EquityKey is back and offering a new way for qualifying homeowners to receive 8%-16% of their property’s value in exchange for a share of the future appreciation of the property. Often referred to as an alternative to a reverse mortgage, EquityKey started to gain some traction right as the markets collapsed but was forced to suspended new deals [...]

EquityKey sent out a notice to originators last week informing brokers them that it had been repurchased by its original founders and is no longer owned or funded by KBC Bank.  According to the statement, the company is in the process of identifying new funding sources with the intention of resuming funding in the second [...]

In Home Equity Niche Freezes, American Banker Journalist Maria Aspan writes about how shaky capital markets have hurt the growth of equity release products from EquityKey and Rex & Co.  The products, which are often sold as an alternative to reverse mortgages, allow homeowners to receive cash in exchange for a share of their home’s [...]

Several RMD readers have been asking if  EquityKey is still accepting applications for its reverse mortgage alternative product and the answer is “Yes”.  According to Equity Key’s Janis Jarosz, VP of Marketing, October was the company’s strongest application month yet.  While the company is still accepting applications, they have suspended funding for new applicants until [...]

Equity release products offered by companies like REX & Co and Equity Key have received a lot of coverage in the past few months, but it looks like the turmoil in the financial markets is starting to take its toll on these types of products.  Last week, REX & Co announced that its REX Agreement [...]

Equity Sharing agreements are all “the rage” at the moment.  In the past few weeks almost every major news publication has covered companies like EquityKey and Rex & Co.  Although each company structures the transactions in different ways, the premise of the arrangement is the same: A homeowner agrees to give up part of a [...]