In case you missed it, here’s what happened in reverse mortgage news this week.
MetLife exited the reverse mortgage business. In an announcement Thursday, MetLife stated its decision to leave the reverse mortgage origination business and sell its servicing portfolio to Nationstar mortgage. Read our coverage of the exit.
CFPB continued its mortgage industry audits, shedding some light on the process. Sources shared with RMD their experience in assisting companies through the audits, which by and large include an enforcement attorney present, they’ve found. Lessons learned? Be prepared, they say.
A California reverse mortgage bill was amended to remove a face-to-face counseling requirement. A California assembly bill that previously made a push for mandatory face-to-face reverse mortgage counseling throughout the state has been amended to make the face-to-face stipulation optional for all people attending the counseling.
We looked at data on pull through rates. Here’s what recent HUD data shows: not all lenders are equal in their rate of pull through, or the percentage of loans that receive a case number ultimately close. There may be some good reasons for the discrepancies.
RMD asked the question: When will the industry see 100,000 units again? Well, the answer might have changed based on the news developments this week, but we took a crack at the question through an editorial by John Yedinak.
Written by Elizabeth Ecker
