Company: RWT-PA
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000930236-25-000007
Chunk: 241

Company: REDWOOD TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 241
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 be insufficient to repay in full the principal amount of ABS issued by these securitization entities. While we are not directly liable for any of the ABS issued by these entities, third parties who hold the ABS issued by these entities may nevertheless seek to hold us liable for any losses they experience, including through claims under federal and state securities laws or claims for breaches of representations and warranties we made in connection with engaging in these securitization transactions. Additionally, holders of ABS issued by CAFL entities prior to our acquisition of CoreVest may make claims against us for losses arising from activities that occurred prior to the acquisition. We have been named in these types of lawsuits in the past and may again be named in such lawsuits in the future.

Originating, transacting in and/or funding HEI exposes us to new and different risks than our residential mortgage banking activities, including potential uncertainty with respect to licensing requirements, regulatory compliance, enforcement, litigation and claims. To the extent HEI or HEI-related assets are broadly subjected to new or modified form(s) of regulation, regulatory enforcement, litigation or claims, or are recharacterized as loans—whether such regulation or claims are initiated by federal (including activity formalizing the January 2025 CFPB Actions), state or local governmental, quasi-governmental or consumer rights organizations, by homeowners themselves, or otherwise—we may be unable to continue our HEI transaction volume at current levels (or at all), we may be unable to realize expectations as to revenue or profit from HEI activities or to enforce our rights under HEI we own, or we could be subjected to civil penalties, fines or damages, any of which might be significant. Additionally, to the extent state or federal agencies take regulatory action with respect to larger, third-party HEI originators and/or provide remedies for consumers who have entered into an HEI with one of these originators, such actions or remedies, if applicable, could negatively impact the value of HEI we are invested in and our business activity related to HEI. Any such changes, events, or penalties could materially harm the value of our portfolio of HEI and HEI-related assets, as well as our business, cash flows, financial condition and results of operations, as further discussed within these Risk Factors. 

In addition, other aspects of our business operations or practices could also expose us to litigation. In the ordinary course of our business we enter into agreements relating to, among other things, loans we originate and acquire, investments we make, assets and loans we sell