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HECM Trends

Industry Trends May 2011

Heading into the August vacation season, and our writing frenzy has apparently left early. Rather than hold up the report while waiting for inspiration to ...

Altered States – Industry Trends April 2011

Last month in the Industry Trends report we talked about which factors are most linked with higher reverse mortgage loan volumes. We’re not diving to ...

Punching Above Weight – Industry Trends March 2011

We’ve been asked many times where was the best place for a reverse mortgage company/consultant to spend precious marketing dollars. While we can’t claim to ...

Up, Down, or Sideways – Industry Trends February 2011

Much like clouds, ink blots, and famous impressionist paintings, an observer can see pretty much any shape they want in the reverse industry these days. ...

Holding Patterns – Industry Trends January 2011

As the first quarter of 2011 is drawing to a close, we’ve seen a remarkable number of changes in a short period of time. With ...

Market Share Hockey Stick – Industry Trends December 2010

As our last report covering 2010, it makes sense that we put a bottom line on the biggest trend of the year. And while some ...

Three State Story – Industry Trends November 2010

Hard to believe it’s been two years, but February will mark the 2nd anniversary of the ReverseIQ Newsletter and our free industry reports. In that ...

It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Growth – Industry Trends October 2010

We’ve already talked about overall industry trends for October and retail/broker channel changes. We’ve also discussed the geographic trends in great detail throughout the year, ...

HECMs Heat Up New Orleans – Industry Trends September 2010

Our first visit to New Orleans was a memorable week filled with business meetings by day and good food by night. Our industry has been ...

Industry Trends – August 2010

Thanks for all the feedback and questions about our industry forecast earlier this month. We’ve heard many different perspectives from industry participants about the recently ...

Reverse Mortgage Industry Trends – July 2010

Fall is just around the corner in most parts of the country, but thankfully the reverse mortgage business is still heating up after an unseasonable ...

Reverse Mortgage Industry Trends – June 2010

Another month in the rear view mirror, and we’ve officially reached the halfway point for the year. We’ve already seen a bounce in volumes from ...

Reverse Mortgage Industry Trends – May 2010

Since we already know that May’s volume levels rebounded a bit in June, it doesn’t feel quite so disheartening to show the headline graph from ...

Reverse Mortgage Industry Trends – April 2010

We’ve been talking the past few months about a few specific markets around the country that have weathered the storm of decreased volume, most notably ...

Reverse Mortgage Industry Trends – March 2010

If you want to see a telling visual of our industry’s pain, check out page 1 of this month’s report. The first graph showing year ...

Industry Trends – February 2010

Last month we took a close look at the Baltimore area, highlighting the good performance seen in the city and county relative to what the ...

Reverse Mortgage Industry Trends – January 2010

Ever wonder which city or cities you should be marketing in? This is generally one of the first questions we get asked by new lender ...

Industry Trends – December 2009

In any other circumstance, we wouldn’t be bidding a fond farewell to 2009 since it was the first decline in overall industry volume in recent ...

November 2009 – Industry Trends

Our “Industry Trends” report is now available, with data updated through November ’09. The stories haven’t changed much throughout the year – since the lending ...

Industry Trends – October 2009

Our Industry Trends report for October is now available (see the link at the bottom of this post for the full PDF). We’ve been talking ...

Industry Trends – September 2009

We may not think of Q3 as having any surprises left for us, but rather than harping on the continued HECM volume move to higher ...

Industry Trends – August 2009

What makes the difference between a successful originator and someone who is getting out of the business in 2009? In our humble opinion it probably ...

Industry Trends – July 2009

The end of August is near, and that means it’s time for the monthly Industry Trends report. We’ve mentioned a couple times already that endorsement ...

Industry Trends – June 2009

Where is the summer going? Already the end of July, but not to worry as we have a fresh batch of industry trends for you ...