(VERY INTERESTING) "Imploded" Mortgage Lenders & Ailing/Watch List Mortgage Lenders

Dear Reader,

I was referred to a very interesting website which I thought was extremely interesting to me and I know for a fact that it would be interesting for you as well. You don't have to be a financial analyst or a mortgage industry analyst to know that we are going through some rough times. I was referred to this websute: http://www.ml-implode.com/ which is a website dedicated to the mortgage lending industry. This website has news about lenders that have gone out of business and lenders that are on a watch list of lenders in trouble or possibly going out of business. You can take a look at the website closely on your own and you figure out if this is really accurate or not. Below I will copy and paste the 117 mortgage lenders that have already gone out of business or are on their way of going out of business if still functioning. I will also share the 14 top mortgage lenders that are on a watch list of mortgage companies that are in trouble of some sort which is very bad for their company. Everything you find in this blog is not my opinion but data that I found on http://www.ml-implode.com/ or http://www.lenderimplode.com/ or http://www.mortgageimplode.com/

I will also share the definitions of imploded lenders and ailing lenders that is also found on the website:

"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.

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.

The 14 mortgage lenders on a watch list are:

Ailing/Watch List Lenders according to website: http://www.ml-implode.com/

13. Quality Home Loans
12. Amstar Mortgage Corporation
11. Meridias Capital
10. Option One
9. CIT Home Lending
8. FNBA
7. GreenPoint Mortgage
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*

The 131 mortgage lenders that "imploded" according to website: http://www.ml-implode.com/

131. Accredited Home Lenders
130. First National Bank of Arizona (FNBA) Wholesale, Correspondent
129. GreenPoint Mortgage - Capital One Wholesale

128. NovaStar Wholesale
127. Quick Loan Funding
126. National City Home Equity
125. Calusa Investments
124. Mercantile Mortgage

First Magnus

First Indiana Wholesale

Pacific American Mortgage (PAMCO)

Spectrum Financial Group - Wholesale

Transland Financial Services - Wholesale

117. Express Capital Lending
116. Deutsche Bank Correspondent Lending Group (CLG)
115. MLSG
114. Trump Mortgage
113. HomeBanc Mortgage Corporation
112. Mylor Financial
111. Aegis (Everything)
110. Alternative Financing Corp (AFC) Wholesale
109. Winstar Mortgage
108. American Home Mortgage / American Brokers Conduit
107. Meridias Capital
106. Fieldstone Mortgage Company
105. Nations Home Lending
104. Wells Fargo Alternative Lending Wholesale
103. Entrust Mortgage
102. Flick Mortgage/Mortgage Simple
101. Alliance Bancorp
100. Choice Capital Funding
99. Premier Mortgage Funding
98. Stone Creek Funding
97. FlexPoint Funding (Wholesale)
96. Starpointe Mortgage
95. Unlimited Loan Resources (ULR)
94. Freestand Financial
93. Steward Financial
92. Wells Fargo (Correspondent)
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
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

These two lists are just mind boggling! What is going on with the mortgage industry? What are your thoughts? Share your thoughts with us here.

* Note: Everything that you found in this blog was all found on ml-implode.com (as of 8-22-2007)