans are historically riskier than a typical conventional loan.”

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Private-label RMBS market has cause to celebrate

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As 2021 draws to a close, it’s clear that the private-label residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) market has notched a year for the record books. Morgan , the investment bank side of New York-based banking holding company JPMorgan Chase & Co. For the full year, the RMBS 2.0 Morgan, via its private label conduit, J.P.

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