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HECM endorsements dropped a further -6.7% to 1,790 loans in September, the lowest total since April 2020. Last month we were wondering if decent case ...

HECM endorsements dropped -5.7% to 1,919 loans in August, the lowest total since February. We don’t have application data (HECM cases issued) beyond June yet, ...

HECM endorsements dropped -1.5% to 2,034 loans last month, although the lender count dropped considerably more (-10.3%). HECM applications dipped slightly under 3,000/month in June, ...

HECM endorsements grew 4.9% to 2,064 loans last month. HECM applications (as evidenced by case numbers issued) have been consistently above 3,000/month since February, so ...

HECM endorsements dropped -5.8% to 1,967 loans in May. The silver lining is that HECM case numbers issued rose to 3,481 in March (the most ...

April saw HECM endorsements decline -1.4% to 2,088 loans. Following up on our recent theme of HECMs being just part of the overall reverse mortgage ...

March bounced back from the short February, rising 16.3% to 2,117 loans, although that remains below every month since August (if we average Oct/Nov due ...

February is a short month every year, which also typically means fewer HECMs endorsed. Last month was no exception, dropping -20.7% to 1,821 loans, but ...

The good HECM news is that endorsements grew 5% last month to 2,295 loans. The bad news? Both December and January were well below the ...

No HECMs were endorsed in October, so November’s figures are inflated relative to a normal month due to the delays resulting from the government shutdown. ...

HECM endorsements rose 7.2% in September to 2,211 loans, bouncing back from a weak August total. The regions were generally higher, with 6 of the ...