The Department of Housing and Urban Development will auction approximately $230 million worth of multiple residential reverse-mortgage pools to qualified bidders next month. An estimated 1,150 due and payable reverse mortgages will be sold to the highest bidders. The loans are first liens secured by single-family, vacant residential properties, where all borrowers are deceased. No borrower is survived by a non-borrowing spouse. The loans will be sold without FHA insurance and with servicing released. The loans are expected to be offered in regional pools, with qualified nonprofits or units of local government entities as first-priority bidders. They will also bid on up to 10 percent of the loans in a larger regional pool. The open, competitive whole-loan sale will be held on Dec. 12, 2018. Qualified bidders will be required to submit a deposit with their bid. HUD will evaluate each bid and determine the ...