HECM Originators

Month to month HECM endorsement volume is always volatile, but the past few months have seen more than the usual jumps in lender rankings and ...

A second straight month of increased endorsements and now we know wholesale/broker volumes were ahead of retail too. Total HECM endorsements were up 2.1% in ...

We wrote in a previous report of our surprise at January’s 19.7% increase in HECM endorsements, now we know that it was primarily wholesale channel ...

Final lender rankings for 2013 are here! Find your company in the consolidated list of lenders on page 3, or single month rankings of all ...

We previously reported that HECM endorsements for Nov 2013 were up 11.9% from October, but today we will dive into more detail about retail/direct lenders ...

Updates from a broker and wholesale perspective have been hard to come by this year, but publishing this July edition of HECM Originators should give ...

After a long hiatus, HECM Originators is back with the most accurate lender rankings (including both retail and TPO/broker volume) and originator rankings (including TPOs ...

HECM volumes took it on the chin in September, dropping -10.6% from August. Retail (-11.1%) and Wholesale (-9.9%) fell by similar percentages, with the drop ...

August HECM endorsements bounced back up 7.1% from what we now know was only the first exceedingly low volume month in Q3. We also see ...

In our HECM Lenders report about July’s volumes, we noted that Metlife’s exit seemed to work through the endorsement numbers faster than Wells and BofA ...

HECM endorsements were up significantly in June to 5,182 loans, 17.1% higher than May. We speculated in last month’s HECM Lenders report about the possibility ...

We’ll keep it short and sweet today with just a few highlights from the May HECM Originators report: Overall endorsements were down 3.6% vs April ...

HECM endorsements rose 5% in April, with the increase roughly similar across both retail/direct and TPO/wholesale channels. These aggregate numbers don’t show a significant spread ...

March was the lowest month in recent memory for HECM endorsements, down -19.3% to 4,374 loans. We have to go all the way back to ...

February HECM endorsements grew 5% while case numbers issued shrank, but what we discover in this month’s HECM Originators report is that third party originators ...

“Why doesn’t FHA list my company in their volume rankings anymore?” More and more people have been asking where they can find rankings of broker/TPO ...

December’s HECM Originators report brings us final 2011 rankings for both retail/broker/TPO originators and wholesalers, as well as the best view yet of how monthly ...

We’ve known for months that Wells Fargo’s exit would have a major impact on HECM endorsement totals, with the expectation that all else being equal ...

Now that we know November’s endorsement totals weren’t as scary as they could have been, it puts October’s reports in a different light. We reported ...

October HECM endorsement totals were spooky as Wells Fargo’s volume slid down the exit ramp, but what more can we learn about September now that ...

Last month’s HECM Lenders report showed us that industry volume was up 5.3% in August, despite an expectation of lower totals for the rest of ...

This is the first issue of the HECM Originators report, which takes the place of “Wholesale Leaders” for rankings of retail and TPO/broker/wholesale business. July ...

This report will be known as “HECM Originators” starting next month to identify it as the best source of rankings of all companies originating HECM ...

We promised a closer look at the impact of BofA exiting the industry in our Retail Leaders report earlier this month, so let’s dive in. ...