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March Retail Leaders

At long last, endorsements are finally starting to show the spike in volumes from the $417k Loan Limit increase. Endorsement volume set a new record in March at 11,261 – up 24% from February and easily besting the old record of 10,913 set in February 2008. Given the trends we have seen in […]

February Wholesale Leaders

There has been very little wholesale reporting in the reverse mortgage industry to date, but we’re doing our part to correct that situation with our new Wholesale Leaders report. If you’d like to see a monthly report that shows who the largest lenders really are when you add both Retail and Wholesale together, here’s […]

February 2009 Industry Trends

We hope you’re all having a great start to spring and enjoying the fruits of higher HECM loan limits.  As promised, we’re rolling out our second new publication this month, featuring comprehensive industry trends.  If you’ve ever wondered where our industry has been most successful, there are two different ways to look at it in […]

Volume vs. Values In New Loan Limit Era

If you’re wondering exactly how the recently enacted legislation has affected the reverse industry, you’re not alone. More specifically, we’ve gotten a couple questions about how loan limits have affected average loan sizes and volumes in different markets around the country.

Last month, we talked a lot about loan unit volume and the […]

February 2009 Retail Leaders

February is in the books, time to break out the spreadsheets and see what stories the numbers tell us. In a continuation of recent trends, competition continues to plateau, still hovering around 1,200 lenders per month as it has for 12 months now. That still leaves an increase over last year of 9% (Feb08 to […]

Welcome to the New ReverseIQ

In the months since we launched ReverseIQ as a way to communicate some of our ongoing research and analysis to our clients and others in the reverse mortgage industry, we’ve noticed a few things:

  • Length: Our newsletters tended to be long and rather involved. While that’s okay when you’re expecting to read a full analysis of […]

Riding A HECM Refinance Wave

We’ve now seen three months of reverse mortgage statistics since the HECM loan limits were raised (and perhaps ready for another increase soon?), so it seems like a good time to look at the early impact. January saw the industry experience its largest ever volume of refinance transactions (HECM to HECM), topping a thousand for […]

Active Lender Growth

Thanks to everyone for the great response to our first newsletter last month. We hope to continue bringing new insights and perspective to the industry through this new medium, consistently raising the bar in our mission to highlight insights mined from our industry’s data.

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