Capital Alliance Income Trust Ltd., a San Francisco-based real estate investment trust, has arranged a two-year, $7.0 million credit facility with Franklin Bank SSB, Houston.The facility has a one-year extension option. It will enable CAIT, a specialty residential mortgage lender, to "pledge its core mortgage portfolio and obtain increased interest rate spreads of approximately 300 basis points" over its existing financing, said Richard Wrensen, the company's executive vice president and chief financial officer. The REIT invests in conforming and high-yielding nonconforming residential mortgage loans on one- to four-unit residential properties, chiefly in California and other Western states. It can be found online at http://www.calliance.com.
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Though the crimes occurred earlier this decade, they highlight how much easier it has become to create false documents today, given the rise of artificial intelligence.
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ICE data reveals home value growth hit a 15-month high, prompting originators to target resilient markets like upstate New York and pivot focus toward single-family inventory.
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The company reported a nearly $600,000 loss as it navigates the loss of Rithm-related business and pushes for a more diversified revenue model.
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Brian Johnson, President Trump's nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, navigated a somewhat contentious Senate Banking Committee hearing dominated by Democratic opposition but without giving away specific plans he has for the agency.
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Originators need to keep an eye on the 10-year Treasury yield used in pricing mortgages, which not only broke through 4.6%, climbed above 4.7% on Thursday.
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