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Podcast E645: Who will be the next HUD Secretary?

Shannon HicksNovember 23, 2020November 22, 2020

by Shannon HicksNovember 23, 2020November 22, 20200544

Unable to use the embedded player? Listen here. HECM Program Improves Valuation in FY 2020 A recent New York Times piece speculates who are the most likely candidates to take the helm of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in a Biden Administration Other Stories: HECM Refinance Boom: What

Don’t Be Deceived- Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

Shannon HicksMay 11, 2020May 11, 2020

by Shannon HicksMay 11, 2020May 11, 202011495

Do not be deceived. Let not your heart be troubled Do not be deceived. Not so much by disinformation by incomplete information. Last month’s (April) endorsement data is one example. Another is media financial pundits who have long dismissed the concept of one’s home being a retirement asset…

The Big Bump?

Shannon HicksJanuary 6, 2020January 6, 2020

by Shannon HicksJanuary 6, 2020January 6, 202011031

What’s a realistic outlook for 2020? The past may tell. If there’s one word that characterizes the HECM industry and its originators it would be resilient. Despite the housing crash of 2009, the massive overhaul with product cutbacks in 2013, and the momentous changes in October 2017, reverse mortgage originators

You would have never guessed

Shannon HicksOctober 21, 2019October 21, 2019

by Shannon HicksOctober 21, 2019October 21, 20190946

Rewind back ten or fifteen years ago and you would have never imagined that the reverse mortgage would look as it does today. No other mortgage loan has seen such a dramatic transformation of its core components than the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage. If the constant evolution of the HECM

HECM October Changes- Survey Says

Shannon HicksAugust 26, 2019August 26, 2019

by Shannon HicksAugust 26, 2019August 26, 201911165

Survey shows what HECM pros expect from HUD As the final days of summer pass the collective tension of reverse mortgage professionals increases in anticipation of what changes HUD will make to the federally-insured reverse mortgage program. As August or September bring us the changes for the following fiscal

The HECM’s outlook to be shaped by 3 factors

Shannon HicksAugust 5, 2019August 7, 2019

by Shannon HicksAugust 5, 2019August 7, 20197 1839

Three factors that will shape the HECM in 2020 What is presently shaping reverse mortgage production today, and what will influence our future? First is the ‘feeder’ of all reverse mortgage endorsements. Before any federally-insured reverse mortgage is underwritten, has funds disbursed or is ultimately insured or ‘endorsed’ it begins

Truth in Numbers

Shannon HicksApril 22, 2019April 19, 2019

by Shannon HicksApril 22, 2019April 19, 20193 1375

An honest assessment of HECM loan volumes & consumer demand [Download transcript] Just where does the reverse mortgage industry stand today? Are we on the road to explosive growth, a mild recovery, or are lower loan volumes for the remainder of the year? Somewhere between extreme exuberance and pessimism

Homeowners Marooned

Shannon HicksMarch 11, 2019March 8, 2019

by Shannon HicksMarch 11, 2019March 8, 201911641

Australia’s cautionary tale for America [Download transcript] It’s said that nature abhors a vacuum. In the case of Australia, the question is who will fill it? Like an episode of Lost, senior homeowners in Australia now find themselves marooned being unable to tap their equity with no monthly payments.

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Podcast E645: Who will be the next HUD Secretary?

Don’t Be Deceived- Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

The Big Bump?

You would have never guessed

HECM October Changes- Survey Says

The HECM’s outlook to be shaped by 3 factors

Truth in Numbers

Homeowners Marooned

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