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CFPB warns consumers about home equity contracts, comparing their features to reverse mortgages

Housing Wire

The companies advertise no monthly payments and require consumers to assume all costs for property taxes, hazard insurance, and property maintenance, and require a large settlement payment, similar to the loans originated in the early 2000s that were negative amortizing and required a balloon payment at the end of the loan term, the report said.

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To emphasize flood insurance costs, senator cites reverse mortgage borrower

Housing Wire

With flood insurance premiums commanding ever-higher prices, a U.S. senator recently described a hardship faced by a constituent who endured challenges with higher flood insurance costs while keeping a reverse mortgage in good standing. That’s on top of what they pay for homeowners insurance.” Bill Cassidy (R-La.).

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Severe storm fallout could destabilize the intersection of mortgage and insurance

Housing Wire

The home insurance marketplace has been facing a reckoning. The challenges that higher costs place on carriers, regulators , lenders and consumers has been well documented this year, and the acceleration of extreme weather events has only made things worse. Stork relayed a personal anecdote.

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Did new home sales really just crash?

Housing Wire

When I notice a significant increase or decrease compared to estimates, I often suspect that revisions will be made or that a one-time event may have influenced the figures. New home sales reports can be quite volatile from month to month. In this case, several factors contributed to the substantial decline in new home sales.

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NRMLA supports Hawaii bill seeking state-run reverse mortgage program

Housing Wire

The existing language of the bill does not address core features of the FHA’s HECM program, which requires that the borrower must remain in the property as their primary residence. NRMLA recommended placing language in a revision to address these issues. NRMLA called this provision admirable and forward thinking.

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NRMLA opposes New York reverse mortgage disclosures bill

Housing Wire

And in the unfortunate event that something’s misplaced, you can’t make all the terms and conditions of a loan null and void for the absence of a disclosure. And the amount of paperwork involved in these transactions is already massive, which moves from originator through several parties and ultimately to a custodian.

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The great contradictions of the real estate market moving into 2025

Housing Wire

Yet ‘renting by choice’ is also on the rise as it offers flexibility, less financial commitment, and freedom from the burdens of property taxes, maintenance, and insurance. In Florida, rising insurance premiums tied to natural disasters like hurricanes can make homeownership more of a liability than an asset.