Affluent Seniors Interest in Reverse Mortgages

Affluent Seniors Interest in Reverse Mortgages When asked to serve as a sponsor at a recent retirement strategies event hosted by TheStreet, Finance of America Reverse (FAR) saw a unique opportunity to discuss ways in which home equity could be implemented into retirement strategies. What FAR Vice President of Retirement Strategies Steve Resch did not…

Americans Don’t Save for Retirement Because They Don’t Earn Enough Money Too few Americans are saving for retirement. Those who do save are putting away too little. It is only a matter of time before this sparks an economic and political crisis. Proposals for addressing this looming crisis usually fall into three categories. Some argue…

Diving Deeper into Medicare Advantage’s Potential for Aging in Place Aging in place remains a major priority for many seniors who take out a reverse mortgage, using the proceeds from their loan to help make the goal of staying in their house more possible. With newly-proposed changes to the Medicare Advantage program having the potential to allow…

National vs Local – Who is best to use? Shopping local is in the news as the national retailer, Amazon, is coming under scrutiny for being the cause of small businesses struggling or going out of business. National or out-of-state lenders also offer home loans, including reverse mortgages, but working with a local company is…

New Figure Hire Emphasizes Retirement, ‘More Accessible’ Home Equity Tapping Figure Technologies, providers of alternative home equity tapping tools including a sale leaseback offering that is competitive with traditional reverse mortgages, announced a new hire last month that expands the company’s positioning as a vendor of tools that can help seniors in funding their retirement.…

Reverse Mortgage Protects Retirement What the Critics Get Wrong About Reverse Mortgages by Wade Pfau Press coverage around reverse mortgages has grown more positive in recent years as new research has helped to explain how they can improve the prospects of an overall retirement income plan. However, a lingering question remains about the costs of…

12 Retirement Questions I can’t tell you what is will cost to retire? It is usually done with a specialized program and with a financial planner. But I found this interesting article that will help us all. What’s their RQ? One of the steps in assessing whether a reverse mortgage might be right for a…

Five Jaw-Dropping Stats About Americans’ Retirement Savings We think of retirement as a relaxing, carefree time in our lives when we can do whatever we please, but for many working Americans today, retirement will be more of a nightmare than a dream. Study after study has shown that many Americans are well behind where they…

Reverse Mortgage for Purchase Details by Forbes The Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) for Purchase program was initially designed in such a way so that a previously more complicated process involving two mortgage transactions could be simplified, according to Dr. Wade Pfau, professor of retirement income at the American College of Financial Services, in a new piece at…