George Morales on Proprietary Reverse Mortgages and MISMO Standards

HousingWire, Sept. 7, 2026-Sarah Wolak

As the reverse mortgage industry continues to expand beyond the traditional Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM), experts say broader adoption of alternative home equity release products will depend in part on making them easier for lenders and brokers to offer.

This is the message that George Morales — chief revenue officer of B.E. Home Finance and chair of the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO)’s Reverse Mortgage Development Workgroup — shared when he sat down with HousingWire‘s Reverse Mortgage Daily for the latest edition of the Monday Morning Q&A.

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