Reverse Mortgage News by HECMWorld

#864: How One Scammer Prompted a New Illinois Bill

• [CBS] New Illinois bill prompted by reverse mortgage home improvement scam.
• [CFPB] The CFPB issues findings on home equity products.
• [RMI] Reverse Market Insight’s Market Minute with Jon McCue..

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E863: President Trump appoints acting HUD Secretary

• [Housing Wire] President Trump appoints acting HUD Secretary
• [Housing Wire] Trump issues an executive order to address the housing affordability crisis.
• [HECMWorld] Meet Gabe Bodner: One Trust Home Loan’s new 55+ Lending Division leader.

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E862: What LA fire victims with a reverse mortgage need to know.

• [Housing Wire] What LA fire victims with a reverse mortgage need to know. 
• [Yahoo Finance] 4 signs they've found the right reverse mortgage lender.
• [Motley Fool] 5 ways one older homeowner keeps his housing expenses low...very low.

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E861: The silver lining in a challenging reverse mortgage market

• [NRMLA] The silver lining in a challenging reverse mortgage market. 
• [MSN] Should I financially help my parents to avoid them getting a reverse mortgage?
• [Go Banking Rates] 5 ways one older homeowner keeps his housing expenses low...very low.

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E860: A HECM for Purchase Success Story

• [Housing Wire] A HECM for Purchase Success Story
• [NRMLA Online] Political change is coming but housing policy is bipartisan.
• [RMI] RMI’s Market Minute with Jon McCue.

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E859: Baby boomers are expected to leave $17 trillion in home equity to their heirs

• [Newsweek] Baby boomers are expected to leave $17 trillion in home equity to their heirs
• [MSN] A daughter tells Ramsey Solutions why she is refusing to help her mother with a reverse mortgage to cover property charges- Now her family resents her.
• [Housing Wire] Reverse Mortgages make a splash at the MBA’s annual conference.

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E858: The HMBS program has gone from one to eliminate to one to emulate.

• [Housing Wire] The HMBS program has gone from one to eliminate to one to emulate.
• [Go Banking Rates] Auto loans are the new ‘mortgage’ but for a depreciating asset.
• [HECMWorld]  Despite the Fed’s rate cut last week here’s mortgage rates are unlikely to drop.

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E857: The October Surprise. What's FHA's latest HECM application data tells us

• [FHA] The October Surprise. What FHA's latest HECM application data tell us.
• [Housing Wire] Gabe Bodner takes the reigns of One Trust Home Loan’s 55+ Lending
• [24/7 WallSt] Ramsey Solutions is NOT spot-on about reverse mortgages. Here's why.

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E856: FHA announces 2025 HECM Limit

• [Housing Wire] FHA announces 2025 HECM Limit
• [Investopedia] Are falling Treasury yields a sign of the Trump effect?
• [Housing Wire] Industry veteran Jesse Allen moves to Rate with an eye on growth.

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E855: Will reverse mortgage surge in 2025? Here’s what one broker says.

• [Mortgage Professional of America]Will reverse mortgage surge in 2025? Here’s what one broker says.
• [Reverse Market Insight] RMI’s HECM Market Minute with Jon McCue.
• [Housing Wire] President-Elect Trump announces his pick for HUD Secretary.

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