Liberty Home Lending - Wholesale - Agency, Gov't, Jumbo

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2008-08-06

Liberty Home Lending shuttered its wholesale lending operations effective Friday, July 31st, 2008. Wrote one tipster: "Liberty Home lending out of FL is ceasing all fundings on the wholesale side effective July 31st. We had several clear to close loans with them and they are not honoring them. They intend to strictly be Retail."

Average monthly originations across both retail and wholesale channels in 2006 was just shy of $27 million. Liberty Home Lending operates in the 48 contiguous U.S. states according to their web site.

An announcement (pdf) on their web site states "Liberty Home Lending intends to focus on retail lending and specific wholesale relationships." However when we spoke with their Broker Approval department, we were told no new wholesale business is being written, period. The announcement claims wholesale will resume "once housing markets stabilize, and capital market conditions improve."

It is not clear at this time specific wholesale dollar volumes or the number (if any) of employees affected. Please email if you can supply details.

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Important: This company is on our list of lending operations that have "imploded" (see also ailing lenders). However, please note that "imploded" is a 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 "firesale" acquisition. All information here is provisional, and may contain inaccuracies (especially newer information). If you are planning on doing business with this company or any other one listed on this site, you should inquire with them directly on whether they can still meet your needs. Many are still operating in some capacity.