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Neil Pierson

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Neil Pierson

    Atlantic Avenue leads HECM broker and TPO rankings in July (opens the original)

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    Atlantic Avenue Mortgage, loanDepot and Caliver Beach Mortgage continued to put their stamp on the market for Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) as they again accounted for the top three positions in the broker and third-party originator (TPO) channel, according to July data compiled by Reverse Market Insight and published Wednesday by HECMWorld.com. Atlantic Avenue endorsed 85 loans in July, pushing its 12-month rolling total to 1,009. That’s more than double the amount endorsed by second

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Neil Pierson

    ‘DSCR Queen’ shares investor loan strategy at AIME Fuse (opens the original)

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    About three years ago, Holly Niemeier experienced what every mortgage professional dreads — a layoff. A single mother with a young daughter, she nearly left the field to pursue other opportunities. That’s when a friend suggested she should join NEXA Lending. Not long after making the move, she began to carve out a niche using a product set she previously knew nothing about — serving real estate investors with a variety of nonqualified mortgage (non-QM) products, including debt-service-coverage r

  3. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Neil Pierson

    Texas Mortgage Source pitches reverse mortgages at AIME (opens the original)

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    Husband-and-wife duo Mark Hairston and Shara Parker of Texas Mortgage Source LLC have been originating loans for decades, but a more recent encounter sparked their interest in the reverse mortgage business. In May, Hairston attended the inaugural Reverse Mastermind Summit in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he connected with event leader Loren Riddick of NEXA Lending. “He had fantastic speakers and three days on reverse mortgages. I fell in love with the opportunity and the product, and we’ve been do

  4. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Neil Pierson

    NRMLA says it will keep pushing for HECM MIP changes (opens the original)

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    Last week, Ginnie Mae President Joe Gormley said that the Trump administration is “very comfortable” with the current structure of mortgage insurance premiums (MIPs) for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) single-family home loans and reverse mortgages. The comments caught the attention of reverse mortgage industry leaders, who say they will continue to advocate for a revamped pricing structure on FHA-insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs). In an exclusive interview with HousingWire,

  5. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Neil Pierson

    UWM CEO Mat Ishbia backs VantageScore 4.0 for mortgages (opens the original)

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    While he says it’s too early to tell what the full impacts will be from an expanded set of credit scoring models, Mat Ishbia thinks the inclusion of VantageScore 4.0 into the loan underwriting process will help more borrowers qualify for mortgages. Ishbia, the president and CEO of United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), weighed in on the topic of credit scores during last week’s Association of Independent Mortgage Experts (AIME) Fuse event in Austin. “I get more emails about VantageScore than almost an

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