Proprietary reverse mortgages gain market share in 2025

Proprietary reverse mortgages gain market share in 2025

New View Advisors, which released its initial quarterly index at the end of October, estimated that private-label loans started 2025 with a market share of about 30%. Based on volume in December,... Read more »
New View Advisors pushes for reverse mortgage reforms

New View Advisors pushes for reverse mortgage reforms

The discussion also coincides with a rise in private-label reverse mortgages, which according to New View’s estimates, now account for about 40% of market activity. New View addressed each of the 21... Read more »
MBA securities proposal mentions HMBS 2.0 as ‘logistical template’

MBA securities proposal mentions HMBS 2.0 as ‘logistical template’

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) this week published a proposal for Ginnie Mae to develop a new mortgage securitization product that could boost the availability of private capital liquidity sources into the... Read more »
HMBS portfolio continues to pose ‘significant risk’ to HUD, internal report finds

HMBS portfolio continues to pose ‘significant risk’ to HUD, internal report finds

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a new report detailing what it says are the top management challenges for the department in... Read more »
Reverse mortgage volume, HMBS issuance show little movement in September

Reverse mortgage volume, HMBS issuance show little movement in September

The reverse mortgage industry could begin seeing some benefits of lower interest rates, but endorsement volume and securities issuance largely continued its trend from the prior month. Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)... Read more »
Reverse mortgage volume, HMBS issuance see improvement in March

Reverse mortgage volume, HMBS issuance see improvement in March

After a few months of downward data in its performance metrics, the reverse mortgage industry saw a slightly different story play out in March that should come as welcome news. Home Equity... Read more »
Reverse mortgage volume, HMBS issuance fall slightly in January

Reverse mortgage volume, HMBS issuance fall slightly in January

With ongoing liquidity challenges and a continuing lag in Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) case numbers, reverse mortgage business in 2024 started off with a bit of a whimper. Both HECM endorsements... Read more »
Reverse mortgage volume, HMBS issuance show little movement in September

Former Ginnie Mae president applauds the development of new HMBS product

Ted Tozer, former president of Ginnie Mae during the Obama administration and current president Alanna McCargo’s most recent Senate-confirmed predecessor, applauded the news that the company is looking into the development of... Read more »