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 […]

By Mary Katherine QuasaranoVice President of Learning and Development, Celink  Late last month, RMD published an important call to action for those in the servicing industry, an article titled “Reverse Mortgage Originators Tackle Ways to Improve Servicing” From this servicer’s perspective, many of the stated and determined efforts of originators to deal with — or […]

Just one day after Illinois and Montana announced agreements with Ocwen Financial Corporation (NYSE: OCN) to lift mortgage servicing and origination restrictions, the servicer made deals with eight other states. The West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Ocwen now has a path out of bans in Georgia, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Wisconsin, […]

Hurricane Irma caused extensive property damage to homes throughout Florida and the rest of the Southeast, and Home Equity Conversion Mortgage lenders could find themselves in a tricky situation if they have loans pending on properties in the affected regions. Each time a natural disaster strikes, homes awaiting Federal Housing Administration loans — including those […]

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 […]