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MORE Seller Financing wants to debunk ‘the bad rap for wraps’

Housing Wire

MORE’s model offers a short-term bridge loan typically around three years in length that’s designed to give buyers time to refinance or secure permanent financing. Seller financing spans residential, commercial and land transactions, with residential making up 63% of all deals over the past three years, Note Investor reported.

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Seattle office king Martin Selig loses another piece of his empire

Seattle Times Real Estate

Since late last year, 19 of Selig’s roughly 30 downtown buildings have been put under outside management or turned over to lenders after pandemic-related vacancies left the 88-year-old developer unable to cover more than $850 million in loans. That loan also shows how COVID-19 hammered the market value of office buildings.

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The Best Mortgage Blogs From 2017 | Advice For Home Financing

Rochester Real Estate

It’s unfortunate, but not every prospective buyer is going to be able to qualify for a home loan. In the simplest terms the main difference is that a bank has its own lending criteria and offers loans by using its own funds. You have no control over who you loan gets sold to. In contrast, a mortgage broker is a middleman.

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Mortgage lender AmeriFirst Financial files for bankruptcy

Housing Wire

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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Student loan payments to resume, will modestly impact mortgages: Moody’s 

Housing Wire

Federal student loan payments resuming on Oct. 1 will negatively affect consumer loan asset quality, including credit card, auto and, to a lesser extent, residential mortgages. According to the analysts, job market conditions remain the primary driver of consumer loan performance. in Q2 2023. in Q2 2023.

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

Housing Wire

The loan repurchase trend that began to sting many mortgage originators in 2022 appears to finally be winding down, according to a recent report by Sterling Point Advisors and Augment Analytics. We’re seeing a downward trend in total [loans] repurchased [on a dollar basis], and that’s true for both Fannie and Freddie,” Ludden said. “I

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Angel Oak Home Loans announces exit from retail channel

Housing Wire

Angel Oak Home Loans will exit its retail distribution channel following a sale of its retail offices to an unknown lender and servicer. The firm will focus on the non-qualified residential mortgages in the wholesale and correspondent channels. Of the total volume, conventional loans accounted for 85.7% The lender originated $2.32