The reverse mortgage industry has been under scrutiny in recent weeks over tax-and-insurance defaults, with the Washington Post highlighting several seniors’ issues with servicers and the Department of Housing and Urban Development instituting new rules to help protect the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund from losses. One group in California has been attempting to provide resources […]

After a blockbuster week in the world of reverse mortgages, you’ve earned a relaxing Labor Day weekend. All of us at RMD wish you a wonderful break, and don’t forget to take a second to tip your cap to the workers — of all kinds and walks of life — who keep our country running […]

The Washington Post on Friday analyzed several stories of seniors facing reverse mortgage foreclosures, incorporating the voices of both Home Equity Conversion Mortgage supporters and those who have had problems with the products. Citing a 2016 report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Post noted that 18% of reverse mortgages originated between […]

Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) will complete the transfer of all remaining reverse mortgages in its servicing portfolio to Champion Mortgage on September 1, ending an era in the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage industry. The two parties agreed to the transfer of about 80,000 HECMs — the last remaining in Wells Fargo’s portfolio — back in […]

More than a year after first internally announcing the name change, Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NSM) on Monday officially rebranded its operations as “Mr. Cooper.” The Coppell, Texas-based lender and servicer — which services reverse mortgages under the Champion brand — embarked on the unorthodox name change in order to put a more personal […]

Embattled mortgage servicer Walter Investment Management Corporation (NYSE: WAC) received a second de-listing notification from the New York Stock Exchange, this time over a dwindling market capitalization. The Fort Washington, Pa.-based Walter — which services reverse mortgages through its Reverse Mortgage Solutions arm — has seen its market capitalization sit below $50 million for 30 […]

It’s almost the weekend — and if you count Labor Day as a hard-and-fast marker, there’s only a precious few summer weekends left! We here at RMD hope you get out and enjoy this one, wherever you may be and whatever you may have planned. But before you head out the door, here’s our weekly […]