CEO of property preservation company MCS on opportunities in reverse

CEO of property preservation company MCS on opportunities in reverse

Property preservation company MCS is entering the reverse mortgage space after its acquisition of Five Brothers Asset Management Solutions, a deal which brings MCS into the reverse mortgage industry for the first... Read more »
Awareness of reverse mortgage utility could be improving, survey suggests

Awareness of reverse mortgage utility could be improving, survey suggests

More people seem to be aware of the potential utility that a reverse mortgage could provide for older homeowners, including as a tool to age in place and to provide greater cash... Read more »
Awareness of reverse mortgage utility could be improving, survey suggests

Retail reverse mortgage production took a hit in January

While reverse mortgage volume in 2024 got off to a rocky start, new data that breaks out retail Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements versus wholesale production showed that it was the... Read more »
Lending association recognizes reverse mortgage vendors with awards

Lending association recognizes reverse mortgage vendors with awards

The PROGRESS in Lending Association released the names for its 2024 Innovations Award winners last week, including two vendors that are active in the reverse mortgage industry, according to an announcement. The... Read more »
Awareness of reverse mortgage utility could be improving, survey suggests

Tane Cabe talks reverse mortgage industry challenges, software development

Reverse mortgage industry veteran Tane Cabe recently left his position at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.’s reverse division to transition back into a role as a reverse mortgage broker. He joined C2 Financial’s... Read more »
Awareness of reverse mortgage utility could be improving, survey suggests

Ginnie Mae seeks budget increase to manage sizable reverse mortgage portfolio

As part of the budget request submitted to Congress by President Joe Biden and the White House, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) detailed some of its hopes for... Read more »
Lisa Moriello talks tech, 2024 HECM limit and openness to reverse mortgages

Lisa Moriello talks tech, 2024 HECM limit and openness to reverse mortgages

Lisa Moriello, the national retail reverse mortgage sales manager at multichannel lender loanDepot, recently spoke to RMD about how business in 2024 seemed to be off to a promising start. Diving deeper... Read more »
Awareness of reverse mortgage utility could be improving, survey suggests

Guild earnings show more reverse mortgage activity after Cherry Creek acquisition

Guild Mortgage released its fourth-quarter and full year 2023 earnings report this week, showing that it narrowed its focus on purchase originations and increased its market share on the forward lending side,... Read more »
Awareness of reverse mortgage utility could be improving, survey suggests

HUD outlines reverse mortgage wish list in budget proposal

The White House this week submitted its fiscal year 2025 budget proposal to the House of Representatives and the Senate, outlining the priorities of the administration in providing a budgetary blueprint for... Read more »
Commentary: What an industry pro learned after helping his parents get a reverse mortgage

Commentary: What an industry pro learned after helping his parents get a reverse mortgage

I have been in the mortgage industry for more than two decades and have been working with reverse mortgages for about 12 of those years. Working in this space for so long,... Read more »