Retirees Prefer to Live Somewhere Else

Nearly a Third of Retirees Would Prefer to Live Somewhere Else When asked directly if they would choose to live where they currently reside in retirement if given the option to choose again, nearly a third of respondents said “no” in a survey conducted primarily with people aged in their 70’s or above. The survey, […]

HECM Line of credit

Understanding Why And How The HECM Line Of Credit Grows Understanding Why And How The HECM Line Of Credit Grows by Wade Pfau the RETIREMENT RESEARCHER A mortgage’s effective rate is applied not just to the loan balance but also to the overall principal limit, which grows throughout the duration of the loan. How the […]

Alternative Home Equity Tapping

Alternative home equity tapping products are largely seen by reverse mortgage originators and an industry observer as uncompetitive with the product, according to outreach conducted by RMD. The concept of allowing equity-rich and cash-poor homeowners to tap the value in their homes in order to gain access to additional cash has been growing beyond more […]

Retirees See Themselves Living

Where and How Retirees See Themselves Living Over 80 percent of people aged 50 and over plan on living at home as they age, and 75 percent say that failing health would be a factor that would push them toward residence in an assisted living facility, followed by the loss of the ability to drive […]

My nursing home horror story

My nursing home horror story In my line of work, I have seen and heard many nursing home stories. I have a lot of experience helping families use a Reverse Mortgage to supplement the cost of long term care or nursing home care. My recent experience is more disturbing that anything I had previously heard. […]

Saving for Retirement

Saving for Retirement: How Do You Stack Up? Ever wonder how you are doing planning for retirement? Kiplinger’s set out to find out for you. A new poll conducted by Kiplinger and Personal Capital reveals Americans are serious about preparing for retirement. See how your savings — and confidence level — measure up. Americans are […]

Long Term Care Insurance

Long Term Care Insurance Grows More Difficult for Seniors to Fund Financial PLanners and Elder Care Attorneys are recommending Reverse Mortgages (HECM) to help seniors have enough funds to retire or put the money in a line of credit and let grow until their client has medical needs. Options for long-term care (LTC) insurance are diminishing […]

Financial Planners

Financial Planners Warm to Reverse Mortgages, Though There’s Still Work to Do Although there are still issues in the general reputation of reverse mortgage product offerings, more financial advisors and planners have shown signs of warming up to the product and how it could help their clients to fund retirement. This is according to a […]