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| Oct 19, 2026 | Adam Ennabe outlines Access Home Lending’s wholesale reverse mortgage plans | Adam Ennabe, president of Wholesale Reverse Mortgage, a trading name for Access Home Lending, said his company is “not knocking on the same door” as other reverse mortgage lenders.
“There are too many big companies out there focused on the ... |
| Oct 2, 2026 | HECM originations sink to lowest level since 2020, HMBS issuance down 17% in September | Additionally, there were 23 pools in September with an aggregate pool size of less than $1 million, made possible by a Ginnie Mae provision to issue pools as small as $250,000. This represents $12.7 million of unpaid principal balance that ... |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Reverse Market Insight expands loan qualifying tool to include Smartfi proprietary products | Loan analysis and technology firm Reverse Market Insight (RMI) on Wednesday announced an expansion of its Reverse Qualifier tool, giving reverse mortgage originators the opportunity to price and model the benefits of proprietary products fr... |
| May 4, 2026 | April HMBS issuance rises to $525 million, HECM dips | U.S. reverse mortgage endorsements declined slightly in April as proprietary products continued to gain traction in parts of the market, according to data released on May 1 by Reverse Market Insight (RMI).
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (H... |
| Aug 28, 2025 | NAF targets reverse mortgage growth with ‘connective tissue’ marketing tactics | More than a year ago, New American Funding (NAF) launched a new marketing campaign that’s designed to inject a fresh attitude into how consumers view reverse mortgage products.
Unlike NAF’s multimillion-dollar forward mortgage campaign, “He... |
| Jun 9, 2025 | Reverse mortgage performance was largely steady in May | Despite a raft of what might seem like contradictory economic data points and a challenged housing market, the reverse mortgage industry largely proceeded as normal based on key performance metrics for May 2025.
Home Equity Conversion Mortg... |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Reverse mortgage endorsements fell as HMBS issuance rose in March | Reverse mortgage industry performance metrics have continued their soft trend into the third month of the year, though activity in the secondary market was slightly higher than the month prior.
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorse... |
| Mar 18, 2025 | The state of the reverse mortgage business in early 2025 | Reverse mortgage business in the early part of 2025 has been humming along consistently, though not exactly “booming” as mortgage rates remain elevated and lenders are moving on their own initiatives to expand business and further forge par... |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Reverse mortgage endorsements, securities issuance fell in February | Reverse mortgage industry performance metrics continued their 2025 softness on the basis of endorsement volume and securities issuance, February data shows.
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements and HECM-backed securities (HMB... |
| Jan 8, 2025 | The top 10 reverse mortgage lenders of 2024 | 2024 is in the rearview mirror, and with many reverse mortgage professionals naming interest rates as the key challenge that defined the year, performance metrics appear to be bearing that out.
The reverse mortgage industry’s total annual H... |
| Jan 6, 2025 | Reverse mortgage performance metrics end 2024 on a mixed note | Much like the rest of 2024, key performance metrics for the reverse mortgage industry went on something of a roller coaster ride for the final month of the year. This is set against a backdrop of changes, with a new Home Equity Conversion M... |
| Oct 24, 2024 | Mutual of Omaha’s reverse division launches broker protection program | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage’s reverse division has launched a new program, “Broker Protect,” that aims to offer what it calls industry-first protections to brokers doing business with the company.
Mutual of Omaha approved brokers and principal... |
| Oct 3, 2024 | 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) endorsements fel... |
| Sep 6, 2024 | The Reverse Mortgage Landscape: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities | The reverse mortgage industry is on a rollercoaster ride. August brought a dip in Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements, down 3.3% from July. The total endorsements fell to 2,200. Yet, amid this decline, there are glimmers of ... |
| Sep 6, 2024 |
The yo-yo ride for reverse mortgage volume continued in August | The reverse mortgage industry is pressing ahead with a chance at lower interest rates later this month. While there were signs of weakness in performance metrics in August, there are also commensurate signs of encouragement, according to in... |
| Aug 13, 2024 | Guild Mortgage Surges Amid Market Challenges: A Look at Recent Trends | In the ever-shifting landscape of the mortgage industry, Guild Holdings Co. stands out like a lighthouse in a storm. The company recently reported a robust profit of $37.6 million for the second quarter of 2024, a significant leap from the ... |
| Aug 9, 2024 |
Reverse mortgage volume rose in July while securitizations fell | The reverse mortgage industry’s key performance indicators were split in July, according to data from industry analysts.
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements increased by 8% from June to July, with the total of 2,274 falling ... |
| Jul 2, 2024 |
Reverse mortgage volume, securities issuance decline in June | After the reverse mortgage industry’s key performance metrics rallied in May, June fared slightly worse than previously telegraphed by case number assignments.
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements fell by 14.4% in June to 2,1... |
| Jun 26, 2024 |
Finance of America announces debt restructuring, staving off 2025 maturity risk | Reverse mortgage industry leader Finance of America (FOA) announced this week that it has restructured its unsecured debt into new, secured debt that will come due beyond the original 2025 maturity date. This is according to an announcement... |
| Jun 4, 2024 |
Reverse mortgage volume, securities issuance improve further in May | Building on momentum seen in April, reverse mortgage volume and securities issuance each posted gains in May, with a caveat in place about the runway ahead from case number assignments in April.
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endors... |
| May 31, 2024 |
March reverse mortgage data shows retail outpaced wholesale | Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements declined by 4.2% in March, a dynamic primarily driven by an drop in endorsements from the wholesale side of the business even as the retail side saw a month-over-month improvement in origi... |
| May 28, 2024 |
Liberty Reverse parent receives shareholder approval for rebranding | Ocwen Financial Corp, the parent company of PHH Mortgage Corp. and its reverse mortgage subsidiary Liberty Reverse Mortgage, announced on Tuesday that its shareholders have approved the company’s planned rebranding initiative to Onity Group... |
| May 7, 2024 |
NAR magazine devotes space to reverse mortgages and seniors | The official magazine for the National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently touched on the topic of reverse mortgages, mentioning products such as the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) and addressing topics like th... |
| May 2, 2024 |
Ocwen improves overall reverse mortgage performance despite volume contraction | Ocwen Financial Corp., parent company of PHH Mortgage Corp. and Liberty Reverse Mortgage, reported an overall improvement in its business performance for the first quarter of 2024 — including better reverse mortgage performance attributed t... |
| Apr 16, 2024 |
Retail losses lead February decline in reverse mortgage volume | Reverse mortgage volume dropped in February compared to the month prior, and new data compiled by Reverse Market Insight (RMI) shows that the primary culprit for the month was retail reverse mortgage originations.
The retail channel volume ... |
| Apr 8, 2024 |
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 Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements increased 8... |
| Apr 3, 2024 |
Liberty Reverse parent Ocwen seeks to rebrand this year | Ocwen Financial Corp., the parent company of top five reverse mortgage lender Liberty Reverse Mortgage and PHH Mortgage Corp., announced on Wednesday that it is undergoing a rebranding effort and will be known as Onity Group Inc. This is ac... |
| Mar 21, 2024 |
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 former that took the bigger hit in the fi... |
| Mar 18, 2024 |
National columnist examines CFPB reverse mortgage advertising data | A national syndicated columnist has taken a closer look at the reverse mortgage product category after reviewing data from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) about the industry’s advertising practices, and she says that the pro... |
| Mar 13, 2024 |
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, but it still sustained a loss.
... |
| Mar 6, 2024 |
Reverse mortgage volume, securities issuance fall in February | Despite feelings of optimism expressed by loan originators in the opening weeks of 2024, the road to more normalized levels of reverse mortgage volume and securities issuances may be longer than expected.
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HE... |
| Mar 4, 2024 |
Reverse mortgage retail originations beat wholesale numbers in 2023 | The reverse mortgage industry already knew that Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsement volume in 2023 was cut nearly in half compared to 2022, but new data shows that the decline was not the same between the retail and wholesale... |
| Feb 2, 2024 |
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 and HECM-backed securities (HMBS) i... |
| Jan 24, 2024 |
Reverse wholesaler Smartfi selects LoanPASS as technology partner | San Diego-based reverse mortgage wholesale lender Smartfi Home Loans has forged a partnership with LoanPASS to use the technology company’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) product and pricing engine in its reverse lending operations.
Stating i... |
| Jan 4, 2024 |
Reverse mortgage volume and securities issuance trend lower in December | When assessing December’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) volume data for December 2023, Reverse Market Insight (RMI) used a choice word as the title for its commentary: “thud.”
Amid an already challenging operating environment obser... |
| Dec 5, 2023 |
Reverse mortgage endorsements see a sharp drop as HMBS issuance falls modestly in November | As the reverse mortgage industry prepares to enter a new year with hopes pinned on a higher HECM limit and a potentially friendlier rate environment, industry performance metrics for November proved generally soft.
Home Equity Conversion Mo... |
| Nov 6, 2023 |
Reverse mortgage volume sees slight uptick, but HMBS issuance drops again in October | October, already a spooky month, held true for two key monthly performance metrics in the reverse mortgage space.
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) volume saw a slight uptick of 2% to 2,667 loans issued in October, a continuing symptom... |
| Oct 3, 2023 |
Reverse mortgage volume fell while HMBS issuance rose slightly in September | As the reverse mortgage industry continues its adjustment to the current rate environment and new Ginnie Mae issuer landscape, volume dipped while issuance rose slightly in September.
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements fell... |
| Jun 5, 2023 |
Mutual of Omaha hires Geoffrey Wallace to oversee strategic business | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage announced this week that it has appointed Geoffrey Wallace as its new director of strategic business, continuing a string of hirings as it gains a further foothold on the reverse mortgage market.
“It’s easy to see t... |
| Oct 3, 2022 | Ennkar enters reverse mortgage wholesale space, appoints industry veteran | California-based reverse mortgage lender Ennkar will officially enter the wholesale reverse mortgage channel by the end of the week, hiring industry veteran Josh Moran to help lead its efforts and describing a focus on technology to help di... |
| Mar 11, 2022 | Inside Fairway’s bold plan to boost reverse purchase business | Last week, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation announced the hiring of Tane Cabe as its new reverse business development manager with a focus on Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) business. In relation other top ... |
| Sep 15, 2021 | Reverse mortgage volume drops in August | The reverse mortgage volume boom appears to have diminished for now, at least if new data is any indication.
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements fell in August, 2021 by 14.3% to 3,679 loans, with July now having marked the e... |
| May 30, 2019 | Half of Live Well Financial’s suddenly fired employees land at Open Mortgage | When Live Well Financial abruptly shuttered operations earlier this month, approximately 100 of the company’s employees were suddenly left without a job.
But thanks to Open Mortgage, about half of those folks won’t be out of a job for long.... |
| May 7, 2019 | Ocwen’s reverse mortgage business has stellar Q1 | Ocwen Financial’s business didn’t fare so well in the first quarter of the year, but it seems its reverse mortgage business is doing just fine.
Liberty Home Equity Solutions, the reverse mortgage division of Ocwen based in Rancho Cordova, C... |
| Apr 29, 2019 | American Advisors Group ups reverse mortgage support for brokers | American Advisors Group announced the launch Monday of an expanded set of resources designed to help its wholesale partners elevate their reverse mortgage business.
AAG said its 700-plus wholesale partners can use the new online portal to a... |
| Mar 14, 2019 | Reverse mortgages see near-even decline in wholesale, retail | Reverse mortgage volume dropped 5.7% industry-wide in January, with wholesale and retail experiencing similar declines.
According to the latest data from Reverse Market Insight, the wholesale channel fared best with a 5.3% dip, while retail... |
| Mar 6, 2019 | Is Liberty Home Equity Solutions about to get in on the proprietary reverse mortgage game? | It seems Liberty Home Equity Solutions may be the next HECM lender to launch a proprietary reverse mortgage product.
Liberty’s parent company, Ocwen Financial, recently revealed that the company successfully test drove a non-agency reverse ... |
| Jan 4, 2019 | Reverse mortgage volume plunges 31.4% | The reverse mortgage program can’t seem to find its footing in the wake of program changes issued in October 2017.
Since the endorsement totals began to reflect the new guidelines, volume has been shaky, eeking out slight gains in one month... |
| Dec 26, 2018 | A look back at 2018’s HECM highlights | It’s been a tumultuous year for the reverse mortgage industry, but that’s really nothing new for those who make their living in this line of work.
No stranger to change, the HECM space witnessed a good amount of action this year as new lead... |
| Nov 27, 2018 | Reverse mortgage volume declines | The reverse mortgage industry continues to fumble in the wake of last year’s program changes, with new data pointing to a complete reversal of previous indicators of market recovery.
According to analytics firm Reverse Market Insight, HECM ... |
| Nov 6, 2018 | Resolute Bank returns to grassroots to build HECM business | It’s been a hard year for the reverse mortgage industry, and like other lenders in the space, Resolute Bank has used the down market to rethink its business strategy.
In the wake of program changes that took effect on Oct. 2nd of last year,... |
| Nov 5, 2018 | Reverse mortgage market closes out October with positive gains | Reverse mortgage volume inched upward last month, continuing its uneven road to recovery after a rough year.
According the latest HECM Lenders report from data analytics firm Reverse Market Insight, endorsement volume rose 7.3% in October t... |
| Nov 2, 2018 | Synergy One announces first big move under new management | It’s been a big year for Synergy One Lending.
In July, the lender was acquired by Mutual of Omaha Bank. The news was not only huge for Synergy One, which originates both traditional and reverse mortgage loans, it was considered a major coup... |
| Oct 18, 2018 | Latest reverse mortgage data points to continued recovery | For the first time since the last year’s reverse mortgage program changes kicked in, the HECM industry saw growth in both its retail and wholesale channels.
According to the latest data from analytics firm Reverse Market Insight, HECM retai... |
| Oct 5, 2018 | Liberty’s Michael Kent on the challenge – and the promise – of the reverse mortgage market | Originations are down in the reverse mortgage industry right now, but Liberty Home Equity Solutions remains undeterred, focusing intently on increasing efficiencies and elevating its services to forge a road to recovery.
Its efforts might b... |
| Oct 2, 2018 | It’s been one year since HUD shook up the reverse mortgage industry | Tuesday marks exactly one year since the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development implemented HECM program changes in a move that took lenders by surprise and drastically impacted the reverse mortgage business.
It’s been a rocky year... |
| Oct 1, 2018 | Reverse Mortgage Funding focuses on growing TPO business | Founded in 2014, New York-based Reverse Mortgage Funding hasn’t been around as long as the other leading HECM lenders, but that hasn’t stopped it from staking its claim on the top lender list.
In the latest stats from Reverse Market Insight... |
| Sep 25, 2018 | HECM volume inches upward | It’s been a tough year for the reverse mortgage space. Next week marks the one-year anniversary of the implementation of changes to the HECM program that shook the industry to its core, significantly slashing loan volume.
But the latest rep... |
| Sep 11, 2018 | Cherry Creek Mortgage LOs learn HECMs to grow business | Interest rates are up, refi volume is down, and some mortgage originators are feeling the pinch. Cherry Creek Mortgage is helping its LOs bolster their game by teaching them how to add reverse mortgages to their product mix.
Leveraging the ... |
| Sep 10, 2018 | US Mortgage sees opportunity in down HECM market | In challenging times, some see defeat and steer clear, while others see opportunity and dive in.
When it comes to reverse mortgages, US Mortgage Corporation has opted for the latter approach.
The lender has been largely focused on tradition... |
| Sep 6, 2018 | HECM data suggests worst may be over | Reverse mortgage endorsements rose 9.9% to 3,197 loans from July to August, according to the latest data from analytics firm Reverse Market Insight.
The slight uptick marks the second month of consecutive growth the for industry since the 1... |
| Aug 30, 2018 | Fairway Independent Mortgage throws weight behind top HECM producers | In 1954, Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile on record, achieving something previously considered impossible. Just 46 days later, Australia’s John Landy beat his time, and within one year three other runners followed suit.
The ef... |
| Aug 27, 2018 | HighTechLending: ItÕ all about leads | “It’s all about leads. If you ask any true producer who is struggling right now what they need, that’s what they’ll say.”
So says Don Currie, president of California-based HighTechLending, currently No. 8 on the HECM lender list.
When HUD i... |
| Aug 1, 2018 | Why reverse mortgages still matter | Reverse mortgages are a small – and, it appears, increasingly shrinking – piece of the proverbial mortgage pie. Recent data reveals that endorsements have dropped to a low the industry hasn’t seen in 13 years.
The slump is a result of chang... |
| Mar 15, 2016 |
Retail Volume Slumps, Hits Brakes on Reverse Mortgage Momentum | Reverse mortgage volume didn’t so much kick-off 2016 as it sluggishly rolled into the new year with some disappointing numbers, particularly from the retail origination side, according to recent industry data.
Overall Home Equity Conversion... |
| Jan 26, 2016 |
Refi Madness: Reverse Mortgage Refinances Gain Greater Volume Share | Endorsements for Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) hit a minor snag in the last few months of 2015 as the industry felt the fallout of the Financial Assessment. But as volume compressed in the months following August, the share of re... |
| May 20, 2014 |
Reverse Mortgage Broker Volume Shrinks 10.6% in March | Total endorsements for Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) shrank 10.6% in March, with both real and wholesale endorsements shrinking near and in the double digits, according to the latest Reverse Market Insight (RMI) data.
Retail endo... |
| May 10, 2012 |
Top Reverse Mortgage Lender Title: Now Up for Grabs | Lender rankings are front and center in the wake of large lender exits, as monthly industry reverse mortgage volume continues to struggle.
Currently, that ranking includes Urban Financial, Generation Mortgage, Genworth Financial, One Revers... |
| Oct 12, 2011 |
For Three States, Half of Reverse Mortgage Market Share Up for Grabs | Three of the top ten states have about half—if not more—of their reverse mortgage market shares up for grabs thanks to Financial Freedom, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America exiting the industry, and this represents opportunities for lenders w... |
| Jul 29, 2011 | Industry Trends, Different Year Similar Result | After starting the year on an encouraging upswing, the year-over-year HECM endorsement volume has fallen into a similar trend line to the previous year.
Although still head of the pace of 2010, the gap narrowed in the latest Industry Trends... |
| Jun 8, 2011 | TPO Originations Continue to Grow | Third party origination (TPO) of HECM loans continued it's upswing by more than doubling in April from 360 to 735 loans in the Wholesale Leaders April 2011 report from Reverse Market Insight.
TPO's made up 30% of all wholesale loa... |
| Jun 3, 2011 | HECM Activity Fighting to Stay Ahead of 2010 Pace | Since crossing over to positive year-over-year growth in March, HECM endorsement volume in April and May has emulated the downward trend from 2010 according to the new Retail Leaders Report from Reverse Market Insight (RMI).
Although May pr... |
| May 10, 2011 | TPO Originations Take Off | The changing landscape of the reverse mortgage industry due to new regulations is taking shape. According to the latest Wholesale Leaders Report from Reverse Market Insight (RMI), HECM originations by non-FHA third-party originators (TPOs) ... |
| May 3, 2011 | After Crossover, Retail Takes a Breather | After finally crossing over to positive year of year growth in last month's report, retail endorsement volume fell by 16.2% in April to 6,124 loans. April's Retail Leaders Report from Reverse Market Insight (RMI) showed that even ... |
| Mar 8, 2011 | Wholesale Endorsements Bounce Back | Following two months of retail HECM endorsements growing at a higher clip than wholesale, the Wholesale Leaders report, with data through January, 2011 from Reverse Market Insight (RMI), reveals a bounce for wholesale in month-over-month tr... |
| Feb 10, 2011 | Retail Growth Continues to Trump Wholesale | The final Wholesale Leaders Report for 2010 from Reverse Market Insight (RMI) revealed the second consecutive month that retail endorsement activity out paced wholesale endorsements in terms of percentage growth. For the final month of 2010... |
| Feb 8, 2011 | AAG Settles into New Location | Following what they termed their most successful year since being founded in 2005, American Advisors Group (AAG) has relocated their corporate headquarters from Irvine, California to new facilities in the nearby city of Orange.
AAG took up ... |
| Feb 3, 2011 | Retail Falls, but Signs of Growth | Reverse Market Insight (RMI) points to an interesting contradiction in their latest Retail Leaders Report for January 2011. Although volume decreased by 1.4% from December and by 15.3% from the previous January, RMI sees signs of year over ... |
| Aug 6, 2009 |
MetLife Grabs Top Wholesale Reverse Mortgage Lender Spot | Reverse Market Insight reports that after last month’s 20% drop, wholesale volume picked up a bit in June, growing just north of 8% to 4,623 units, with trailing 12 month volume coming in at 60,448.
Below is a list of the top wholesale reve... |
| Mutual of Omaha expands proprietary reverse mortgage offering to more states | After launching a new proprietary loan product this spring, one of the nation’s leading reverse mortgage lenders has expanded the offering this week to more states.
Mutual of Omaha Mortgage announced on Friday that its SecureEquity+ product... |
| Reverse mortgage volume, securities issuance increased in April | Reverse mortgage industry performance metrics have been soft so far in 2025, but two key data points involving Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) volume and HECM-backed Securities (HMBS) issuance saw promising increases in April.
HECM e... |
