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HECM Lenders

HECM Lenders July 2015

HECM endorsements fell 5% to 5,029 loans in July, but still represent the second highest level of the past 12 months trailing only last month’s ...

Surging Up – HECM Lenders June 2015

There are many ways to break a down trend, but few are better than the 23.9% growth in HECM endorsements seen in June. Overall volumes ...

Four Again – HECM Lenders May 2015

HECM endorsement volumes declined for the fourth month in a row, declining -5% to 4,273 loans in May. That’s the lowest level since September, but ...

Little Dipper – HECM Lenders April 2015

HECM endorsements declined -3.1% in April to 4,497 loans from March. The decline was fairly broad based and reflects some weakness in fundings during the ...

Refinancing Situation – HECM Lenders March 2015

HECM endorsements for March declined -2.3% to 4,640 loans from last month. Endorsements are always a trailing indicator for our industry, and on that basis ...

Short Month – HECM Lenders February 2015

HECM endorsements for February declined -4% to 4,747 loans from last month and dropped a bit more, -8.1% from a year ago. 7 out of ...

Slightly Positive – HECM Lenders January 2015

January saw HECM endorsements mostly flat from December, rising just 0.1% to 4,946 loans. It’s a decent way to start off the new year, but ...

Out With The Old – HECM Lenders December 2014

December HECM endorsements grew 12.1% to 4,942 loans, marking the highest monthly volume since February. With the full year of 2014 now in the books, ...

Keeping Gains – HECM Lenders November 2014

HECM endorsements declined -9.1% in November to 4,410 loans but retained most of the big gains from October. Given this somewhat expected pullback we’re not ...

Rebound – HECM Lenders October 2014

November 1 traditionally marks the return of the NBA to our living rooms, but more importantly this year also saw a big jump in the ...

Baby Bounce – HECM Lenders September 2014

HECM endorsements bounced back from a dismal showing in August, rising 15.5% to 3,762 loans. That’s still below last year’s pace of 4,527 loans, but ...

August Doldrums – HECM Lenders August 2014

HECM endorsements for August underlined the dog days of summer, declining -20.4% to 3,256 loans. Applications and funding have turned the corner back up toward ...

Uptick – HECM Lenders July 2014

HECM endorsements rose 4.2% to 4,092 loans in July, up from the 18 month low reached in June. Seven of the ten regions we track ...

Two Steps Back – HECM Lenders June 2014

We’d like to blame our business trip to the East Coast for our delay in getting this newsletter sent out, but in reality we’re still ...

One Step Forward – HECM Lenders May 2014

HECM endorsements for May rose 7.9% to 4,498 loans, but still down -12.9% from last year. Eight of the ten regions we track rose, with ...

Slimmer Pickings – HECM Lenders April 2014

HECM endorsements totaled 4,170 loans in April, down -9.7% from March and the lowest level of the past twelve months. We’ve been suggesting for a ...

Hanging Around – HECM Lenders March 2014

HECM endorsements dropped -10.6% in March to 4,618 loans. That’s an even larger decline (-20.9%) compared to last March, although that’s partly because March 2013 ...

Peering Over – HECM Lenders February 2014

HECM endorsements rose 2.1% in February to 5,166 loans. This small rise put the industry back into positive year over year territory after showing a ...

Starting Up – HECM Lenders January 2014

HECM endorsements rose 19.8% in January to 5,061 loans, the highest total since August. Just last month we speculated that volume would dip in the ...

Expectations Reset – HECM Lenders December 2013

The last of the HECM endorsements for 2013 are in the books! HECM endorsements dropped -10% to 4,223 loans in December, while 2013 total loans ...

One Up Year – HECM Lenders November 2013

HECM endorsements for November rose 12% to 4,690 loans, marking the impact of standard ARM applications taken before the Sep 30th program changes. We expect ...

HECM Lenders October 2013

NRMLA’s annual convention is just around the corner. Since we want everyone feeling good and happy next week at the conference, lets look at the ...

Downside Risks – HECM Lenders September 2013

HECM endorsements dropped -15.9% in September to 4,527 loans in the beginning of what we expect to be a trend of falling volumes related to ...

Fixed Effects – HECM Lenders August 2013

HECM endorsements for August declined -6.5% to 5,382 loans. July’s total was increased by HECM Standard fixed rate volumes working through the pipeline, so we’re ...