Industry: Mortgage Finance

Sector: Financial Services

Velocity Financial, Inc. operates as a real estate finance company in the United States. The company originates and acquire loans, which is secured by mortgage liens on income-producing and/or owner/user commercial properties, including investor 1-4, a non-owner occupied residential rental properties with 1-4 units; residential apartments combined with office or retail space; and multi-family comprising traditional apartment buildings, condominiums, and other residential properties with 5+ units. It also finances for retail properties with various types of retail products and merchandise or services; commercial properties occupied by professional or business offices; and warehouse and other properties, which include self-storage units, auto services, hospitality, light industrial, and other commercial enterprises, as well as provides short-term and interest-only loans for acquisition and improvement of 1-4-unit residential properties. The company offers its products through a network of independent mortgage brokers for independent real estate investors and small business owners. Velocity Financial, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Westlake Village, California.

Velocity Financial is evaluated using Mavefund's quality framework: growing earnings, durable profit margins, conservative leverage, strong return on equity, and disciplined share repurchases.