Dealmaker: Dwight Capital Finances $45M

Dwight Capital, New York, financed $96.7 million in HUD 223(f) loans, $95.1 million in HUD 223(a)(7) loans and $35 million in bridge loans.

Industry Briefs

IndiSoft, Columbia, Md., launched The Homeowner Connect to help servicers communicate effectively with borrowers who need loss mitigation help during the COVID-19 crisis.

March New Home Sales Feel Brunt of Coronavirus

The expected hit to new home sales from the coronavirus pandemic fully manifested itself in March, falling by more than 15 percent from February to its lowest level in six years, HUD and the Census Bureau reported yesterday.

Joe Langner: HECMs Shield Seniors from Investment Sequence Risk in Turbulent Times

eniors are being especially hard hit by the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Compounding worries of being among the population’s most vulnerable to the disease is the prospect of premature retirement portfolio depletion due to sequence of returns risk (sequence risk) in a volatile market.