A&B Abstract: On April 20, 2020, Massachusetts Governor, Charlie Baker, signed into law HB 4647 (2020 Mass. Acts 65), an emergency measure, effective immediately, providing for mortgage forbearances and a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures during the COVID-19 emergency. This measure also waives the in-person counseling requirement for reverse mortgage loans. This law follows guidance […]
Reverse Mortgages
New York Enacts HECM Law
A&B ABstract: Effective March 5, 2020, New York Assembly Bill 5626 (“AB 5626”) regulates the origination and servicing of the federal U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) home equity conversion mortgages (“HECMs”). Significant Impact to Mortgage Lenders and Servicers With the stated purpose of providing “new regulations on reverse mortgage products pertaining to […]