Finance of America

Meet the top 5 reverse mortgage originators in America

Over the past 12 months, Jason Stultz of Caliver Beach Mortgage has been on quite a hot streak. The Maryland-based mortgage broker has originated roughly $193 million in reverse mortgages in that time — easily the most production of any LO in the industry, according to mortgage data platform Modex. Per Modex, a significant chunk […]

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The proprietary reverse mortgage landscape is getting crowded

The broader mortgage industry and the reverse mortgage subset have worked through a period of elevated interest rates for longer than anyone may have been expecting. Following a post-pandemic boom in volume fueled by Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) refinances, higher rates have served to restrict HECM volume, according to industry professionals and analysts. In

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FOA president talks business progress amid strong Q1 earnings

One of the nation’s leading reverse mortgage lenders, Finance of America (FOA), posted strong first-quarter 2025 earnings results. The company beat its estimates for funded loan volume, posted a profit and maintains a bullish outlook for the quarter ahead. Drilling down deeper into the marketing and product landscape for the company, FOA President Kristen Sieffert

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