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Wilshire Acquires Old Kent Portfolio.(Wilshire Credit Corp.)(Brief Article)

Mortgage Servicing News

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Wilshire Credit Corp., a subsidiary of Wilshire Financial Services Group, has purchased a $178 million portfolio of subprime, first-lien mortgages from Old Kent.

Jay Memmott, president and CEO of Wilshire Credit, said the acquisition of the portfolio "is consistent with our business plan to acquire loans that leverage our platform and people who specialize in labor intensive loan servicing."

Separately, Fitch upgraded Wilshire Credit Corp.'s primary servicer ratings for high loan-to-value and subprime loans to 'RPS2-.' Wilshire also obtained a new rating of the same grade for primary servicing of home equity product.

Fitch said the ratings ...

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