Guild Mortgage
Subsidiary of Gulf MSR HoldCo, LLC (immediate parent of Guild Holdings Company per the merger 8-K), funded by Bayview MSR Opportunity (U.S.) Master Fund, L.P., a fund managed by Bayview Asset Management, LLC
guildmortgage.comEstate planning and settlement at Guild Mortgage
Fund a trust by phone and report a death at 1-800-365-4441
Guild Mortgage has changed ownershipAcquired, effective November 2025
Bayview MSR Opportunity (U.S.) Master Fund, L.P., a fund managed by Bayview Asset Management, LLC, completed its all-cash acquisition of Guild Holdings Company on November 28, 2025 ($20.00 per share, roughly $1.3 billion). Guild Holdings' common stock ceased trading and was delisted from the NYSE. Guild continues to operate under the Guild Mortgage brand as a privately held independent entity of the MSR Fund, which also owns Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC. The SEC record fills in the chain: the merger 8-K (filed 2025-11-28, CIK 0001821160) shows Gulf MSR Merger Sub Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gulf MSR HoldCo, LLC, merging into Guild Holdings Company, which survives as a wholly owned subsidiary of that parent, for consideration of approximately $1.244 billion funded by the Bayview MSR Fund. The NYSE filed Form 25-NSE on November 28, 2025 and Guild Holdings filed Form 15-12G on December 8, 2025 reporting one holder of record, so Exchange Act reporting has ended and there are no further public financials. What did NOT change is the entity a family actually deals with: the 8-K states that certain directors and officers "continue to serve in their roles at Guild Mortgage Company LLC, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary." Loan terms, servicing phone numbers, payoff channels, and mailing addresses below were all re-read on 2026-09-13 and are unchanged.
Guild Mortgage is a mortgage servicer, so the estate planning question is about a debt, not an asset. When the borrower dies, the estate must notify Guild Mortgage and resolve the outstanding balance—through payoff, assumption, discharge, or surrender depending on the loan—rather than name a beneficiary.
Guild Mortgage provides specific procedures for both proactive estate planning and filing claims after a death.
Beneficiaries and trust funding
How to review 3 account types at Guild Mortgage.
Preparing your estate →Death claim process
Report the death to Guild Mortgage Loan Servicing at 1-800-365-4441. The page lists the steps and the documents to send.
When someone dies →For questions about any of these procedures, contact Guild Mortgage's Payoff Department at 1-858-492-5888. Email inquiries can be sent to payoffdept@guildmortgage.net.
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