Mortgage Market Overview, What Are the Alternatives?

As I have previously mentioned, the lending industry is going through a really challenging time. According to the ml-implode.com since late 2006 145 major US lenders have "imploded"

"Imploded" lenders: The "imploded" status is somewhat subjective and does not necessarily mean operations are ceased permanently: it can mean bankruptcy filing, temporary but open-ended halting of major operations, or a "firesale" acquisition. The Companies include all types (prime, subprime, or a mix of both; retail or wholesale; subsidiaries and entire companies). Note: Companies listed here may still be operating in some capacity; check with them before making assumptions.

"Imploded" Lenders:
145. Castle Point Mortgage
144. Group One Lending
143. Allstate Home Loans / Allstate Funding
142. Home Loan Specialists (HLS)
141. Transnational Finance Wholesale
140. CIT Home Lending
139. Capital Six Funding
138. Mortgage Investors Group (MIG) - Wholesale
137. Amstar Mortgage Corp
136. Quality Home Loans
135. BNC Mortgage (Lehman)
134. Accredited Home Lenders
133. First National Bank of Arizona (FNBA) Wholesale, Correspondent
132. Chevy Chase Bank Correspondent
131. GreenPoint Mortgage - Capital One Wholesale
130. NovaStar (Wholesale), Homeview Lending
129. Quick Loan Funding
128. National City Home Equity
127. Calusa Investments
126. Mercantile Mortgage
125. First Magnus
124. First Indiana Wholesale
123. Pacific American Mortgage (PAMCO)
122. Spectrum Financial Group - Wholesale
121. Lexington Lending
120. Express Capital Lending
119. Deutsche Bank Correspondent Lending Group (CLG)
118. MLSG
117. Trump Mortgage
116. HomeBanc Mortgage Corporation
115. Mylor Financial
114. Aegis
113. Alternative Financing Corp (AFC) Wholesale
112. Winstar Mortgage
111. American Home Mortgage / American Brokers Conduit
110. Equity Funding Group
109. Sunset Mortgage
108. Fieldstone Mortgage Company
107. Nations Home Lending
106. Wells Fargo Alternative Lending Wholesale
105. Entrust Mortgage
104. Alera Financial (Wholesale)
103. Flick Mortgage/Mortgage Simple
102. Alliance Bancorp
101. Choice Capital Funding
100. Premier Mortgage Funding
99. Stone Creek Funding
98. FlexPoint Funding (Wholesale & Retail)
97. Starpointe Mortgage
96. Unlimited Loan Resources (ULR)
95. Freestand Financial
94. Steward Financial
93. Wells Fargo (Correspondent)
92. Bridge Capital Corporation
91. Altivus Financial
90. ACT Mortgage
89. Alliance Mortgage Banking Corp (AMBC)
88. Concord Mortgage Wholesale
87. Heartwell Mortgage
86. Oak Street Mortgage
85. The Mortgage Warehouse
84. First Street Financial
83. Right-Away Mortgage
82. Heritage Plaza Mortgage
81. Horizon Bank Wholesale Lending Group
80. Lancaster Mortgage Bank (LMB)
79. Bryco (Wholesale)
78. No Red Tape Mortgage
77. The Lending Group (TLG)
76. Pro 30 Funding
75. NetBank Funding
74. Columbia Home Loans, LLC
73. Mortgage Tree Lending
72. Homeland Capital Group
71. Nation One Mortgage
70. Dana Capital Group
69. Millenium Funding Group
68. MILA
67. Home Equity of America
66. Opteum (Wholesale, Conduit)
65. Innovative Mortgage Capital
64. Home Capital, Inc.
63. Home 123 Mortgage
62. Homefield Financial
61. First Horizon (Subprime)
60. Platinum Capital Group
59. First Source Funding Group (FSFG)
58. Alterna Mortgage
57. Solutions Funding
56. People's Mortgage
55. LowerMyPayment.com
54. Zone Funding
53. First Consolidated (Subprime Wholesale)
52. EquiFirst
51. SouthStar Funding
50. Warehouse USA
49. H&R Block Mortgage
48. Madison Equity Loans
47. HSBC Mortgage Services (correspondent div.)
46. Sunset Direct Lending
45. Kellner Mortgage Investments
44. LoanCity
43. CoreStar Financial Group
42. Ameriquest, ACC Wholesale
41. Investaid Corp.
40. People's Choice Financial Corp.
39. Master Financial
38. Maribella Mortgage
37. FMF Capital LLC
36. New Century Financial Corp.
35. Wachovia Mortgage (Correspondent div.)
34. Ameritrust Mortgage Company (Subprime Wholesale)
33. Trojan Lending (Wholesale)
32. Fremont General Corporation
31. DomesticBank (Wholesale Lending Division)
30. Franklin Financial (Wholesale Operations)
29. Ivanhoe Mortgage/Central Pacific Mortgage
28. Eagle First Mortgage
27. Coastal Capital
26. Silver State Mortgage
25. ResMAE Mortgage Corporation
24. ECC Capital/Encore Credit
23. Lender's Direct Capital Corporation (wholesale division)
22. Concorde Acceptance
21. DeepGreen Financial
20. Millenium Bankshares (Mortgage Subsidiaries)
19. Summit Mortgage
18. Mandalay Mortgage
17. Rose Mortgage
16. EquiBanc
15. FundingAmerica
14. Popular Financial Holdings
13. Clear Choice Financial/Bay Capital
12. Origen Wholesale Lending
11. SecuredFunding
10. Preferred Advantage
9. MLN
8. Sovereign Bancorp (Wholesale Ops)
7. Harbourton Mortgage Investment Corporation
6. OwnIt Mortgage
5. Sebring Capital Partners
4. Axis Mortgage & Investments
3. Meritage Mortgage
2. Acoustic Home Loans
1. Merit Financial


Ailing lenders haven't shut down, but they're significantly scaling back or are (or recently have been) in manifest financial, legal, or operational distress. Unfortunately, most of the industry now falls under this description, so we are forced to reserve this list for the more glaring cases or those which we happen to have more specific info about.

Ailing/Watch List Lenders:
13. Secured Bankers Mortgage Company (SBMC)
12. Impac Lending Group (Wholesale)
11. Mortgage Store Financial
10. Delta Financial Corp
9. Countrywide Financial
8. Meridias Capital
7. Option One
6. All Fund Mortgage
5. Ocwen Loan Servicing
4. Doral Financial Corp.
3. Evergreen Investment/Carnation Bank
2. Coast Financial Holdings, Inc.
1. Residential Capital, LLC*


Recently, residential market is experiencing a deficit of money. The lenders have been tighting up their guidelines in order to sell their loans on secondary market. Now, borrowers have to have higher credit score and/or bigger down payment in order to qualify for a mortgage.
This doesn't help the deflationary housing market. In this environment alternative money sources become more viable to the transaction. Molot, Inc. is an active participant in this market and if you are having problems with conventional financing on either buyer or seller side, do not hesitate consulting with us.