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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 ...

Back and Forth – Retail Leaders April 2011

It sometimes seems that the one thing every business has in common is that progress is never a straight line. The reverse industry has certainly ...

Up, Down, or Sideways – Industry Trends February 2011

Much like clouds, ink blots, and famous impressionist paintings, an observer can see pretty much any shape they want in the reverse industry these days. ...

Alive and Kicking – Wholesale Leaders February 2011

We noticed last month that broker/wholesale channel performed much better than retail/direct in a down month for the industry overall, and now we can remove ...

Big Step Forward – Retail Leaders March 2011

March was more than just the end of the first quarter for the reverse mortgage industry, as it marked the first time since July 2009 ...

Holding Patterns – Industry Trends January 2011

As the first quarter of 2011 is drawing to a close, we’ve seen a remarkable number of changes in a short period of time. With ...

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 ...

Killer Apps – Retail Leaders February 2011

We normally think of a ‘killer app’ as a perfect use that grows a new technology from curiosity to must have item. Just as email ...

Market Share Hockey Stick – Industry Trends December 2010

As our last report covering 2010, it makes sense that we put a bottom line on the biggest trend of the year. And while some ...

2010 Top 100 Lenders – Wholesale Leaders December 2010

There’s one thing many lenders focus on at this time of year, and it’s the final rankings for our just completed year. If you’re looking ...

A Growth Year – Retail Leaders January 2011

January HECM endorsement numbers were underwhelming, but we’re not throwing in the towel on the year because we see positive developments just around the corner. ...

Three State Story – Industry Trends November 2010

Hard to believe it’s been two years, but February will mark the 2nd anniversary of the ReverseIQ Newsletter and our free industry reports. In that ...

Holiday Reversal – Wholesale Leaders November 2010

Holidays seem to come faster each year for all of us (Christmas music will start in July this year!), and then they’re gone just as ...

A Merry Year End For Lenders – Retail Leaders December 2010

Retail HECM endorsements for December were virtually flat with November, down just -0.1% to 6,554 loans. That story isn’t much to write home about, but ...

It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Growth – Industry Trends October 2010

We’ve already talked about overall industry trends for October and retail/broker channel changes. We’ve also discussed the geographic trends in great detail throughout the year, ...

Two Points Make a Better Trend for Brokers – Wholesale Leaders October 2010

Last month we noticed that the wholesale/broker side of the reverse mortgage industry outperformed the direct/retail side after 7 consecutive months of falling behind. Given ...

Giving Thanks for Higher Volumes – Retail Leaders November 2010

Retail endorsement numbers are out for November, and were much improved vs the last couple months. This is likely due to pullthrough from September’s inflated ...

Interview: Surviving 2010 and T&I Defaults

November is rapidly coming to a close, and we’re closing out the month with the first half of a video interview with the Reverse Review ...

HECMs Heat Up New Orleans – Industry Trends September 2010

Our first visit to New Orleans was a memorable week filled with business meetings by day and good food by night. Our industry has been ...

Wholesale Leaders – September 2010

We already knew that September was a down month for endorsements in the industry overall, but now we can look at the tally in a ...

Retail Leaders – October 2010

We’re a week later than our usual schedule this month, but after seeing how wild the French Quarter was this past week (the Realtors’ convention ...

Industry Trends – August 2010

Thanks for all the feedback and questions about our industry forecast earlier this month. We’ve heard many different perspectives from industry participants about the recently ...

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 ...

Reverse Mortgage Retail Leaders – September 2010

September ended with a bit of a whimper, just 5,966 HECM endorsements, down -10.2% from August. For the government fiscal year, we ended at 79,096 ...