Reverse mortgages are home-secured
loans typically offered to elderly consumers. Financial
institutions currently provide two types of reverse mortgage
products: the lenders' own proprietary reverse mortgage products
and reverse mortgages insured by the Department of Housing and
Urban Development's Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Reverse
mortgage loans insured by the FHA are made pursuant to the
guidelines and rules established by HUD's Home Equity Conversion
Mortgage (HECM) program. HECM loans and proprietary reverse
mortgages are also subject to the rules that implement consumer
protection laws such as the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
(RESPA) and the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). In August 2010, the
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), on
behalf of its member agencies, published a Federal Register notice
adopting supervisory guidance titled "Reverse Mortgage Products:
Guidance for Managing Compliance and Reputation Risks." The
guidance is designed to help financial institutions with risk
management and assist financial institutions' efforts to ensure
that their reverse mortgage lending practices adequately address
consumer compliance and reputation risks.
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USC 552(b)(8) Name of Law: Freedom of Information Act
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12 USC 1381p-1(a) Name of Law: Federal Deposit Insurance
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