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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. If approved, AmeriFirst’s retail and commercial loans worth more than $5 million will be sold to a non-QM lender Oaktree Funding Corp.,

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Why this small lender is running straight into the non-QM fire

Housing Wire

FGMC) , controlled by global investment management firm PIMCO, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June. Stronghill, however, is no stranger to the non-agency and investor loan space. . Now, business owners can also apply for a mortgage loan as an individual. First Guaranty Mortgage Corp. The question is: why? .

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

Housing Wire

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. WMC, with some $2.8 The dreaded discount.

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Princeton CEO Rich Weidel on the promise vs reality of mortgage tech

Housing Wire

Within mortgage companies, even those that have huge scale versus small scale, they’re offering really the same borrower experience and the same loan officer experience. Obviously, they’ve got some different systems to handle hundreds of loans a month versus thousands or tens of thousands. SW: How do you fix that?

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Real Estate Distress Has Created Opportunities for Rescue Capital

Propmodo

The amount of commercial real estate debt maturing this year makes the situation trickier. Newmark estimates that $929 billion of commercial real estate loans will come due in 2024. Willowbrook Partners will provide bespoke credit solutions for distressed commercial real estate projects in the $5 million to $50 million range.

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Can You Lose Your House If You Don’t Repay Your Other Debts?

RIS Media

When it comes to other debts, such as business or personal loans and credit cards, your creditors might seek a judgment against you that could put your home at risk. In general, if you’re behind on payments to a commercial creditor, the creditor must sue you and win a judgment against you before it can seize your property to cover the debt.

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Redwood Trust, Angel Oak Mortgage awash in red ink in Q2

Housing Wire

a real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Mill Valley California that has residential operations focused on nonagency jumbo loans, recently reported a second-quarter 2022 net loss of $100 million, after recording a net gain of $31 million in the prior quarter. Redwood Trust Inc. , Likewise, Atlanta-based A ngel Oak Mortgage Inc. ,

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