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New York -- Origen Financial, a manufactured housing lender, has agreed to sell its servicing platform and related assets to Green Tree Servicing.
The deal includes the transfer of approximately $1.6 billion of manufactured housing loans.
While terms of the transaction were not released, Origien said it will use proceeds from the sale to retire a $15 million loan secured by the servicing assets, partially repay a $46 secured loan facility and for working capital.
As part of the sale, Green Tree will assume the lease for Origen's Forth Worth, Texas, servicing facility.
Origen, battered by difficult market conditions, previously said that it has suspended origination of new loans for its own portfolio and sold recently originated but unsecuritized loans at a loss. The company has also had to write down assets. "With the agreement to sell our servicing platform, we are now focused on trying to sell our origination platform assets and right-size our employee and cost structure to accommodate the continued management of our $1 billion securitized loan portfolio," said ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Green Tree to Buy Origen's Servicing.(Origen Financial and Green Tree...