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fromwww.housingwire.com
2 days agoFinance of America launches new reverse mortgage line of credit
HomeSafe Second Line of Credit offers a nonrevolving reverse mortgage option for accessing home equity without new monthly payments.
HYBL attempts to solve the income problem by combining senior loans, high-yield corporate bonds, and debt tranches from U.S. collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). The result is a portfolio with lower duration and lower volatility compared to traditional high-yield funds, while still targeting high current income with monthly distributions.
The ALTA Elite Provider Program recognizes service providers that demonstrate a strong commitment to supporting the title insurance industry and the professionals who serve consumers every day, ALTA CEO Chris Morton said in the announcement.
Ginsburg stated that treating builder business as a core pillar rather than a side channel reflects a broader industry shift. He believes a healthy balance of builders should be around 15% to 20% of the overall retail book of business.
As a subservicer, we are completely subject to the origination volumes of our lender clients. Generally, they are all optimistic that 2026 will generate higher volumes than 2025, but by what amount is not clear. Structural constraints are limiting broader industry expansion, and targeted improvements to the HECM program are needed.
I knew I was inching toward simultaneously caring for my young kids and aging parents. Suddenly, I was squarely in the sandwich generation. I now had to deal with the terrifying reality that my parents did not have a plan for how to spend their retirement years - especially where they plan to live.
I've known HighTech over the years, back when Don Currie was running the company. And I've been in the reverse mortgage industry for a very long time, so HighTech was a name I knew quite well. Really, I started getting to know them better as David Peskin joined and some of my old colleagues did too. I kind of knew Kevin Blakeney, who was working on their call center.
My husband and I were happily renting in New York thanks to a pandemic rent deal (four months over two years free!). Real estate prices in New York felt completely out of reach and frankly, the three-bedroom, well-lit, high-ceiling place we found was perfect. Then, a series of events happened that made me itchy to buy a home. The first is that the home I shared with my grandparents during my formative high school years was sold.
Financially, the American dream should not be homeownership, but should be financial independence, Robert Johnson, CEO of Economic Index Associates and a professor at Creighton University, said in the report. People fall prey to the stories of individuals realizing substantial gains by buying a home and selling it at a much higher price years down the road. He noted that nearly 29% of household wealth was tied to home equity in 2021, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.