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HECM Lenders – December 2015

HECM endorsements rose 5.2% in December to 4,233 loans after three consecutive months of decline. That’s encouraging although based on the data we’re seeing from ...

HECM Trends October 2015

It’s pretty eerie how closely the volume trend line for 2015 has followed 2013 over the past 3 months – see the top of page ...

HECM Originators October 2015

HECM endorsements fell for a second consecutive month in October and once again, wholesale declined faster than retail, dropping -8.6% compared to -6.3%, respectively. As ...

HECM Lenders November 2015

HECM endorsements dropped -7.1% in November to 4,023 loans defying (for now) our prediction from a few months back that we’d see volume below 4,000 ...

HECM Trends September 2015

HECM endorsements dropped considerably in September, but remained above 2013 and 2014 levels for the same month. Thanks to the past 4 months industry volume ...

HECM Originators September 2015

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in every corner of the reverse mortgage industry! Hope everyone has fantastic feasts with family and friends. September HECM endorsements dropped ...

HECM Lenders October 2015

HECM endorsements fell -7.3% in October to 4,332 loans. The continued decline shows the impact of Financial Assessment implementation earlier this year as the pre-implementation ...

HECM Trends August 2015

HECM endorsements hit a high water mark in August, reaching 5,749 loans. That was higher than 2013 and 2014 for August, and overall was the ...

HECM Originators August 2015

We’ve been talking for months now about the impending drop in HECM endorsement volumes resulting from FA, but now we know that September was the ...

HECM Lenders Sep 2015

HECM endorsements dropped -18.8% to 4,671 loans in September, ending a very solid 3 month run of volume inflated by borrowers funding loans ahead of ...

HECM Trends July 2015

HECM endorsement volumes took a breather in July, down -5% from June. Even with the decline, volumes remained above year ago levels and it showed ...

HECM Originators July 2015

HECM endorsements fell -5.1% in July, but the channel split was more interesting than usual. Wholesale/brokered volume grew marginally while Retail/direct dropped -9.3%. That’s out ...

HECM Lenders August 2015

We’ve been waiting for Financial Assessment to bring down HECM endorsement volumes and we’ll have to wait at least one more month – but we’re ...

HECM Trends June 2015

HECM endorsements saw a big jump in June thanks to borrowers acting ahead of Financial Assessment implementation: applying and receiving a case number prior to ...

HECM Originators June 2015

HECM endorsements jumped 24% in June as borrowers rushed in before Financial Assessment rules would apply to their loans (all case numbers issued after April ...

HECM Lenders July 2015

HECM endorsements fell 5% to 5,029 loans in July, but still represent the second highest level of the past 12 months trailing only last month’s ...

HECM Trends May 2015

For the country as a whole HECM endorsements declined -1.9% in the year through May, but as always some areas of the nation are doing ...

HECM Originators May 2015

HECM endorsements dropped -4.9% in May, with wholesale/brokers bearing a slightly larger share of the decline at -5.4% compared to retail/direct at -4.6%. There were ...

Surging Up – HECM Lenders June 2015

There are many ways to break a down trend, but few are better than the 23.9% growth in HECM endorsements seen in June. Overall volumes ...

Almost Growing – HECM Trends April 2015

April HECM endorsements were down a little from March but higher than a year ago, which brings the year to date tally to just -1.1% ...

Topsy Turvy – HECM Originators April 2015

April marked the fourth month in a row with a split in business channel growth for the reverse mortgage industry. For April, Retail declined -6.3% ...

Four Again – HECM Lenders May 2015

HECM endorsement volumes declined for the fourth month in a row, declining -5% to 4,273 loans in May. That’s the lowest level since September, but ...

March Moderation – HECM Trends March 2015

HECM endorsement volume dropped -1.7% in March, but that was less than the drop a year ago so the year to date volume decline moderated ...

Flip Flop – HECM Originators March 2015

In February, the wholesale channel increased HECM endorsements in a down month for the industry overall, and now in March’s HECM Originators reports we’ve seen ...