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HECM Trends

HECM Trends – July 2019

HECM Trends is all about big picture changes and geographic highlights. With more changes on the horizon, let’s see what looks interesting below the surface ...

HECM Trends – May 2018

HECM Trends is all about big picture changes and geographic highlights. While the big picture has been nothing short of brutal (3 consecutive months of ...

HECM Trends – March 2018

HECM volume continued it’s straight line trend in the wrong direction in March, dropping below both of the most recent March volumes in the process. ...

HECM Trends – February 2018

HECM volume dropped significantly in February but together with January are still up 27.9% compared to the first two months last year. Several areas are ...

HECM Trends – January 2018

The new year started with a bang, showing a spike in endorsements driven by FHA’s HECM product changes that took effect October 2. From a ...

HECM Trends – December 2017

2017 ended with December’s HECM endorsement volume right on top December 2016, although the year as a whole boasted 16.7% growth. 2018 is likely to ...

HECM Trends – November 2017

We’re one month away from seeing the final details on 2017 in all their relative glory (compared to 2016 or expectations in 2018), but what ...

HECM Trends – September 2017

HECM endorsements were up 18.1% in the first three quarters of the year, to 42,839 loans. Some places around the country have done much better ...

HECM Trends – August 2017

August HECM endorsements continued the trend of being comfortably ahead of 2016’s pace, now trending at 17.5% above last year. Refinances continue to be a ...

HECM Trends – July 2017

The HECM world is going to be changing rapidly over the next several months, with marketing efficiency more important than ever. Here’s what we’re seeing ...

HECM Trends – June 2017

HECM Trends is about finding the big themes in the reverse industry but also unearthing some of the little gems. In that spirit, check out ...

HECM Trends – May 2017

HECM endorsements are running 16.1% ahead of last year’s first five months, which is easy to see from the trendline on page 1 of our ...

HECM Trends – April 2017

While industry endorsements slipped a bit in April, year to date volume is still 12.5% higher than last year. Refinance transactions have picked up steam ...

HECM Trends – March 2017

The graph on the first page of HECM Trends makes clear that March was a welcome sign of growth for the reverse industry. 2017 volume ...

HECM Trends – February 2017

In February, HECM endorsements experienced a similar drop from January as in 2015, but starting out significantly lower than Jan 2015 and a significant gain ...

HECM Trends – January 2017

HECM endorsements started the year off higher than last January, which makes for a lot of good growth comparisons around the country on the HECM ...

HECM Trends – December 2016

HECM endorsement volume finished the year on the upswing, with several areas around the country showing positive results for the month and year: Denver led ...

HECM Trends – November 2016

HECM endorsements fell very slightly in November, but still managed to get closest to the total from a year earlier that volume has been since ...

HECM Trends – October 2016

HECM endorsements increased 4.8% in October to moderate year to date change to a -16.5% drop. We’re also seeing some growing zip codes join the ...

HECM Trends – September 2016

HECM endorsements dropped -14.6% from August to September and now show a -17.1% drop year to date. As always, some areas around the country did ...

HECM Trends – August 2016

HECM endorsements were up by a surprising amount in August as we pointed out in our HECM Lenders report last month, but pessimists and cynics ...

HECM Trends – July 2016

HECM endorsements are down -15.6% through July this year, but there are always some areas of the country doing well. We’ve picked out a few ...

HECM Trends – June 2016

HECM endorsement volumes for the year through June are down -13.1% from a year earlier, a figure that got significantly worse in just one month ...

HECM Trends – May 2016

HECM endorsement volumes for the year through May were down -9.4% from a year earlier, and even though June volume increased it was still well ...