Two of the nation’s largest reverse mortgage lending platforms are on the auction block with a third contemplating an exit via a servicing sale. Coupled with higher upfront premiums on the product, all is not well with the sector.
A handful of mortgage executives have suggested to us that trade groups are overreacting to the GOP’s tax overhaul plan and the way it treats the mortgage interest deduction...
According to Wallison: “There is nothing about the way the government has managed the housing finance system for the last 50 years that would remotely recommend a continuing government role.”