Updated
Updated · HousingWire · Aug 20
Longbridge Launches Free HECM Dashboard for Brokers, Promising Real-Time ZIP-Code Market Data
Updated
Updated · HousingWire · Aug 20

Longbridge Launches Free HECM Dashboard for Brokers, Promising Real-Time ZIP-Code Market Data

1 articles · Updated · HousingWire · Aug 20

Summary

  • Longbridge Financial on Thursday rolled out RAMP, a free dashboard for approved broker partners that tracks Home Equity Conversion Mortgage originations and market share.
  • Two core functions drive the tool: it maps HECM activity by state, county and ZIP code, and breaks out broker and principal-agent volumes to show who originates and buys loans.
  • RAMP uses publicly available FHA data that Longbridge says it reformats into a more digestible, near-real-time view, aiming to beat the lag in public datasets and avoid paid-subscription costs.
  • Built in about two months, the platform lets users filter look-back periods, separate traditional HECM, purchase and refinance loans, export spreadsheets, and check sales claims or spot aggressive refinance churn.
  • Longbridge says the launch is meant to fill an industry "information vacuum," lower data costs and give reverse-mortgage professionals a single source of truth; it is hosting a free webinar on Aug. 20.

Insights

Why is a top reverse mortgage lender suddenly giving away highly valuable market data to its brokers for free?
Will exposing hyper-local reverse mortgage data empower brokers, or just create cutthroat competition in aging neighborhoods?