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Home equity products light up a dark housing market

Housing Wire

As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity lending and investment. billion, according to offering documents. billion. “So

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What a tech entrepreneur has discovered about reverse mortgages

Housing Wire

To gauge what caught her attention about this space and how reverse mortgages intersect with her work, RMD sat down with Frankowska to discuss how and why she is choosing to become involved in the senior finance space. naturally exposing her more closely to the American reverse mortgage industry. reverse mortgage space.

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Reverse mortgage industry courts financial planners

Housing Wire

As reverse mortgage loan officers aim to expand their repertoire of advertising methodologies, the use of an advertorial can be powerful but also comes with some caveats that any reverse mortgage loan officer should keep in mind prior to engaging in such advertising campaigns. Now, that simply isn’t the case, Giordano says.

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AAG Survey: 92% of Seniors Want to Age in Place, Majority See the Home as ‘Most Valuable Asset’

Housing Wire

This is according to a new “Importance of Home” survey released this week by American Advisors Group (AAG), the leading reverse mortgage lender in the United States based on industry endorsement data. 62% of respondents also responded affirmatively when asked if they maintain an emotional connection to their homes.

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Despite this year’s short pause, demand for non-QM is stronger than ever

Housing Wire

I am driving content and vision to the growth of the company with a keen eye to instituting best-in-class operating methodologies and a focus on exceeding customer expectations. Things move quickly in the mortgage business and that is especially true now as we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Opinion: How regulators can reduce costs and increase equity

Housing Wire

The formation of a monopoly in the mortgage industry would slow the introduction of new solutions that would improve access to credit and customer experience. There is currently a lack of guardrails to prevent the formation of monopolies in the mortgage lending industry, and this is where regulators have a prominent role to play.

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Foreclosures in 2022: A Historical Perspective

Broke Agent Media

It seems clear that government and mortgage industry efforts during the pandemic, coupled with a strong economy, have helped prevent millions of unnecessary foreclosures. ATTOM’s report methodology. Eighteen months after the end of the government’s foreclosure moratorium, and with less than five percent of the 8.4 Rick Sharga.

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