BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – March 31, 2017 – Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC (“RMF”), one of the nation’s leading reverse mortgage lenders, is pleased to announce that Geoffrey Wallace, a seasoned mortgage professional with over 16 years of industry experience, has joined its Distributed Retail team as Western Regional Manager. Mr. Wallace, who has held reverse mortgage positions with leading financial institutions Citibank and Bank of America among others, is based in Sacramento, California and reports to Richard Thorpe, National Sales Leader Distributed Retail. Among his primary responsibilities will be recruiting top industry talent to RMF and building out its sales force on the west coast.

ARLINGTON, V.A. & BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Older homeowners have considerable financial worries, but most do not see tapping their home equity as a strategy for creating greater retirement security, according to the results of new research released today by the National Council on Aging (NCOA) through its subsidiary NCOA Services LLC.

Jay Greenberg, ScD, CEO of NCOA Services, and Michael Mooney, sales leader of the Financial Institutions Group at Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC (RMF), which funded the research through a grant to NCOA, will present an overview of the findings at the American Bankers Association Real Estate Lending Conference in Orlando, FL, this week.

By definition, a reverse mortgage loan — also known as a home equity conversion mortgage — allows you to borrow against the equity you’ve built up in your home if you’re age 62 or older. Insured by the Federal Housing Administration, an HECM loan provides funds to help pay for the things you need or want — while you continue to live in and retain ownership of your home. Learn more to find out whether reverse mortgages are a good deal for seniors.

REALTOR® Magazine recently hosted a live webcast about how reverse mortgages, also known as home equity conversion mortgages (HECMs), can be used to help seniors finance the purchase of a home in addition to their traditional purpose of enabling people to borrow against the equity in a property where they already live. The program took place on Feb. 22, 2017.

Panelists included Scott Trembley, CEO of The Trembley Group, a real estate firm in Myrtle Beach, S.C., that handles home purchases with HECMs; and Frank McInerney, a loan specialist with Reverse Mortgage Funding in Bloomfield, N.J. Jon Boughtin of NAR Communications hosted the program.

The average size of newly built homes decreased in 2016 - a sign that the home building industry is preparing for the coming wave of first-time buyers as Millennials begin to dip their toes into the market, according to research and survey results released today by the National Association of Home Builders^® (NAHB).