Not many people in the reverse mortgage industry today can say that they’ve been in the business for a quarter-century without a name change. One company that can lay claim to this is Novato, Calif.-based Bay Docs, LLC and its founder, president and CEO Megen Lawler. That’s not to say that the entirety of the […]
On the heels of a flurry of new proprietary products and product features from the nation’s top reverse mortgage lenders, Liberty Home Equity Solutions last week announced the launch of its EquityIQ to compete in the space. Proprietary products are currently seen among reverse mortgage industry players as a path to the business’s future prosperity, […]
Finance of America Reverse (FAR), the second largest reverse mortgage lender by volume, announced Tuesday the availability of its proprietary reverse mortgage product “HomeSafe Standard” in the state of New York. This marks the very first proprietary reverse mortgage product available in the state, the only one of its kind to be approved in New […]
The reverse mortgage proprietary market continues to heat up, with Liberty Home Equity Solutions announcing the official launch of a new proprietary offering on Thursday. Aimed at seniors with higher home values, the new product allows access to funds well above the current Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program loan limit of $726,525. Called “EquityIQ,” […]
The increasing prevalence of proprietary reverse mortgages continues to evolve and expand, providing necessary service in under-served parts of the existing government-insured reverse mortgage program. The levels of proprietary origination should justify the consideration of folding them into more lenders’ product suites, despite lenders remaining mum on the number private of loans they are making. […]
Active adult communities resource 55places.com has announced a joint venture with Retirement Funding Solutions (RFS) aimed to educate more seniors on methods they can use to become homeowners, including information on how to use a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase (H4P) transaction. These two organizations are partnering to offer an H4P product they’re […]
Reverse Mortgage Funding announced Monday that it is rolling out updates to its Equity Elite proprietary reverse mortgage, now to include both lump sum and term disbursement options for borrowers under a fixed rate. The product expansion, which allows borrowers to choose any number of term payments from 24 to 120 months, follows a series […]
Through the launch of a new loan comparison tool announced this week, reverse mortgage software provider ReverseVision is taking aim at the way originators and borrowers view reverse mortgages in the current lending environment. A departure from traditional reverse mortgage calculators that take a sole focus on reverse mortgage product options, the calculator redefines the […]
The reverse mortgage market has long awaited the return of private products to a HECM-heavy market. Now that several products are making inroads across the lending landscape, a question arises concerning what constitutes the right balance of HECM and proprietary loans. There’s no shortage of originators who would like to see a viable private alternative […]
Sale leaseback company EasyKnock has raised $215 million in a series A round of financing from new and returning investors on the heels of the release of a new program. This is according to a press release circulated by the company. The new program, called “MoveAbility,” is designed to allow homeowners to leverage their equity […]
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