Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #461

Talking Points

• HECMs shouldn’t be the family secret
• New private reverse mortgage anticipated
• Dodd-Frank Act closer to a revamp
• Constructing your H4P biz with Builders

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Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #460

Talking Points:

• CBS: “The Rodney Dangerfield” of Loans
• Something worse than the gender pay gap
• Listener shares their experience with client financial literacy
• How to deal with rising interest rates

  *VIDEO: More HECM Changes Coming this Fall

Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #459

Talking Points:

• 'Get the government out of reverse mortgage lending'
• Is it the name or the loan features?
• 'A smart move' says CBS MoneyWatch
• Obscure rule stopping HECMs in some communities

  VIDEO: Financial Literacy hurting reverse mortgage acceptance?
  

Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #458

Talking Points:

• Online tools compare & contrast a HECM from other financial products
• Don't panic yet about proposed HUD budget cuts
• Television remains the king of reverse mortgage advertising
• A hedge fund bet that lost big

Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #457

Talking Points

• Trump’s budget cuts: will he use an axe or a scalpel?
• Reverse mortgage myths persist
• Is the Fed on a rate increase spree?
• Record penalty issued for disclosure violations

Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #456

Talking Points:

• Assistant State Attorney General's remarks reflect ongoing resistance to reverse mortgages
• The secret to their success with H4P
• Underwriters share their impressions of Financial Assessment
• Life expectancies and reverse mortgages

  
  

Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #455

Talking Points:

• Will a CFPB overhaul bring significant change?
• Some still underwater, even with a reverse mortgage
• Positive press coverage on the rise
• 13 housing markets most impacted by rate increase

Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #454

Talking Points:

• Is the Financial Assessment reducing HECM defaults?
• Lender expands their ground forces
• Ocwen reaches sizable settlement agreement
• A national presentation to realtors on the power and potential of the HECM for Purchase

Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #453

Talking Points:

• It’s #FakeNews once again
• Reverse Mortgages going Maine-Stream
• An unconventional marketing message
• Data needed on financial professionals perceptions

Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #452

Talking Points:

• Real estate uncertainty & the Trump presidency
• A bullish outlook despite a bleak 2016
• Rising home values may not help HECM volumes
• NRMLA releases new tool for potential borrowers