Reverse mortgage is a boon to seniors.

Reverse mortgage is a boon to seniors.Washington Post. editorial “A welcome reversal” The now 30-year-old federal reverse mortgage program enables seniors to use the equity in their homes to supplement retirement savings and support aging in place. In response to concerns that seniors were spending their money too quickly without preserving cash to pay for property taxes…

Get reverse mortgage counseling first is a great idea and will help you make a decision much easier. The FHA/HUD counseling is impartial and will help you decide weather the Reverse Mortgage makes sense for you! Ben Carson, secretary of Housing and Urban Development, has recently put new restrictions on reverse mortgages. ANDREW HARRER reprinting Bloomberg,…

A welcome change of course from the Trump administration from Washington Post Virginia Rayford, 92, is facing foreclosure on her Washington home. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) By Editorial Board September 5 at 6:59 PM THERE ARE many good reasons for the federal government to intervene in the economy, but diverting resources from less affluent first-time home buyers…

Home Mortgage Brokers Future Changing home mortgage deduction would discourage homeownership: Toll Brothers CEO Making changes to the popular mortgage interest rate deduction would be “very bad policy,” Toll Brothers CEO Doug Yearley told CNBC. Industry sources told CNBC reducing the deduction is on the negotiating table as Republicans work to hammer out a tax reform…

HECM Product. Product vs. Process. Written by a financial planner with nothing to gain from Reverse Mortgages. By Stephen Kelley, CSA I have said it several times and written it in dozens of places, including books, columns, radio scripts (such as they are) and workshops: A good financial plan must be both financially and emotionally sound.…

Does it Make Sense to Take a HECM Reverse Mortgage on a Million Dollar Home by Jack Guttentag, Huffington Post Contributor and Professor of Finance Emeritus at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The question arises because the maximum amounts that can be drawn on a HECM are based on the lower of…

Senior Women – Can Your Home Boost Your Retirement Income? by Jen Turrell, Financial Personal Trainer for Senior Women, Contributor, Huffington Post Do you think of your home as your largest asset and biggest investment? A lot of people do. The main problem with this is how hard it is to get that money back out…

Reverse mortgages may be helpful to seniors- Newnan, GA News By Kandice Bell Reverse mortgages may become a trend and can be helpful to seniors in their time of need, according to mortgage experts. A reverse mortgage is a loan available to homeowners, 62 years or older, that allows them to convert part of the equity…

Unanswered Questions are the ones we want answered. People that have an opinion of the Reverse Mortgage of 10 or 20 years ago; they are not the same, so we do spend time on unanswered questions. I was recently at a local charity event and invariably people asked what I do? My answer is always…

Age in Place: Does It Make Sense to Plan to Stay at Home? It’s a common choice to stay in your own home through the later years of life. But does it make sense to age in place, or is assisted living a better option? According to the Population Reference Bureau, the number of Americans…