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April 1, 2025
HECM Lenders – Mar 2025
We’ve been expecting a decline in HECM endorsements for several months now after CMT rates spiked last Sep/Oct, and now we’re seeing that drop. HECM endorsements shrank -14.2% in March to 2,128 loans, only slightly above the lowest levels of the past 12 months last June and April.
The regions were almost universally negative, with just […]
March 3, 2025
HECM Lenders – Feb 2025
It’s always worth remembering that February is the shortest work month of the year, even when we’ve been expecting some drop in HECM endorsement volumes. With that said, the -6.1% decline last month doesn’t look bad and the overall level of 2,481 loans is higher than each of the 2 previous February totals since the […]
February 3, 2025
HECM Lenders – Jan 2025
HECM endorsements kept up the pace from last year’s finish, inching up 0.6% to 2,641 loans in January. It feels a bit like the industry is living on borrowed time from the brief decline in 10 year CMT rates last year, but it’s very hard to know what’s coming on an industry level without further […]
January 2, 2025
HECM Lenders – Dec 2024
So long, 2024! It was a year of mixed signals for reverse mortgage volume as large forward lenders got more serious about the space and interest rates showed an encouraging trend, but ultimately ended in disappointing fashion with rates bouncing sharply higher since September.
HECM endorsements gained 9.1% to 2,626 loans in December, as loans continue […]
December 18, 2024
HECM Originators – Oct 2024
HECM endorsements jumped 11.3% to 2,390 loans in October, with Wholesale/broker ramping 18.6% while Retail/direct extended last month’s gains a further 6.7%.
HECM case numbers issued has a surprise boost to their highest level in over 2 years, leaping 17% to 4,331:
December 2, 2024
HECM Lenders – Nov 2024
HECM endorsements inched up 0.7% to 2,408 loans in November, again illustrating the benefits of lower 10 year CMT rates a few months back. We’d expect perhaps another month or so of similar volume before the recent increases in that key rate exert their unfortunate gravity on these volume figures.
The regions were somewhat negative […]