Lend America Touts Mortgage Exit Strategy

Lend America, a direct-to-consumer FHA lender based in Melville, N.Y., has announced the launch of a "premier exit strategy" to help Wall Street firms and hedge funds quickly monetize their residential mortgage portfolios. Lend America offers investors both the opportunity to refinance performing mortgage portfolios within 10 days and work with nonperforming portfolios to maximize cash flow and deliver a profitable exit strategy. "Lend America is already working with leading Wall Street firms and hedge funds who are trading and or holding adjustable-rate or other performing paper," said Michael Ashley, chief business strategist of Lend America. The company said it has over 300 trained loan specialists in Federal Housing Administration lending, as well as the ability to place loans directly into Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities.