Episodes

Friday Dec 11, 2015
Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #392
Friday Dec 11, 2015
Friday Dec 11, 2015
Talking Points:
- Lenders rebound after challenging September
- What brought in community banks to HECM lending? You’ll be surprised
- Fresh look needed at HECM by financial professionals
- FHA pushes deadline for non-borrowing spouses in assignments

Friday Dec 04, 2015
Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #391
Friday Dec 04, 2015
Friday Dec 04, 2015
Talking Points:
- Quicken considers bowing out due to dispute
- Wall Street Journal: An Undeserved Bad Rap
- Urban rebrands with name change
- Communication breakdown: HECMs and family members

Wednesday Nov 25, 2015
Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #390
Wednesday Nov 25, 2015
Wednesday Nov 25, 2015
Talking Points:
- Will Google become a reverse mortgage broker?
- Time: HECMs help pay for caregiving expenses
- Lender adds identity protection services for borrowers
- Financial planners can find tremendous opportunity in reverse mortgages

Friday Nov 20, 2015
Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #389
Friday Nov 20, 2015
Friday Nov 20, 2015
Talking Points:
- Survey reveals factors impacting HECM acceptance
- Industry enters new era of stability
- Condo approval guidelines updated by FHA
- RMF to sponsor survey of baby boomer housing needs

Friday Nov 13, 2015
Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #388
Friday Nov 13, 2015
Friday Nov 13, 2015
Talking Points:
- Entering the Golden Gate: NRMLA’s Annual meeting next week in San Francisco
- Eased FHA condo rules would improve access to reverse mortgages
- Tenure payments can trump the HECM line of credit in retirement planning

Friday Nov 06, 2015
Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #387
Friday Nov 06, 2015
Friday Nov 06, 2015
Talking Points:
- Senator Fred Thompson: You will be missed
- What Hollywood can teach us about senior marketing
- Choosing the right reverse lender
- Rules of the road are set but what lies ahead?

Friday Oct 30, 2015
Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #386
Friday Oct 30, 2015
Friday Oct 30, 2015
Talking Points:
- Research shows reverse mortgages are a ‘triple-win’
- Reverse Market Insight & Mortgage Asset Systems team up on HERMIT system
- Lenders press FHA for lower insurance premiums
- California dreamin’: The golden state ranks top for HECM volume

Friday Oct 23, 2015
Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #385
Friday Oct 23, 2015
Friday Oct 23, 2015
Talking Points:
- Where the Financial Assessment hurts the most
- Mortgage originations projected to decline with purchases to rise
- New View Advisors launches HECM draw index
- HUD extends default submissions for HECM lenders

Friday Oct 16, 2015
Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #384
Friday Oct 16, 2015
Friday Oct 16, 2015
Talking Points
- HECM 3.0 attractive to banks
- Reverse mortgages offer creative solution for retirement funding says Chron.com
- Generating funds for retirement with a reverse more acceptable
- Mortgage brokers find new opportunities in reverse mortgages

Friday Oct 09, 2015
Reverse Focus Weekly- Episode #383
Friday Oct 09, 2015
Friday Oct 09, 2015
Talking Points:
- Post Financial Assessment HECM endorsements crash
- Fact or fiction: Educated or Misguided? Public perceptions
- Nonprofit organization sues HUD on non-borrowing spouse issue
- Forbes: Reverse mortgages can be a ‘saving grace’
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