article thumbnail

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

Housing Wire

Seller financing spans residential, commercial and land transactions, with residential making up 63% of all deals over the past three years, Note Investor reported. Ive helped a lot of divorcees who have terrible credit and people that are a few months out of bankruptcy get into a home. on its own. They just had life happen.

article thumbnail

Seattle office king Martin Selig loses another piece of his empire

Seattle Times Real Estate

Advertising Selig has made a career of comebacks, repeatedly shrugging off bankruptcies, foreclosures and litigation by unhappy contractors. Selig’s remaining ace in the hole had been The Modern, a project initially planned as mixed-use office but repurposed as residential during the pandemic.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Best Mortgage Blogs From 2017 | Advice For Home Financing

Rochester Real Estate

Advice On Home Financing | The Best Mortgage Blogs From 2017 Potential FHA Mortgage Quirks Anita Clark, a Real Estate agent in Bonaire GA who has been serving the residential real estate needs of consumers in middle GA for the past decade, provides some informative thoughts on potential FHA mortgage quirks.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Redfin makes its big rental play with RentPath acquisition

Housing Wire

Seattle-based Redfin has agreed to pay $608 million in cash to acquire RentPath , though the deal still requires sign-off by the Federal Trade Commission and a bankruptcy court. Despite RentPath’s baggage, namely a $650 million bankruptcy restructuring , Redfin sees big traffic and lead-generation potential with the pending acquisition.

article thumbnail

Smart Rate, Michael Strauss no longer authorized to do business in Illinois

Housing Wire

Smart Rate Mortgage, LLC is no longer licensed as a residential mortgage company in Illinois. The address listed is 610 Park Avenue, New York, a residential property for sale for $19.9 3, indicating a voluntary surrender. million , down from $26.5 million in February, according to Zillow.

article thumbnail

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

Housing Wire

1 will negatively affect consumer loan asset quality, including credit card, auto and, to a lesser extent, residential mortgages. Although student loans are non-dischargeable in bankruptcy, their priority in a consumer’s debt repayment hierarchy is low relative to the other major consumer debt classes,” Moody’s analysts said.