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November 20, 2024
HECM Originators – Sep 2024
HECM endorsements fell -2.4% to 2,147 loans in September, with Retail/direct growing 1.5% but Wholesale/broker more than offsetting that with a drop of -7.9%.
HECM case numbers issued were a bit rosier, rising 0.5% to 3,703, but under the surface the gains were entirely in the very rate dependent refinance segment. Given the strong bounce higher […]
November 1, 2024
HECM Lenders – Oct 2024
HECM endorsements jumped 11.1% to 2,392 loans in October, breaking out of what had been a very tight recent range of volume for the industry. This was undoubtedly helped by lower 10 year CMT rates ahead of last month’s first Fed Funds rate cut in over four and a half year. Unfortunately, this key rate […]
October 22, 2024
HECM Originators – Aug 2024
HECM endorsements fell -3.2% to 2,199 loans in August, with Wholesale/broker giving back -6.6% and Retail/direct easing just -0.6%.
The top 10 lenders showed better, collectively rising 0.6% as 4 of the 10 managed gains on the month:
October 2, 2024
HECM Lenders – Sep 2024
HECM endorsements dropped -2.1% to 2,153 loans in September, continuing a tight range of volume for the industry we’ve seen since June. There have only been 2 months since November outside the 2,105-2,274 level, but we are starting to see further evidence of case number issuance responding positively to the recent decline in interest rates.
September 17, 2024
HECM Originators – July 2024
July HECM endorsements rose 8% to 2,271 loans, with Wholesale/broker pushing 26.9% higher while Retail/direct dropped -2.6%. The back and forth nature of recent monthly volumes can sometimes lead to this kind of disparity, but this is the widest gap between the channels we’ve seen in a year. Given the significant declines in expected rates […]
September 3, 2024
HECM Lenders – August 2024
August HECM endorsements dropped -3.3% to 2,200 loans, furthering the back and forth we’ve seen with these volumes throughout the summer. The good news is that case number issuance responded positively to the decline in interest rates in July, rising 16.9% to 3,438.