Lenders continued to churn out FHA home equity conversion mortgages in the fourth quarter of 2009, capping an all-time high mark of $30.21 billion in such loans in 2009. The full-year total was a 37.3 percent increase over the 2008 mark, according to the latest Department of Housing and Urban Development data, though the fourth quarter saw a 17.2 percent decrease in HECM originations from the...