Reverse Mortgage News for 08/19/2010



Congressional funding holds key to reverse mortgage program - San Antonio Business Journal
EURThis solves several problems. First, their current mortgage is paid off. Second they dont have to make future payment, and third, the get an income from their home,EUR Ives says. EURFourth, income and ...

HomeEquity Bank Posts Record Origination Volume During Q2 2010
HOMEQ Corporation announced its subsidiary HomEquity Bank reverse mortgage origination volume set a new record during Q2 2010. Driven by encouraging deman across Canada, the company originated $59 million of reverse mortgages during the ...

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Thumbnail: How A Reverse Mortgage Can Help Or Harm An Older Homeowner Homeowners over age 62 who are having a hard time paying monthly bills may rely on...

Are Fundamental Changes for Mortgage Giants Fannie, Freddie Ahead?
Listen to the Audio The Obama administration is calling for some fundamental changes at mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Jim Lehrer discusses the possible changes with William Poole, former Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president, and John Taylor of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. JIM LEHRER: Next tonight: the debate over the government's role in the housing market ...

FDIC Establishes Open Door Policy for Dodd-Frank Implementation
As the reverse mortgage industry waits to see how the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will impact business, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) says it's making it easier for the public to give ...

Mortgage Originators' Rate-Based Fees Targeted as Fed Reins In Industry
The Federal Reserve announced rules aimed at preventing mortgage originators from receiving more compensation for selling home loans with higher interest rates...

Reverse mortgage can be solution for some
Q: Dear Rick: A few years ago, my son was having financial difficulties and to assist him we (my wife and I) took out a mortgage on our home. The deal was our son would make the mortgage payments on the home. The last few years, he has made the payment and there has been no problem. However, his situation has not improved and he can no longer make the payments. My wife and I can't make the ...

Fed sets mortgage disclosure, compensation rules
The Federal Reserve on Monday published new rules aimed at protecting consumers from abusive mortgage practices, including clearer cost disclosures and a ban on payments to mortgage brokers for steering borrowers into loans with higher interest rates...

Landmark Mortgage Group Awarded 'Best Mortgage Company' by Pleasanton Weekly
Pleasanton Weekly has announced that Tri-Valley based mortgage banker, Landmark Mortgage Group, a division of Opes Advisors, has been recognized as "Best Mortgage Company" by its readers for the publication's 2010 Readers Choice awards...

Reverse Mortgage Borrowers Getting Younger
HECM Reverse Mortgage Borrower Age Distribution by Year. There are a handful of possible explanations for this trend. The first is that relatively younger borrowers are perhaps more comfortable with debt than previous generations. ...

US Regulators Release Guidance On Reverse Mortgage Products - NASDAQ
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. regulators Monday released final guidance for banks on reverse mortgage products to help protect consumers. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council put out the information to ...

American Advisors Group Launches New Reverse Mortgage Website for Seniors - Forbes
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- AAG has spent the last 12 months working with reverse mortgage experts, web application specialists and industry advocates to establish a revolutionary new consumer ...

Credit union hosts reverse mortgage program
TOWN OF ULSTER A free program on reverse mortgages will be presented 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 26 at the Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Morton Boulevard...

Reverse mortgage - Early Retirement & Financial Independence Community
Currently owe 141000 on my mortgage (20 years remaining) with monthly PITI payments of $908. The payments work out to 7.8% on the $141K remaining. I qualify for a 168000 lump sum reverse mortgage. I'..

Reverse Mortgage Proceeds Likely to Decrease October 1 - PR-USA.net
Seniors should be informed that the budget proposals working their way through both the House and Senate, as currently drafted, bring a 150 percent increase in annual FHA (Federal Housing Authority) insurance premiums ...

Fed says reverse mortgage loans pose risks
The Federal Reserve and other top regulators said on Monday reverse mortgages pose "compliance and reputation risks" for lenders, and offered guidance to financial firms on how to avoid such pitfalls...

How A Reverse Mortgage Can Help Or Harm An Older Homeowner
Homeowners over age 62 who are having a hard time paying monthly bills may rely on reverse mortgages to stay in their homes...

HECM Counseling Protocol Brings New Tools and Education Materials
When the new HECM counseling protocols are rolled out in September, all Department of Housing and Urban Development counseling agencies must give clients a new 28 page consumer booklet on reverse mortgages from the National Council on ...

Senate Passes FHA Bill, Could Allow Two Product Reverse Mortgage Solution - Reverse Mortgage Daily
The Senate approved legislation giving the Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development the ability to increase annual premiums for single family loans insured by the Federal Housing ...

Bye-Bye to the Fed-Funds Rate
The Federal Reserve last week announced that it would reinvest proceeds from its massive mortgage-bond portfolio, sustaining what Chairman Ben Bernanke had in February called its "extraordinary lending and monetary policies." But there must eventually be an exit from such policies...

California Couple is First to Receive Payout on New Jumbo Reverse Loan from . - Yahoo Finance
ATLANTA , Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Generation Mortgage Company today announced a California couple has been the first to close one of its new Generation Plus jumbo reverse mortgages. The fixed-rate jumbo loan product ...

Fed says reverse mortgage loans pose risks - msnbc.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve and other top regulators said on Monday reverse mortgages pose "compliance and reputation risks" for lenders, and offered guidance to financial firms on how to avoid such ...

Mortgage Originators' Rate-Based Fees Targeted as Fed Reins In Industry - Bloomberg
The Federal Reserve announced rules aimed at preventing mortgage originators from receiving more compensation for selling home loans with higher interest rates. EURA loan originator may not receive ...

Knight: Urban Integration Going Well, Waiting for GNMA Approval
After closing the acquisition of Urban Financial in the beginning of July, Knight Capital Group Chairman and CEO, Tom Joyce, said the integration of the companies is going well. "I can report we are making progress, great progress," he ...

California Couple is First to Receive Payout on New Jumbo Reverse Loan from Generation Mortgage
Generation Mortgage Company today announced a California couple has been the first to close one of its new Generation Plus jumbo reverse mortgages. The fixed-rate jumbo loan product was introduced in June and is available to seniors owning homes that appraise between $500,000 and $6 million...

Special report: Flipping, flopping and booming mortgage fraud - Reuters
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The house on the 53rd block of South Wood Street in Chicago's Back of the Yards doesn't look like a $355,000 home. There is no front door and most of the windows are boarded up. Public ...

Reverse Mortgage: When to Apply
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Fed plans disclosure rules on mortgage payments - Philadelphia Daily News
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve on Monday issued a package of rules and proposals for mortgages, including a measure that would require lenders to disclose to borrowers how their mortgage payments can change over time ...

Exchanging Home Equity for a Reverse Mortgage | Reverse Mortgage Guide
With a reverse mortgage that trade-off is giving up some of the equity in your home for the convenience of having cash now. Consider the following reasons why this may or may not be a good idea for your situation. ...

The Reverse Mortgage is Meeting the Needs of Seniors in a Big Way .
In most cases the senior is looking places to find money to off set the major loses they have felt from the banking and investment crisis. The...



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