The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association welcomed new board members during its recent annual meeting in late October, and bid farewell to several long standing board members who are leaving their posts. Leadership also pointed to some of the work NRMLA has done over the last year, and continues to approach in the coming months. […]

The Home Equity Conversion Mortgage product remains a priority for the Federal Housing Administration, which is continuing to examine both originations and back-end processes in order to ensure the program is self-sustaining, according to statements delivered by Federal Housing Administration Commissioner Brian Montgomery during the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association annual conference in San Diego […]

Federal Housing Administration commissioner Brian Montgomery will serve as the keynote speaker at the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association’s 2018 Annual Meeting and Expo later this month, NRMLA has announced. The meeting will take place October 28-30 in San Diego, and NRMLA expects between 450 and 500 attendees. Montgomery is scheduled to address attendees at 9:30 a.m. on […]

In a message to its members Tuesday, the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association’s co-chairs reiterated the trade group’s support of the latest changes to the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage appraisal process — a shift designed to stop losses to the Mutual Mortgage Insurance fund. Written by leaders Joseph DeMarkey, the strategic business development leader of […]

Senior home equity is continuing its upward march, with housing wealth reaching $6.9 trillion in the second quarter of 2018. Equity for homeowners 62 and older grew $130 billion over the first quarter of 2018, according to the most recent figure from the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association/RiskSpan Reverse Mortgage Market Index. Reaching a new […]

Online mortgage broker LendingTree took a deep dive into reverse mortgages this week, touting the potential benefits of the products but also describing Home Equity Conversion Mortgages as a “last resort.” The company quoted both industry leaders — including National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association executive vice president Steve Irwin and American College of Financial Services […]

Earlier this month, new Federal Housing Administration commissioner Brian Montgomery laid the blame for troubles in the reverse mortgage industry on back-end issues at his own department. The new commissioner, confirmed in May, inherited a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program that caused a $14.5 billion drag on the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMIF), according to […]