The Equalize Community Development Fund (EQCDX) is a public mutual fund security designed to provide current income, in the form of quarterly dividends, from a portfolio of first lien Small Business Administration 504 loans and USDA Rural Development loans. The Fund...
The American Home Opportunity Mortgage Fund (“AHOMe”) is a Fund designed for the needs of investors seeking attractive yields from a portfolio of residential mortgage loans made to a deserving, yet underbanked community of borrowers. The Fund buys and holds Individual...
We are now halfway through the first quarter in 2023 and inflation remains the primary economic concern for the markets and investors. Its effects are causing central banks to raise rates and potentially slow the economy into a recession. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...
The SBA has not updated their weekly lending reports for any periods in 2023 so far, but as we reported last month, loan originations under the 504 loan program are proceeding at a considerably slower pace in this fiscal year than in FY2022. Still, originations, are...
Loan originations under the 504 loan program are proceeding at a considerably slower pace in this year than the blistering start of the SBA’s fiscal year 2022. Still, originations, are comparable to other recent years, while far below the pace set at the start of last...
The 504 loan program is starting at a much more subdued pace in SBA’s fiscal year 2023 than it did in fiscal year 2022. This year started, originations, are strong compared to other recent years, but far below the pace set at the start of last year. 504 loan...
The final figures are now in for the SBA’s fiscal year 2022 504 loan program. The year started on a torrid pace of originations, and while the pace slowed over the course of the year, originations still climbed 12.0% compared to FY2021. Originations this year are also...
On September 15, 2022, Maxine Waters (D-Cal), chair of the House Committee on Financial Services, introduced legislation that would significantly revise the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) through several new requirements. The old CRA and why it’s time to go:...
Fund Highlights: Equalize Community Development Fund and AHOMe Fund Both of Equalize Capital’s CRA funds seek to deliver competitive financial returns while making investments that benefit US Small Business and under-banked borrowers across the country. The investment...
The pace of SBA 504 loan originations continued to slow over the past month, but originations are still well above last year’s pace. Forty-nine weeks into fiscal year 2022 (started October 1st), 504 loan originations are up 7.4% compared to the same period a year ago....
