By Kat Hungerford|2026-06-09T10:35:43-05:00June 10th, 2026|News|1 Comment

When a University of Virginia professor built AAPL's CPLA certification into his curriculum, his students responded by treating it less like coursework and more like the real thing.  Private lending has spent decades occupying an awkward space in the public imagination. To outsiders, it’s flattened into caricature: hard-money cowboys, opportunistic capital, transactional chaos, guys named Rick [...]

By Kat Hungerford|2026-05-29T13:21:14-05:00June 1st, 2026|News|0 Comments

Sixteen AAPL Members Earn Spots on Industry’s Verified Private Lending Ranking The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) is proud to recognize 16 member companies named to Scotsman Guide’s 2026 Top Private Lenders ranking, an industry benchmark honoring private lenders delivering capital solutions to real estate investors and mortgage brokers nationwide. Among the 22 lenders [...]

By Chrissy Spencer|2026-05-26T11:57:53-05:00May 26th, 2026|News|0 Comments

MIAMI, F.L. – APRIL 21, 2026 -- Hartmann Doherty Rosa Berman & Bulbulia LLP (HDRB&B) is pleased to announce the launch of its Miami office and the addition of Jessica Franklin as Partner in the firm’s Private Lending Group. Located in Coconut Grove, the new office reflects HDRB&B’s continued growth in Florida and increasing demand [...]

By Daren Blomquist|2026-04-23T09:42:15-05:00April 23rd, 2026|News|0 Comments

Foreclosure Auction Volume Increases 33% in Q1 2026 to a Six-Year High as Distressed Supply Continues to Normalize to Pre-Pandemic Levels Selective demand gains and uneven pricing signals point to continued normalization rather than acceleration.  April 23, 2026 Key Points Completed foreclosure auctions reached 66 percent of their Q1 2020 level in Q1 2026, up approximately 10 percent from Q4 2025 and 33 percent [...]

By Daren Blomquist|2026-04-08T07:52:28-05:00April 8th, 2026|News|0 Comments

Irvine, Calif. — April 8, 2026 — Auction.com, the nation’s leading distressed real estate marketplace, today released its 2026 Buyer Outlook Report, which shows that local community developers — the primary buyers at distressed property auctions — are the most bearish that they’ve been in the last five years when it comes to the U.S. housing market. [...]

By Kat Hungerford|2026-04-07T14:34:59-05:00April 7th, 2026|News|0 Comments

The American Association of Private Lenders’ recent fraud alert on a fabricated borrower profile has drawn coverage from Inside Mortgage Finance through its newsletter, Inside Nonconforming Markets. The report highlights AAPL’s decision to issue a formal, industry-wide alert in response to a coordinated fraud scenario involving a non-agency loan submission. While the IMF article provides [...]