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

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Smart Rate Mortgage, LLC is no longer licensed as a residential mortgage company in Illinois. I broker business-purpose loans completely in a manner which is fully compliant with all laws and regulations and anything said to the contrary is incorrect,” Strauss told Inside Mortgage Finance (IMF) in early September.

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

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

Housing Wire

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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Opinion: The larger risk from a barely noticed CFPB lawsuit

Housing Wire

There are many reasons why securitization works so well and why the ability to originate and finance a loan is as reliable as turning on your tap and knowing it will produce water. One of the critical mechanisms of securitization is the separation of the underlying assets from the bankruptcy risk of the mortgage bond issuer.

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New MBA securities proposal mentions HMBS 2.0 as ‘logistical template’

Housing Wire

Proposal and inspiration Unlike a typical Ginnie Mae security based on pools of insured or guaranteed residential mortgage loans, the Ginnie Mae [early buyout (EBO)] security would not be based on a modified pass-through structure, the MBA said in a white paper that outlined the proposal. as potential paths for its new proposal.

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Private-label RMBS market has cause to celebrate

Housing Wire

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. For the full year, the RMBS 2.0 market — defined as all post-financial-crisis prime, non-prime and credit-risk transfer (CRT) transactions — is projected to exceed $115 billion in issuance.

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