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Pasadena, Ca -- IndyMac Bancorp's board of directors has authorized management to evaluate and plan for a potential sale of a minority stake in its reverse mortgage subsidiary, Financial Freedom Senior Funding, through an initial public offering.
As NMN reported last week, IndyMac chairman and CEO Michael Perry discussed the possible IPO during a conference call with analysts and investors after the company released first-quarter earnings.
IndyMac said it would consider selling "approximately 20%" of the ownership in Financial Freedom in an IPO.
Financial Freedom originated $1.1 billion in reverse mortgages and earned $8 million in the first quarter of 2006, up from $507 million in origination volume and $4.2 million in earnings for the first quarter of 2005.
IndyMac estimates that Financial Freedom's market share is 56% of the reverse mortgage origination sector and 53% of the reverse mortgage industry's ...