In the first part of this series, we outlined “The Trouble with HECMs,” the result of extremely high Loan-to-Value (“LTV”) ratios permitted by the HECM program, which left FHA highly exposed to losses during the current deep slump in home prices. FHA projects that it will lose $798 million on $30 billion of HECM loans … Continue reading The Trouble with HECMs: Part II