April didn’t shower us with endorsements, but rather a marked reduction in overall HECM endorsement volume.
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Exclusive Interview: How one broker pivoted to Reverse
Last week we sat down with Matt Oliver of Lund Mortgage. Matt shares his experience in the 2008 housing crash and why Lund Mortgage began to pivot to reverse mortgage originations..
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Continue readingHECMs may defuse these 4 retirement time bombs
Older Americans may be at risk of one or more of these retirement time bombs; each of which may, under the right circumstances, be mitigated or even defused by tapping into their housing wealth with a reverse mortgage.
Continue readingPart 2 of our Exclusive Interview
Why is the role of home equity often ignored in retirement planning? How can reverse mortgage professionals better engage with financial advisors? Those questions are answered in part two of our exclusive interview with…
Continue readingOne broker shares lessons learned from the great recession
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One broker shares lessons learned from the great recession
Matt Oliver learned a few lessons from the housing crash and recession of 2008. One was to control your spending. The other was to pivot when market conditions change which they did beginning to originate reverse mortgages…
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Interview: Why advisors are resistant to reverse mortgages
Financial advisors Matt Regan and Ryan Ponsford explain why many financial professionals are resistant to reverse mortgages and what won them over to the idea of considering home equity in retirement income planning.
Continue readingHECMs could go mainstream if Congress does this
Reverse mortgages could finally become a mainstream option if these reforms are enacted by Congress…
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