Overall reverse mortgage industry volume fell 9% from July, coming in at 8,933 units for the month, and bringing the YTD volume to 77,657 says Reverse Market Insight. Below is a list of the top HECM lenders through August 2009 and be sure to take a look at the commentary and link below which goes into more detail.
- Of the top 10 lenders, only Financial Freedom saw growth in endorsement volume from the prior month. We’d opine that this is in part due to catch-up at HUD from the ownership/name change, and their recent introduction of a 5.56 fixed rate HECM.
- 2,784 lenders have had a loan endorsed in 2009, up 11.6% from last year. This growth comes despite the drop in endorsement volume of 0.5%.
- Regionally, New York/New Jersey is a middle-sized market seeing strong growth right now, up 27.1% from 2008 levels. Other areas seeing growth include the Southwest, Northwest, and Rocky Mountain regions. Especially impressive about NY/NJ: 27.1% endorsement growth vs 15.0% growth in active lenders.
- Wells Fargo remains the #1 retail lender in all regions of the country. Bank of America has taken over #2 in six out of the 10 HUD regions.
August 2009 MIC Summary Report
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