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Lender Meltdown brings you banking and mortgage lending news from the US and the world! We focus on mortgage lending news and insight from the US and from around the world. Information you need to know before making financing your next home or real estate transaction. We bring you news and information from industry insiders and sources that the mainstream financial media doesn't. Lender Meltdown also has boots on the ground. These "boots on the ground" give us daily and weekly updates of what is going in the field. Our contributors have decades of experience in lending and real estate. That experience gives us the advantage of being able to give information in plain English without all the industry technobabble and industry jargon.
Fannie Mae To Increase LTV Ratios
Fannie Mae To Increase LTVs In November. Are They Driving The Housing Market Off The Cliff Again? Fannie Mae on Thursday announced that its Desktop Underwriting system. The new GSA guidelines include new changes to the maximum allowable LTV ratios for two- to four-unit and principal residences. The changes also apply to purchase and limited…
The American Housing Market Resembles 2006
The American Housing Market Is Resembling 2006. Is It Deja Vu All Over Again? The American housing market is sound disturbingly familiar to us who survived the housing crash 15 years ago. Skyrocketing home prices have very suddenly leveled off. Recession fears are swirling and the number of home sales has dropped off in the…
Widespread Housing Discrimination Persists In The USA
Widespread Housing Discrimination Persists Against Minorities And The LGBTQ+ Community Despite Ever Expanding Federal Laws Widespread housing discrimination persists among ethnic minorities and the LGBTQ+ community. This is despite the federal government expanding on the Federal Housing Act passed over 50 years ago. Roughly 32% of people of African descent say they felt they faced…
NTRAPS: The New Real Estate Scam Targeting Grandma
Title Advocates Say NTRAPS Or Non-Title Recorded Agreements For Personal Services Target Seniors A charming real estate agent is helping an elderly couple sell their home except they are not selling right now. When they are, they have an exclusive agreement to use only him thanks to an NTRAPS agreement. In return for signing the…
Romspen Gave 3 Stoners
Romspen Gave 3 Stoners Over $54 Million Dollars To Fund A Failing Cannabis Business. Now The Canadian Lender Is Shocked To Learn 2 Of The Partners Have Disappeared Romspen gave 3 stoners a $54 million loan fund their giant marijuana grow operation in Oakland, California. Now it appears Romspen’s money has gone up in smoke….
Romspen Is Withholding Partial Redemption Payments
Romspen Is Withholding Partial Redemption Payments In August. They Cite Poor Loan Performance. Or Is It Just Cover For A Shell Game? Canada’s largest private mortgage lenders is at it again. Romspen is withholding partial redemption payouts to investor for the fourth time in under a year. The Canadian lender is citing weak loan repayments…
Romspen Investor Warning
Romspen Investor Warning: Canadian Lender Froze and Has Reduced Investor Redemptions for Nearly A Year. Have They Become The Roach Motel Of Commercial Lending? This Romspen investor warning is going out to all our readers who invest in commercial real estate. It appears Canadian real estate lender Romspen has become the Roach Motel of the…
Zillow Home Loans Launches 1% Down Mortgages
Zillow Home Loans Launches 1% Down Mortgages In An Attempt To Compete With Rocket And UWM Zillow Home Loans announces it is launching a 1% Down Payment program. The new Zillow program would allow eligible first-time home buyers to pay as little as 1% down on their next home purchase. Right now, Zillow is only…
AmeriFirst Financial Files For Bankruptcy
AmeriFirst Financial Files For Bankruptcy Less than Two Months After The Resuming It’s Forward Origination Business Retail lender AmeriFirst Financial filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware. The Amerifirst Financial bankruptcy comes just two months after the company resumed it’s forward mortgage origination business. Amerifirst Financial relaunched its forward mortgage origination business in June….