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A closer look at investor attitudes and trends in reverse mortgage stocks

Housing Wire

stock market, companies like Finance of America (FOA) and Ellington Financial — the parent of reverse lender Longbridge Financial — have recently released their third-quarter 2024 earnings results. These moves, he said, helped demonstrate to investors that the company had its priorities clearly in mind.

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Portrait of a pre-foreclosure peacemaker

Housing Wire

My mom and stepdad went into pre-foreclosure,” said Sandoval, a real estate agent and investor who specializes in working in low-income, often Latino neighborhoods in Southern California. “I Helping the homeowner file for bankruptcy is another tool in the pre-foreclosure peacemaker’s tool kit, but Sandoval uses that tool with caution. “I

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After implosion, FGMC files for bankruptcy

Housing Wire

FGMC) and its affiliate Maverick II Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Wednesday. . According to those sources, FGMC adopted an aggressive pricing strategy to purchase loans from correspondent partners, often paying 20 basis points higher than other investors on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages.

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Nonbank Hometown Lenders files for bankruptcy

Housing Wire

Hometown Lenders has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Alabama, blaming the Federal Reserve’s policy to curb inflation for its debacle. million), investor Freddie Mac ($3.4 When the company shut down, loans were sold to investors, except those remaining with Flagstar Bank and First Horizon.

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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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FAR parent updates investors on AAG integration, business performance

Housing Wire

The company also said it “continues to evaluate new products to reach additional segments of the population facing a retirement gap,” and describes recent reverse mortgage industry consolidation following influential industry changes in 2017 and the 2022 bankruptcy of Reverse Mortgage Funding (RMF). “As

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Analyst’s opinion on FOA stock makes waves, but company is confident in its course

Housing Wire

UBS analyst Douglas Harter recently made waves after he took a closer look at the stock of reverse mortgage industry leader Finance of America (FOA). Harter downgraded the company’s stock rating on from “buy” to “neutral” even after it reported strong earnings results in the third quarter of 2024.