While FHA officials have indicated that further changes to the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program are still on the table in order to further stabilize the reverse mortgage book within the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMIF), no substantive changes were instituted at the end of 2019. The legislative and provisional proposals outlined in the […]
A series of proposed legislative and administrative changes to the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA’s) Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program have not moved forward in Washington, D.C., as politicians in the nation’s capital have focused on other, more tumultuous and immediate concerns. In addition to a series of legislative and administrative proposals submitted by the […]
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced that on January 31, the agency published “Project Approval for Single Family Condominiums,” a notice in the Federal Register seeking comment on data collection related to essential forms used to determine the eligibility of loans for borrowers who live in condominiums. Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act […]
The average age of a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) borrower at the time of a loan’s origination remains in their early 70s, while as many as 40% of all HECM borrowers between 2009-2019 are specifically single females. This was just some of the data shared by members of the U.S. Department of Housing and […]
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) this week announced the appointment of Joseph M. (Joe) Gormley as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Single Family Housing, effective as of January 21. Gormley’s appointment comes after the departure of his predecessor Gisele Roget late last year, who went on to become Deputy Chief of Staff […]
Former Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Julián Castro has ended his bid for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States in the 2020 general election, and in a matter of days has made an endorsement in the race for one of his former opponents. “I’ve determined that […]
When Reverse Mortgage Daily launched The RMD Podcast in 2019, the site did so in an attempt to provide additional context and (literal) voice to some of the biggest, most prominent issues and players in the reverse mortgage industry. The episodes that have been released thus far have had guests ranging from the most visible […]
In the eighth episode of The RMD Podcast, RMD Executive Editor and Aging Media Network Director of Content Elizabeth Ecker joins host Chris Clow to talk about the biggest reverse mortgage industry stories covered by RMD in 2019! The past year has been a very eventful one for the reverse mortgage industry, and as we […]
In terms of regulations that govern the reverse mortgage industry and possible outcomes for such matters in 2020, distractions being experienced by Congress, White House proposals for federal regulations and the continuing presence of possible Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) enforcement actions could make for an eventful year in terms of actions related to regulatory […]
The lending limit for federally-backed reverse mortgages is increasing for the fourth consecutive year in a row and is set to rise to $765,600 in 2020. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on Friday via Mortgagee Letter 2019-20 a maximum claim amount of $765,600 for calendar year 2020, up from $726,525 in […]
