Reverse Mortgages With A Twist

As retirement nears, many older couples consider refinancing their mortgage on their current home. But there may be better financial options. One is the equity conversion mortgage (HECM) for purchase, a type of reverse mortgage. It could allow you to downsize your current home, buy a new one, and eliminate monthly mortgage payments. Read more about the […]

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Reverse Mortgage Pros and Cons for Homeowners

According to the Center for Retirement Research, a reverse mortgage makes sense for people who don’t plan to move, can afford the cost of maintaining their home and want to access the equity in their home to supplement their income. Read more to see the pros and cons of Reverse Mortgages and if they could […]

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NRMLA: Seniors Holding Nearly $6 Trillion in Home Equity

Seniors drove their share of home equity to $5.76 trillion and rocketed the NRMLA/RiskSpan Reverse Mortgage Market Index (RMMI) to an all-time high in Q3 2015 of 200.19  as reported by The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA). Read more about seniors and home equity from NMP online HERE

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Seniors May Find Reverse Mortgage a Good Option as Other Investments Decline

Is your portfolio dwindling as the stock market is plunging right now? Perhaps a reverse mortgage is a better option. One financial advisor explains reverse mortgages as having funds that are growing on an annual basis at a time when your portfolio is shrinking. Read more on the Senior Journal Online HERE

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How Did Reverse Mortgages Get Such a Bad Reputation?

Although recently reverse mortgages are getting some good press, this retirement income tool still retains a bad reputation with much of the public and significant portions of the financial services industry.   But why are such negative connotations associated with reverse mortgages?   Some of the troubles relate to misunderstandings, such as the idea that […]

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Financial Fallout from ‘Gray Divorce’

People over age 50 who go through “gray divorce” have large negative financial consequences at just the wrong time –around retirement . The Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) is the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) reverse mortgage program which enables you to withdraw some of the equity in your home. It works like a line of […]

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