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High mortgage rates sideline homeowners from tapping home equity: ICE

Housing Wire

Rising home prices have pushed the third quarter’s tappable home equity amount near its 2022 peak, but interest rates are making homeowners reluctant to extract that wealth. Indeed, in recent quarters, equity withdrawal rates have been running at less than half their long-run averages. Borrowers withdrew a record $104,000 on average.

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The biggest challenge for the reverse industry in 2024? Mortgage rates

Housing Wire

Reverse mortgage business and mortgage business generally is not where people want it to be. That was a repeated idea shared by a group of reverse mortgage professionals when asked to assess what they see as the biggest industry challenges of the year. I think that’s true from an industry standpoint.

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Home equity access: How Finance of America bolsters the market with home equity products

Housing Wire

In today’s economy, mortgage rates and housing expenses have consistently risen. However, homeowners have a unique advantage with home equity products—designed to let residents tap into their home’s equity for cash. Mortgage professionals must keep up with the new demand for home equity products in the new market.

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Reverse mortgage alums secure financing for alternative equity-tapping product

Housing Wire

Cornerstone Financing , a venture co-founded by former Reverse Mortgage Funding (RMF) CEO Craig Corn, has secured $285 million in financing through global investment firms Aquiline Capital Partners LP and Nomura. The product operates similarly to a shared equity investment. 31 of that year.

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Analyst: HMBS 2.0 developments should benefit reverse mortgage industry

Housing Wire

Late last month, Ginnie Mae released a term sheet for one of the most anticipated new developments for the reverse mortgage industry — a new Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)-backed Securities (HMBS) product referred to as “ HMBS 2.0.” I think, as a whole, the industry is reacting pretty favorably to this.

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As LA fires burn, reverse mortgage industry emphasizes need for servicer, insurer contacts

Housing Wire

Representatives from lenders and servicers, as well as individual originators, have told HousingWire s Reverse Mortgage Daily (RMD) that its imperative for borrowers to let their servicer know about anything that could impact the occupancy of their property due to the terms of Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed reverse mortgages.

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Tane Cabe talks reverse mortgage industry challenges, software development

Housing Wire

Reverse mortgage industry veteran Tane Cabe recently left his position at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.’s s reverse division to transition back into a role as a reverse mortgage broker. People are interested in getting reverse mortgages and talking about them,” he said. That seems to be the general feeling.