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The reverse mortgage industry was more than ready to turn the corner from the tumult of 2024. And the first month of 2025 brought technical positivity in key performance metrics while still remaining relatively unchanged overall. Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements increased by 0.6% from December 2024 to January 2025, with 2,641 loans endorsed…
Digital mortgage lender Better on Wednesday announced the launch of a loyalty program dubbed “Better Forever.” The program is designed to reward customers by waiving origination fees on future refinance or purchase loans. Customers who previously funded a loan through Better on or after Jan. 1, 2019, are automatically enrolled in the program. “We are…
Scott Turner, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), was confirmed today by the U.S. Senate by a vote of 55-44 and was sworn in as the 19th HUD secretary, taking the helm of the sixty-year-old agency at an extraordinary time. The challenges in the housing market are…