NEXA Lending’s Loren Riddick urges FHA to revisit HECM MIP pricing, and to scrutinize reverse-to-reverse refinances and closing costs.

Mutual of Omaha, Finance of America and Longbridge Financial rank at the top of HECM endorsements over the past 12 months, Reverse Market Insight reported.

A study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) in 2022 aimed to assess the state of the Home Equity Conversion ...

Interpretation of law is a big deal. The non-borrowing spouses’ (NBS) problem sprang from an interpretation of HECM law which excluded NBS from protection against displacement. As we saw in part one, ...

John Mostellar III, James Wright Jr. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a request for information (RFI) on October 2, 2025 titled “Future of the HECM and HMBS ...

The principal limit factor (PLF) condition in the Mortgagee Optional Election (MOE) Assignment is a relief-killer condition. That is why calling the MOE Assignment “a relief” for existing surviving ...

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A proprietary reverse mortgage permits senior homeowners to access their home equity through private lenders, offering ...

John Mostellar III, James Wright Jr. Following a long wait, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a revised version of the Fair Housing Administration’s (FHA) handbook ...

There are very few restrictions or limitations on a HECM (Home Equity Conversion Mortgage), which is a loan program also known as a reverse mortgage. However, there is one element of the HECM that ...

The Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (P.L. 100-242, February 5, 1988) established and subsequent legislation has amended, a Federal mortgage insurance program, Section 255 of the National ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - If you've been thinking about getting a reverse mortgage, September offers a model-year closeout sale opportunity. A new set of rules governing Home Equity Conversion Mortgages ...