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HECM Originators – April 2021

HECM endorsements dropped -0.8% in April as Retail outpaced Wholesale yet again. Retail grew 2.5% to 2,357 loans while Wholesale declined -4.7% to 1,825 loans.

Half of the top ten lenders increased volume on the month:

  • South River showed the continuing strength of refinance volume, rising 24.4% to 148 loans
  • Open Mortgage gained 20.4% to 242 loans
  • Longbridge rose 19.4% to 407 loans
  • Liberty jumped 17.9% to 402 loans, back above 400 for the first time in 11 months

Check out the originator rankings on page 4 to see more companies outside the top 10 doubling or tripling their reverse volume this year!

See the full report below by clicking on the image.

HECM Originators

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