In a report to Congress, the FHA reports that its Mutual Mortgage Insurance (MMI) Fund hit 8.03% for fiscal year 2021, a 1.93 percentage point-rise year-over-year.
Read More »Why Reverse Mortgages Keep Moving Forward
Are reverse mortgages still a viable equity alternative to selling and moving? A report finds out and explains more.
Read More »Reverse Mortgage-Backed Securities: Good News and Bad News
Issuance of home equity conversion mortgage-backed securities (HMBS) rose to $1.2 billion in April 2018, according to a new report by New View Advisors, “a financial services firm advising clients on capital markets, product development and valuation, mergers and acquisitions, ...
Read More »Addressing Reverse Mortgages After the Death of a Borrower
Lender OneWest Bank has won a victory in a recent foreclosure case involving deceased borrowers and non-borrowing spouses, with a Florida appeals court reversed an earlier ruling in the case. The events surrounding the case of OneWest Bank, FSB v. ...
Read More »What’s Happening With Reverse Mortgage-Backed Securities?
Home equity conversion mortgage-backed securities supply took a bit of a dive in March 2018, dropping by over $200 million month-over-month. That’s according to a new report by New View Advisors, “a financial services firm advising clients on capital markets, ...
Read More »Home Equity Among Retirees
According to a study by the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association, housing equity for homeowners aged 62 and older increased by $149 billion between Q3 2017 and Q4 2017, hitting a massive total of $6.6 trillion. The National Reverse Mortgage ...
Read More »HUD Addresses Concerns About Reverse Mortgage Foreclosures
Reverse mortgages have become a popular—and sometimes controversial—way for Americans to make use of the accrued equity in their homes, especially for older homeowners. The latest controversy surrounds HUD foreclosures on homes participating in the home equity conversion mortgage (HECM) ...
Read More »Which U.S. Cities are Embracing Reverse Mortgages?
California cities dominate the top 10 U.S. cities where reverse mortgages are most often used, according to a new study by LendingTree. California cities accounted for four of the top 10 slots in LendingTree’s report, but none of them managed ...
Read More »Reverse Mortgage Volume Hits Its Highest Point Since 2011
Reverse mortgage numbers spiked in January 2018, clocking in a 32.5 percent month-over-month growth in endorsements over December 2017, according to the latest data from Reverse Market Insight, Inc. (RMI) That would be noteworthy in and of itself, but that ...
Read More »Massachusetts Supreme Court Ruling Clarifies Foreclosure Rights
A recent opinion in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court clarified a sticking point regarding a mortgagee’s right to foreclose, in spite of some unclear wording in the original mortgage paperwork. The case was brought against James B. Nutter Company by ...
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