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March 14, 2023
HECM Originators – Jan 2023
HECM endorsements were down -10.8% in January, as Retail/direct dropped -9.4% and Wholesale/broker declined -12.8%. It’s the third straight month of clean sweep declines, with both channels losing altitude together.
Three of the top ten lenders grew their business to start the year:
March 1, 2023
Short Month – HECM Lenders Feb 2023
February is always a short month with fewer working days, but last month also marked another new low for HECM volume in the wake of higher interest rates and slowing home prices.
HECM endorsements dropped -12.2% to 2,185 loans – the lowest total in 4 full years if we exclude the COVID-induced lull in April 2020.
Just […]
February 15, 2023
HECM Originators – Dec 2022
HECM endorsements overall were down -14.8% in December, with Wholesale/brokers (-14.9%) and Retail/direct (-14.8%) in virtual lock-step for the second month in a row.
Four of the top ten lenders managed to grow in spite of the industry decline:
February 1, 2023
How Short? – HECM Lenders Jan 2023
January HECM endorsements dropped a further -10.7% to 2,489 loans. Rather than beat a dead horse, a picture felt more appropriate here:
It’s clear that the regions with the highest volume peak in 2022 were also generally the ones to decline the most. That’s the epitome of what we continue to see as the first real […]
January 18, 2023
HECM Originators – Nov 2022
HECM endorsements overall were down -6.6% in November, with Wholesale/brokers (-7.3%) and Retail/direct (-6%) both feeling the drop.
Just 3 of the top 10 lenders were positive on the month:
January 3, 2023
Happy 2023?!? – HECM Lenders Dec 2022
A month ago we were lamenting the RMF bankruptcy news and with Ginnie Mae’s extinguishment of RMF as an HMBS issuer, it’s now clear that the industry got two lumps of coal for the holidays.
December HECM endorsements dropped -14.9% to 2,786 loans – the lowest total in 3 full years if we exclude the COVID-induced […]