Jumbo Reverse Mortgage Dead

“Ding dong, the witch is dead . . .” oh wait a minute, we need the jumbo reverse mortgage! It WAS a good program. It filled a niche for homeowners who are very equity rich and cash poor. But for now, it is true, the last jumbo reverse mortgage, called the Equity Plus Advantage (EPA) has been pulled off the market by LLS Financial (AKA World Alliance Financial, AKA Senior Lending Network).

The sad news was announced to me when I logged into their lender portal this morning:

Breaking Lender News – Release Date: 10/28/2008
IMPORTANT PRODUCT UPDATE
Due to continued instability in the financial markets, effective immediately, we have been forced to temporarily suspend our Equity Plus Advantage and Simple 60 products.
We will honor any proprietary products in the pipeline, however they must close by November 26, 2008. If not, the loan product will need to be re-disclosed to a HECM.
Please contact your Relationship Manager today about transitioning any outstanding EPA submissions into a HECM as they will walk you through the expedited process.

I’m told that “temporarily suspend” means for 60 days. They say that since they were the only jumbo program left on the market, they were overwhelmed with volume of submissions and their balance sheet was close to becoming unbalanced. So it seems that we are left to conclude that when they fund only HECM reverse mortgages for the next 60 days, then should be able to start offering the jumbo again. Of course, the reality is that is going to depend on the state of the mortgage lending business. To be continued . . .

Luke
Reverse Mortgage Pro

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7 Responses to “Jumbo Reverse Mortgage Dead”

  1. Scott Patterson 28. Oct, 2008 at 8:04 pm #

    We can only hope that the economy will straighten out after the election and perhaps this mortgage option will “reopen” for homeowners.

  2. Ling 29. Oct, 2008 at 9:38 pm #

    Don’t think so. Take till at least 2010 to get things back to where they were before. And even then, I doubt how much risk lenders will be willing to take on.

  3. VA refinance 30. Oct, 2008 at 7:42 am #

    A niche well needed in this great economy that so many elderly lost thier retirement in the market.

  4. lahana suyu 12. Mar, 2009 at 12:36 pm #

    Don’t think so. Take till at least 2010 to get things back to where they were before. And even then, I doubt how much risk lenders will be willing to take on.
    Plus Advantage (EPA) has been pulled off the market by LLS Financial (AKA World Alliance Financial, AKA Senior Lending Network).

    The sad news was announced to me when I logged into their lender portal this morning:

    Breaking Lender News – Release Date: 10/28/2008
    IMPORTANT PRODUCT UPDATE
    Due to continued instability in the financial markets, effective immediately, we have been forced to temporarily suspend our Equity Plus Advantage and Simple 60 products.
    We will honor any proprietary products in the pipeline, however they must close by November 26, 2008. If not, the loan product will need to be re-disclosed to a HECM.
    Please contact your Relationship Manager today about transitioning any outstanding EPA submissions into a HECM as they will walk you through the expedited process.

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