Reverse Mortgages and Linked Securities - Wiley Finance by Vishaal B Bhuyan Hardcover

About the Book

"An institutional investor's guide to the burgeoning field of reverse mortgage securitization. Reverse Mortgages and Linked Securities is a contributed title comprising many of the leading minds in the Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM) industry, including reverse mortgage lenders, institutional investors, underwriters, attorneys, and regulators. This book begins with a brief history of reverse mortgages, and quickly moves on to discuss how the industry has evolved-detailing the players in these markets as well as the process. It discusses the securitization of reverse mortgages and other linked securities and includes coverage of pricing techniques and risk mitigation. This reliable resource also takes the time to cover the current regulatory environment of the HECM market, which is constantly changing due to the current state of the real estate market. Highlights specific strategies that will allow institutional investors to benefit from the resurgence of reverse mortgages and linked securities. One of the only guides to reverse mortgages and linked securities targeted towards institutional investors interested in securitized products. If you want to make the most of reverse mortgages and linked securities, take the time to read this book."--

Book Synopsis

An institutional investor's guide to the burgeoning field of reverse mortgage securitization

Reverse Mortgages and Linked Securities is a contributed title comprising many of the leading minds in the Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM) industry, including reverse mortgage lenders, institutional investors, underwriters, attorneys, and regulators.

This book begins with a brief history of reverse mortgages, and quickly moves on to discuss how the industry has evolved-detailing the players in these markets as well as the process. It discusses the securitization of reverse mortgages and other linked securities and includes coverage of pricing techniques and risk mitigation. This reliable resource also takes the time to cover the current regulatory environment of the HECM market, which is constantly changing due to the current state of the real estate market.

• Highlights specific strategies that will allow institutional investors to benefit from the resurgence of reverse mortgages and linked securities
• One of the only guides to reverse mortgages and linked securities targeted towards institutional investors interested in securitized products

If you want to make the most of reverse mortgages and linked securities, take the time to read this book.

From the Back Cover

Over the past few years, seniors and Baby Boomers alike have lost tremendous value in their retirement plans and homes. In a post-credit crisis, pre-retirement era, however, boomers may not have enough time or sufficient capital to earn back the losses they have incurred in their equities and real estate portfolios in order to budget for coming increases in medical expenses or retirement costs. This will give rise to one of the greatest bull markets in history--reverse equity transactions, such as reverse mortgages.

With contributors from among the foremost experts in their fields, Reverse Mortgages and Linked Securities offers institutional investors a practical framework for understanding the mechanics of the reverse mortgage transaction. The book begins with a brief history of reverse mortgages, while providing a road map of the industry today: who are the market participants (from lenders and investors to borrowers and underwriters) and what is the process? It then discusses the actuarial underwriting of reverse mortgages and other associated risks. The second section also discusses interest rate and housing price risks and offers up possible risk mitigation solutions. The book goes on to explain the tax treatment of reverse mortgage borrowers, lenders, and investors in reverse mortgage-backed securities, and concludes with a discussion of the ever-changing regulatory environment of the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) market.

While there are many low-end, retail books on the subject of reverse mortgages, targeted to seniors who want to learn how to reverse their own mortgages, Reverse Mortgages and Linked Securities is one of the only books targeted to institutions and institutional investors interested in reverse mortgage securitization. It offers the critical information you need to compete successfully in this burgeoning field.

About the Author

VISHAAL B. BHUYAN has been involved in the "life markets" for over five years and has focused on analyzing and investing in life settlements, reverse mortgages, and other linked assets. He has advised a number of large investment funds on the longevity and mortality risk asset class and has been invited to speak at various investment and industry-specific conferences across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Bhuyan is also the editor and coauthor of Life Markets: Trading Mortality and Longevity Risk with Life Settlements and Linked Securities (Wiley) and will be releasing The Esoteric Investor (FT Press) in 2011.