Reverse Mortgage News and Analysis

Reverse purchase financing: The financing option no one is talking about

With reverse purchase financing, older homebuyers can increase their purchasing power with fewer financial limitations as they move towards retirement.

How Reverse for Purchase can help baby boomer borrowers

Older Americans are sitting on more than $12 trillion in home equity, according to the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA)/Riskspan Reverse Mortgage Market Index. These homeowners are seeking different retirement solutions to help allocate their home equity and make it more durable over the next 20 to 30 years.

How one company is empowering homeowners and brokers with home equity products

HW Media Managing Editor of Content Solutions Maleesa Smith sits down with Adrian Prieto, SVP of Wholesale at Longbridge Financial, to discuss the home equity conversion mortgage and its advantages for homeowners aged 62 and up.

HECM vs. HELOC: What are the advantages?

Today’s housing market has many looking for ways to cash in their equity, especially older homeowners. However, the standard HELOC isn’t the right choice for everyone. HousingWire recently spoke with Adrian Prieto, SVP of wholesale and third-party relationships at Longbridge Financial, about the advantages of HECMs and how they better serve homeowners aged 62 and older. 

Chris Mayer: Housing policy, securitization and building the nation’s largest wholesale reverse mortgage lender

On this episode, HW Media CEO Clayton Collins sits down with Chris Mayer, CEO of the fastest-growing major reverse mortgage lender, Longbridge Financial. Chris is also a professor of finance at Columbia Business School, has held positions at the Federal Reserve and has spent his career publishing his writing on housing and mortgages in top academic journals.