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Category Archives: HECM Originators

BofA Reverse Post Mortem – Wholesale Leaders May 2011

We promised a closer look at the impact of BofA exiting the industry in our Retail Leaders report earlier this month, so let’s dive in. We’ve heard in many conversations with clients and contacts that the industry has fully absorbed BofA’s volume and didn’t see any decline from the company’s exit. We would love […]

Going TPO – Wholesale Leaders April 2011

TPO loan volume continued to grow in April, but wasn’t enough to keep wholesale endorsements from declining -13.3%. Retail fell further, down -18%, and the balance between the two channels will be an indication going forward to see if TPO volume is growing the business as non-FHA approved brokers jump in or just migrating FHA […]

Booming TPOs – Wholesale Leaders March 2011

As regulation forces the reverse industry to evolve, there are many ways that we’ll eventually see the impacts. We’ve been tracking a declining number of originators for quite some time, which is the expected result of many changes pushing revenue down and costs up for the smallest reverse originators.

The potential offset to that trend is […]

Wholesale Leads the Way – Wholesale Leaders January 2011

The first month of 2011 brought us back to a familiar theme from last year as broker/wholesale endorsements outpaced retail in a down month for the industry overall. We saw this pattern several times last year, particularly as the industry volume growth tapered off in September and October.

  • Broker/Wholesale endorsements for January came in at 2,413 […]

Wholesale Leaders – August 2010

August wholesale results are in, and as we’ve seen in past months, Retail/Direct lending in the reverse mortgage market continues to lead Wholesale/Broker volumes.  Total volume for August was up 13%, with Retail/Direct up 18% and Wholesale/Broker up just 6%.

We asked last month why the volume recovery has been so narrow since May, primarily benefiting […]