Toronto-headquartered Bloom Finance Company Ltd. has rolled out SafeRate, which is being promoted as Canada’s first reverse mortgage with a lifetime fixed interest rate. According to the company, the new product is designed to protect seniors by eliminating...
A former attorney in Tacoma, Washington, pleaded guilty to wire fraud that included embezzling an elderly client’s reverse mortgage-funded trust account. According to records filed in the case, in 2010 Colby Parks became the trustee for a living trust designed to pay...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered three reverse mortgage servicing companies to cease operating in their industry, citing what the regulator described as “illegal activities that harmed older homeowners and caused them to fear losing their...
Actor Tom Selleck has a confession to make – the star of “Blue Bloods” is concerned over whether he can afford to keep his California ranch after his CBS series goes off the air later this year. In an interview with CBS News, Selleck questioned whether he would have...
Portfolio+ Inc., a Toronto-based provider of financial services systems and technologies for the Canadian market, has added a reverse mortgage product to its offerings. According to the company, the new reverse mortgage solution will enable financial institutions to...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
