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[table id=4 /] Steps to receiving a reverse mortgage counseling certificate: Request your pre-counseling document set. (Includes loan comparison, closing cost worksheet, amortization schedule, TALC - total annual loan costs) Have these mandatory documents available: HUD document titled "preparing for your counseling session" and NCOA booklet "use Your Home to Stay Home" (.PDF versions provided below) Determine whether... Read Full Article
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Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to restate and update new California requirements regarding required disclosures, counseling, timing for when certain fees may be incurred on the borrower’s behalf, and when other activities related to the origination and processing of a loan may be performed. Implementation These requirements are effective for all California reverse mortgages with applications taken... Read Full Article
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Our HECM counseling has just expired and we had to re-take a counseling. However, a month before the counseling expired, an appraisal of our house was ordered by our lender. Now, our reverse mortgage lender ordered another appraisal because he said that the month old appraisal cannot be used because we were just given a new case number as a... Read Full Article
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Before I even start this article, I want to admit that I have never been through HUD Counselor training and I do not know what the counselors have been trained to say and what not to say. I can say that only last week, HUD came out with a reminder to all reverse mortgage lenders and originators that they were... Read Full Article
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We need your feedback! California is considering legislation, AB2010, which would require all borrowers who wish to apply for a reverse mortgage to first attend the HUD-mandated counseling, in a face to face session in all instances. Currently, most borrowers choose to attend the counseling via telephone but this legislation would require all borrowers to attend a face to face... Read Full Article
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Reverse mortgage counseling is a mandatory step in the process of getting a government-insured home equity conversion mortgage (HECM) loan through the Federal Housing Administration. All reverse mortgage borrowers—regardless of loan amount, home value or financial savvy—must go through this counseling, which is offered over the phone or in person through government-approved counseling agencies. In addition to borrowers, non-borrowing spouses... Read Full Article
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