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HECM Originators – November 2019

HECM endorsements dropped back -13.5% in November after a strong October, with Wholesale easing -4.5% while Retail suffered a bigger decline at -18.6%.

The top 10 as a group again slightly under-performed the industry (-13.8%) but some lenders had strong performances:

  • Finance of America gained 16.6% to 387 loans, their highest total since July
  • Sun American (page 4) tripled from October, endorsing 15 loans
  • Primary Residential (also page 4) jumped 91.7%, with 23 loans good enough for 14th place on the month

See where your company stands on pages 3-4 of our rankings.

HECM Originators

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