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Reverse Mortgage News by HECMWorld — 233 episodes
HECM World Weekly, EP 946: Senior Housing Now a $1 Trillion Problem as America’s Aging Challenge
Food For Thought: How To Build a Signature Client Experience
Industry Leader Insights: Reverse Mortgage Education Is Still Missing The Real Senior Conversation
HECM World Weekly, EP 945: Equity-Rich Homes Fall as Housing Stays Stuck and Remodeling Holds Strong
Food For Thought: Stop taking orders. Start giving advice.
Industry Leader Insights: Why 97% of Entrepreneurs Are Betting on Partnerships
HECM World Weekly, EP 944: Record Equity, The Great Stay, and Rising Retirement Costs
Food For Thought: HEI vs. Reverse Mortgage: Stop Competing on Simplicity
Industry Leader Insights: Beyond ‘The Great Stay’: How Homeowners Are Changing The Way They Access Equity
HECM World Weekly, EP943: From Debt Relief To Healthy Years, Home Equity Takes On A Bigger Role
Food For Thought: What really builds a successful mortgage career?
Industry Leader Insights: Senior Housing Equity Is At Record Highs. So Why Haven't Reverse Mortgages Taken Off?
HECM World Weekly, EP942: Fed Holds Rates As Inflation Pressure Builds, While Housing Equity Tells A More Complicated Story
Food For Thought: As AI Reshapes Reverse Mortgages, Emotional Intelligence Becomes the Advantage
Industry Leader Insights: Data Points to a Massive Long-Term Opportunity for Reverse Mortgages - With Aaron Wagner from ATTOM
HECM World Weekly, EP941: Record Senior Housing Equity, Healthcare Costs Rise & The Future of Housing Wealth
Food For Thought: Reverse Mortgage Professionals Don't Need More Hours, They Need Better Systems, Says Industry Mentor
Industry Leader Insights: Housing Equity Is Easing, But The Bigger Story Is What Lies Beneath - With Aaron Wagner from ATTOM
HECM World Weekly, EP940: Inflation Cools, Social Security To Rise And The NYT Declares A Retirement Crisis
Food For Thought: What Realtors Get Wrong About HECM For Purchase (And Why It Matters)
Industry Leader Insights: The Ideal Reverse Mortgage Client Has Changed. Has the Industry Kept Up?
EP939: HUD Reform, AI and Housing Wealth - This Week’s Biggest Stories
EP938: Housing Market Finds Its Footing, Finance of America Expands, and Home Equity Comes Under the Spotlight
EP937: Congress Takes Aim at Housing Affordability, Housing Costs Squeeze Seniors, and Communities Double Down on Aging in Place
EP936: Fed Signals a New Direction, Housing Wealth Grows, and More Seniors Choose to Stay Put
EP935: Homeowners Tap Equity, Housing Mobility Improves, and Washington Signals Change
EP934: Buyers Return, Older Americans Carry the Economy, and Reverse Mortgage Consolidation Continues
EP933: Housing Re-Freezes, Retirement Adapts, and Home Wealth Faces a Political Reckoning
EP932: HUD Warning Signs, Home Equity Regulation Evolves, and Retirement Pressure Builds
EP931: Equity Softens, Housing Pressure Builds, and Home Wealth Takes Center Stage
EP930: Momentum Builds, Pressure Rises, and the Market Keeps Shifting
EP929:A New Chapter, Fresh Data, and a Clear Signal for the Industry
E928: 20% of HECM Counselees Face Monthly Budget Shortfalls
E927: Another Unison Home Equity Investment Lawsuit: The Rest of the Story
E926: Are Insurance Companies Spying on Your Borrowers?
E925: Oh, You Can’t Take That Away: Court Protects HECM Borrower
E924: The equity borrower profile has changed- Have your conversations
E923: Trump's Executive Orders Target Housing Affordability and Credit Access
E922: How Home Equity Investment Regulatory Woes Are Tarnishing Reverse Mortgages
E921: The Housing Inventory Map That May Surprise Reverse Pros
E920: Coordinating a reverse mortgage with Medicaid
E919: Mortgage Originator's Biggest Challenge in 2026.
E918: Why California Seniors Are Being Priced Out of Their Own Homes
E917:Workers are increasingly raiding their 401(k)s
E916: Cybersecurity Tips for Seniors
E915: Here's why seniors' homes often sell for less
E914: Reddit: My in-laws are in over their heads with their mortgage.
E913: The Average Retiree Has This Much Home Equity
E912: Which is less expensive? Downsizing or getting a reverse mortgage?
E911: The CFPB's Proposed Reg B Changes Would Impact HECM Lending
E910: Survey Finds Most Americans Expect Social Security Cuts
E909: How ‘Shadow Listings’ Can Hurt Seniors’ Home Values
E908: What’s the Best Reverse Payout Plan & Think Twice Before Postponing Social Security
E907: The 2026 HECM Limit & A HELOC with No Payment Shock
E906:Liberty to Stop Reverse Originations in 2026 -Sell Servicing Rights to Finance of America
E905: Trade group seeks to exclude mortgage programs from future government shutdowns
E904: Exclusive Interview: The leaders of Atlas VMS & QuantumReverse announce a new technology partnership
E903: High Tech Lending Launches a New Flexible Senior HELOC
E902: Rates Fall, Sellers Struggle, and Florida Eyes Major Tax Cuts
E901:Here's how reverse mortgage default counseling works.
E900: The Shocking Cost of Poverty for Older Americans
E899: A Surprising Lesson for Reverse Mortgage Pros from Ramsey Solutions
E898: Smartfi Shutters Retail Reverse Division- The Latest Senior Demographics
E897: Time, Money & Value: Preventing HECM Defaults
E896: A New HELOC for Seniors – How Rate is Boosting Loan Volume
E895: What’s a CRMP Designation Worth? An Interview with C2 Financial's Shain Urwin & Scott Harmes
E894: Here’s where an unpaid utility bill can lead to foreclosure
E893: Is the Housing Market at an Inflection Point?
E892: Here are the Misleading Ads one HECM Pro Keeps Receiving
E891: Many older homeowners are too broke to fix it.
E890: The Real Reason 40% of Homeowners are Mortgage-Free
E889: NEW Rankings of the Best & Worst Places to Retire
E888: When Helping Hurts: The Bank of Mom & Dad
E887: Reverse mortgage borrower accused of torching his home
E886: 5 potential solutions to the looming long term care crisis.
E885: Nearly half a million seniors are delinquent on student loans
E884: A 75-Year Old Asks If She Should Payoff Her HECM
E883: Do digital newsletters generate reverse mortgage leads?
E882: Why Australia has a backlog of 16,000 reverse mortgage applications
E881: The Poor ‘Millionaire’ Homeowners Club
E880: Why Florida’s Housing Market is Facing a Perfect Storm
E879: How Finance of America’s New TV Ad is Playing a Different Tune
E878: Why the 'cheapest' way to tap home equity isn't a sure bet
E877: Americans fear being broke in retirement more than dying.
E876: Surprise! Here’s what generation is buying the most homes
E875: Why Retirees Who Move to Lower-Tax States Don’t Save as Much as Expected
E874: The Retirement Debt Pandemic
E873: In Memoriam
E872: Funding an Early Inheritance with a Reverse Mortgage
E870: How to Supercharge the HECM for Purchase
E869: HECM National Servicing Center Faces DOGE Closure
E868: It’s not a good time to be a Home Equity Alternative Company
E867: A Cure for 'Perma-Renting' in Reverse
E866: How a Reverse Mortgage Paid Off for Me — Twice
E865: The Trump administration halts most CFPB work
#864: How One Scammer Prompted a New Illinois Bill
E863: President Trump appoints acting HUD Secretary
E862: What LA fire victims with a reverse mortgage need to know.
E861: The silver lining in a challenging reverse mortgage market
E860: A HECM for Purchase Success Story
E859: Baby boomers are expected to leave $17 trillion in home equity to their heirs
E858: The HMBS program has gone from one to eliminate to one to emulate.
E857: The October Surprise. What's FHA's latest HECM application data tells us
E856: FHA announces 2025 HECM Limit
E855: Will reverse mortgage surge in 2025? Here’s what one broker says.
E854: 'Expert' advice about reverse mortgages? Not so much.
E853: Here's why homeowners may be overconfident in their retirement preparedness.
E852: Survey shows public employees worried they won’t have enough money to last in retirement
E851: What in the world is propping up home prices?
E850: The HECM’s 10-Year CMT Rate Climbs After Fed Funds Rate Cut
E849: What's a Reverse Mortgage Vacation?!
E848: A Guide to Downsizing for Retirees
E847: FHA Commissioner: The HECM a Critical Piece of the Retirement Puzzle
E846: Boomer Struggles After Retiring to Care for Ailing Wife
E845: Here’s Where Home Equity is Rising & Falling
E844: Barrons: Barrons: A Reverse Mortgage May Be Good for Those Short of Cash
E843: How Will An Interest Rate Cut Impact HECM Lending?
E842: Inheriting a House Is More Expensive Than People Think
How One Reverse Lender is Leveraging its ‘Forward Machine”E841:
E840: Reverse Mortgages as a Gray Divorce Solution
E839: South African Reverse Mortgages, Suzie Orman, & HMBS 2.0 Update
E838: Can You Get a Reverse Mortgage if You're in Foreclosure?
E837: Australians Told to Monetize Their Home for Retirement
E836: A New CFPB Rule Would Increase Foreclosure Protections
E835: Unlocking Hidden Retirement Cash
E834: Ginnie Mae Releases Details on New HECM MBS 2.0.
E833: The Unexpected Downsides of Aging in Place
E832: The CFPB issues a consent order against a former national HECM servicer.
E831: Interview: A Revolution in HECM Calculators
E830: U.S. Senator sounds the alarm on skyrocketing flood insurance premiums
E829: F is for Family...and Fraud.
E828: 4 ways Baby Boomers become house-poor in Retirement
E827: Retirement is becoming a luxury.
E826: Appraisal bias protections apply to HECM applicants
E825: HUD curtails some planned HECM for Purchase concessions
E824: Aging in place or stuck in place?
E823: Rising rates impact reverse mortgage payouts.
E822: Two things most reverse pros don’t know about the expected rate.
E821: HECM applications: Major changes underway
E820: U.S. Senator calls for more oversight of HECM mortgage-backed securities program
E819: Unable to afford healthcare in retirement?Here are 5 options including a reverse mortgage.
E818: Elderly woman murdered in a plot that involved a reverse mortgage
E817: Six questions to ask before getting a reverse mortgage
E816: One Bay Area county reduces ADU fees to help ease senior housing crunch
E815: How one reverse mortgage pro helped spur a scammer's arrest
E814: HECM Application Volume Falls
E813:Here's when it's okay for homeowners to be in 2nd place
E812: Fannie Mae's 2024 economic and interest rate outlook
E811: The big surprise despite low HECM loan volumes
E810: Why U.S. Treasuries and the 10-Year CMT are Surging
E809: What is loan servicing oversight?
E808: How retirees can downsize even in today’s market
E807:The Biggest Reverse Mortgage Trends of 2023.
E806:32,000 reverse mortgage clients’ data breached in cyberattack
E805: AARP joins class action lawsuit against RMF and Celink
E804: How one reverse mortgage servicer is utilizing AI
E803: Could Reverse Mortgages Be the “Value” Play for Millions of Older Americans?
E802: Top-10 Reverse Mortgage Lender Closes Reverse Division
E801: The HECM MMI Fund Remains Positive
E800: [CBS] The six fastest ways to cash out your home equity
E799: FHA publishes new HECM guidance in a consolidated handbook
E798: FHA Commissioner says the agency is fully committed to the HECM program
E797: Why one Canadian financial advisor reversed here thoughts on reverse mortgages
E796: Most people say they want to ’age in place’ but what does that really mean?
E795: A Ramsey Solutions caller asks if she should use a reverse mortgage to buy a rental
E794: Why your home is a terrible inheritance for your kids
E793: This surprise expense is likely to upend retirees budgets
E792: The U.S. Housing Market is Caught in a Trap!
E791: When a reverse mortgage is likely a scam
E790: Property Tax Relief is still available in California
#789: The 10-year CMT Index is forecast to drop in 2024
E788: Will demographics be the saving grace for HECM lending?
E787: Mortgage rates may go down in the fall
E786: If mortgage rates fall to 5% the housing market could get interesting
E785: Gasps were heard in the room: Appraisal Bias
E784: The Mortgage News Roundup from across the nation
E783: FHA to cover payments when a HECM lender is in default say ML
E782: What Boomers are looking for in senior housing
E781: Dave Ramsey was at a loss for words until...
E780:[Yahoo Finance] How do you pay back a reverse mortgage?
E779: Tightening mortgage credit may boost reverse mortgages
E778: Where are home prices headed? USA Today
E777: Managing debt in retirement
E776: Fannie Mae economist: the signs housing prices will drop in your city
E775: Boomers and the refi boom reckoning
E774: Survey reveals home equity loan intent
E773: MBA subsidiary starts reverse mortgage working group
E772: The Problem with being House-Rich
E771: High mortgage rates have homeowners staying put
E770: FHA issues draft guidance for accessory dwelling units
E769: Older Americans see the biggest property tax spikes in these cities
E768: One broker shares lessons learned from the great recession for today’s market
E767: Attorneys are investigating if an Equity-Sharing agreement is actually a reverse mortgage loan
E766: Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse and U.S. Treasury volatility
E765: Why moving in retirement can earn you an extra $100,000+
E764: Fannie Mae: Appraisals are no longer the default option
E763: Over half of seniors surveyed say Social Security raises don’t keep pace with inflation
E762: Ginnie Mae adjusts the minimum HECM mortgage-backed security pool size
E761: Recent bankruptcy exposes where HECM lenders are vulnerable
#760: HECM Reverse Mortgage Expectations vs. Reality
E759: The 10-Year CMT Index forecast for 2023
E757: More employees to be laid off in February and March
E756: Draft FHA appraisal policy would give HECM applicants more choices when seeking the reconsideration of their home’s appraised value.
E755:Over 10 million seniors are still burdened with a monthly mortgage payment
E754: Latest industry HECM data may reveal opportunities in 2023
E753: Celink is now HUD’s official HECM loan servicer
E752: ’Mortgage bonds are cheap but no one is buying’
E751: 2023 HECM Limit Increased!
E750: RMI’s Market Minute: What a Ride!
E749: Forbes: Housing market predictions for the next 5 years
E748: Is liquidating an IRA better than a reverse mortgage?
E747: Lenders who diversify product offerings more likely to survive market fallout & lender consolidation
E746: What happened to September HECM Endorsements?
E745: Experts weigh in on what homeowners should do in a softening market
E744: Hurricane Ian traumatized Floridians. It also erased their nest egg
E743: A closer look at September’s HECM Endorsement data
E742: As the Market Falls, New Retirees Need a Plan
E741: How falling home values will bring down inflation
E740: How to help keep reverse mortgage property charges current
E739: Analyst who predicted 2008 crash sees home values going down this much
E738: HECM Counseling committee addresses property defaults
E737: Fannie Mae: ’Dark days ahead for the housing market’
E736: California reverse mortgage borrowers encouraged to seek assistance
E735: Is the HECM ”teetering on collapse”?
E734: ‘A time-honored loan in FHA’. RMD sits down with FHA Commissioner
E733: Cost of Aging Index Shows Many Seniors Can’t Afford Basic Necessities
E732: Why Ramsey Solutions’ housing forecast may not age well
E731: The number one reason over-65s take out reverse mortgages
E730: Should I sell and rent or get a reverse mortgage?
E729: Seniors head back to retirement communities
E728: These are the 2 forces are slowing the housing market’s return to normal
E727: What reverse pros need to know about the Constant Maturity Treasury rate
E726: Home inventory is increasing report shows