Since mid-September, four nonprime-related M&As have either been announced or have come to light through market sources: Deephaven Mortgage’s acquisition by Pretium Partners; Redwood Trust’s purchase of CoreVest American Finance and Citadel Servicing’s takeover by HPS Investment Partners. And now the Luxury deal.
“In the first quarter everybody was hating life,” said Michael Lau, CEO of Pingora Asset Management. “Now everybody is loving life. They have fat margins and origination pipelines are robust.”
Luxury Mortgage was founded in 1996 and is currently headed by CEO David Adamo. Years ago, there was a company with a similar name headed by Michael Covino…