Westlake Village, CA – August 27, 2026 – Velocity Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VEL) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire the operating platform of longtime AAPL member Toorak Capital LLC, a business-purpose lending and asset management firm which is majority owned by funds advised by affiliates of KKR, a leading global investment firm. Toorak has [...]
Success creates opportunities. Significance creates impact. On September 17, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Impact Others will bring together an extraordinary group of entrepreneurs, business owners, investors, executives, and community leaders at The Invite, 1520 East Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034, for A Night of Impact, benefiting Project Dakota and The Invite, Phoenix. [...]
AAPL Education Forum: Elevating Knowledge. Strengthening the Industry. AAPL is proud to announce an exciting evolution in our educational programming. After thoughtful consideration and feedback from our members, we are retiring the Fund Forum and introducing a broader, more inclusive platform: the AAPL Education Forum. The AAPL Education Forum expands beyond fund‑specific content to deliver [...]
For more than a decade, technology-enabled lenders have focused on improving the borrower experience. The next competitive battleground appears to be the infrastructure behind those loans: how they are funded, traded, and distributed through capital markets. Figure's $717 million acquisition of Kiavi brings together one of the largest technology-driven residential investor lenders with a company [...]
Kansas City, MO | April 30, 2026 - The American Association of Private Lenders today announced a new member discount partnership with Business Screen, a team of licensed private investigators specializing in business and principal background checks. As part of the collaboration, Business Screen has designed checks specifically for private lender underwriting and due diligence. [...]
The American Association of Private Lenders played a material role in informing the report’s evidentiary foundation. A newly released report from the Urban Institute, “The Evolution of Residential Transition Lending: From Hard Money to Housing Supply?”, reframes residential transition lending (RTL) from a fringe financing mechanism into a material contributor to U.S. housing production. Supported [...]
Kansas City, MO —3/26/2026— The OverSight Report, an automated appraisal risk analytics solution developed by RicherValues, has received approvals from multiple ratings agencies and third-party review (TPR) firms, enabling its use as a direct replacement for traditional appraisal desk review products in securitized transactions. OverSight analysis of active DSCR loan files since January indicates that approximately [...]
As private lending continues to grow in influence and complexity, the need to elevate authentic industry voices has never been more important. The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) is proud to introduce AAPL Constituency, the official podcast dedicated to telling the stories shaping private lending today. Hosted by Linda Hyde and Eddie Wilson, the [...]
Help update restrictive lending laws to support business-purpose lenders. Private lending is a cornerstone of real estate investment and small business growth nationwide. However, in Utah, outdated and overly restrictive lending regulations are limiting opportunities for qualified professionals to serve borrowers who depend on business-purpose loans. Currently, Utah requires all private lenders to operate under [...]
Private lenders may soon have expanded access to capital via a bipartisan bill that opens a path for more investors to seek accredited status. If passed, H.R.3339, also called the Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act of 2025, mandates that the Securities and Exchange Commission create an exam to certify passing individuals as accredited investors. [...]
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