A speaker at the 2011 Mortgage Bankers Association Conference’s first general session walked onto the stage hefting a worn-out cardboard box with “Dodd-Frank Act” written in red letters on one side. He grabbed fistful after fistful of papers representing the thousands of regulations the bill has produced, and dropped them onto the stage, ultimately dumping out the entire [...]

The Texas Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) 10th Annual Reverse Mortgage Day may be just in time, considering the industry’s changing lending landscape. The conference, which is co-hosted by the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association, kicks off on Wednesday evening, September 7, at the Hilton Post Oak in Houston, Texas. The following morning, on Sept. 8 [...]

The Texas Mortgage Bankers Association announced its 10th Annual Reverse Mortgage Day will be held at the Hilton Post Oak in Houston, TX, on September 7-8. The conference will be co-hosted with the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association and is one of the only state specific reverse mortgage conferences in the country.  The event brings [...]

The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) announced its first conference of 2011 will kick off on March 15-16 in Newport Beach, CA, at the Fairmont Hotel. The event, “NRMLA West: New Requirements/New Relationships” will focus on how lenders can prepare their business for regulatory changes coming this year. “With the new compensation rules being [...]

The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a new webinar to provide an overview and the latest updates to the Federal Housing Administration’s HECM reverse mortgage product on January 19, 2011. The session will cover HECM purchase transactions, refinances, and updates to the process for reverse mortgages.  The webinar will also outline the changes [...]

Reverse mortgage professionals attending the industry’s annual meeting in New Orleans this week will hear pre-planned discussions of new regulations, new products and new counseling protocols, among other topics. They also will be mingling with one another – catching up on industry occurrences, looking for answers and sharing ideas at a time of considerable change. [...]