Between 1998 and 2012, the share of adults age 65 and older with household debt increased from 30 to 44 percent. Read more about how increased debt has changed retirement has changed retirement in America HERE
How Retirement Is Changing in America
Month: February 2016
The Reverse Mortgage: A Strategic Lifetime Income Planning Resource
Many retirees face the prospect of running out of money as they age. The reverse mortgage is a financial instrument that can brighten the financial prospects of older Americans and reduce the chances of an old age spent in financial straits. Read more from the NRMLA website HERE
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 […]
How Retirees Can Make the Most of Their Home Equity
Reverse mortgages have been receiving a lot of fanfare lately as seniors look for ways to finance their retirement. Surprisingly, in 2015 fewer than 1 percent of Americans age 62 and older had taken out a reverse mortgage. But that could be changing as more seniors are doing their research and becoming more open to […]
All You Need To Know About Reverse Mortgages
Have you been considering a reverse mortgage? It allows you to convert part of the equity in your home into cash without having to sell your home or pay additional monthly bills. But what is it exactly? Learn more about how reverse mortgages work from the FTC Online HERE…
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
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
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 […]
New Rules for Reverse Mortgages
Financial planners have long regarded reverse mortgages as an option of last resort for cash strapped homeowners in retirement. Reverse mortgages had a reputation as costly, complex products that could put your family at risk of losing your home. Much of that stigma has changed thanks in part to new rules and regulations to these […]
The Wondrous and Wacky Year Ahead in Gadgets: GreatCall Lively Wearable
Every January, the tech world reveals its most ambitious works in progress at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. One product featured this year was a wearable fitness and safety monitor for seniors called the Lively by GreatCall. Designed to help both seniors and their families, the Lively combines Fitbit-like fitness tracking with […]
