Mortgage Facts

Mortgage Facts. USA Today has 13 mortgage facts that might surprise youSelena Maranjian, The Motley Fool Nebraska is the rated highest among states for housing affordability. Vermont offers a good employment landscape for under-35 home buyers. Newslook These nuggets of knowledge are not only interesting, but they can save you many thousands of dollars, too,…

Scam Prevention. FDIC Issues Updates to Elder Scam-Prevention Program The government has always considered seniors a protected class, making sure they don’t get scammed and I am a big proponent of that myself. I have told my clients before to go put this money in a new bank you have never been to before because…

Senior Student Debt. NAR: Older Buyers Move Near Family, Still Have Student Debt. The only reason this caught my eye is because I have worked with Reverse Mortgage clients here in Alabama that still had student loan debt. The National Association of Realtors issued the most recent edition of its exhaustive Home Buyer and Seller…

Reverse Mortgage Fees. What Are the Fees to Get a Reverse Mortgage? By NERDWALLETYou can trust that we maintain strict editorial integrity in our writing and assessments; however, we receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners and get approved. Here’s how we make money.A reverse mortgage is a special type…

Retirement question. CNBC Make It. money. 84% of Americans cant answer this basic money question about retirement. Retirement doesn’t seem to be on the minds of many Americans To see just how much the people know when it comes to financially preparing for their later years, Fidelity Investments conducted a retirement IQ test. The results were…

Comfortable Future. Planning a comfortable future at 62. By Jack Guttentag Age 62 is a good time to take stock of where you are and where you are going financially. You become eligible for Social Security at 62, though it may or may not be to your advantage to begin drawing it then. You are…

USA TODAY Column: Most Americans can’t afford their lifestyle and still retire. by Peter Dunn When your favorite television show goes to commercial, one might get the impression the entire country is filled with millionaires. We drive amazing cars, we all have high-definition, curved-screen televisions and even if we have a serious medical condition which…

Pull cash out. Reverse Mortgage Alabama reads in California’s O.C. Register. Now’s a good time to pull cash out of your home. Orange County Register. BUSINESS. By JEFF LAZERSON / CONTRIBUTING F Southern California homeowners are breaking into their home equity piggy banks as home values appreciated and equity has swelled. The number of cash-out…

Life Expectancy. Reverse Mortgage Alabama brings you this article from in which the Huffington Post and Jack Gutentag Explores Role of Life Expectancy in Reverse Mortgages. In a post from reverse mortgage expert Jack Guttentag, the Huffington Post explores an interesting twist to a potential Home Equity Conversion Mortgage borrower’s mental calculus — the knowledge…

Borrower Divide. Reverse Mortgage Alabama brings you news titled “A Reverse Mortgage Divide Grows As Borrower Motives Change” by Alex Spanko As financial planners and scholars increasingly advise certain borrowers to take out Home Equity Conversion Mortgages as early as possible as part of their retirement plans, some loan originators are noticing increased interest for…