NOVASTAR FINL INC, (NFI) Stock Research Free Stock Rating

Company Profile

NovaStar Financial, Inc. and subsidiaries operate as a specialty finance company that originates, purchases, invests in, and services residential nonconforming loans in the United States. It offers a range of mortgage loan products to borrowers. The company operates through three segments: Mortgage Portfolio Management, Mortgage Lending and Loan Servicing, and Branch Operations. The Mortgage Portfolio Management segment invests in assets generated primarily from its origination and purchase of nonconforming, single family, and residential mortgage loans. It provides finance by issuing asset-backed bonds and entering into reverse repurchase agreements. This segment’s mortgage securities include AAA and nonrated interest only, prepayment penalty, overcollateralization, and other subordinated mortgage securities. The Mortgage Lending and Loan Servicing segment originates and purchases primarily nonconforming and single-family residential mortgage loans through its mortgage securities investment portfolio loan origination network, which includes wholesale loan brokers, correspondent institutions, and direct to consumer operations. It retains interests in the nonconforming loans. This segment also underwrites, processes, funds, and services the nonconforming mortgage loans. The Branch Operation segment provides an additional source for mortgage loan originations, which it sells either in securitizations or in outright sales to third parties. The company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (REIT). As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax, if it distributes atleast 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. NovaStar Financial was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Kansas, Missouri.

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