Reverse Mortgage Qualifying
Reverse Mortgage Qualifying. AARP Weighs in on the ‘New’ Reverse Mortgage Math The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s recent changes to the reverse mortgage program have garnered mixed reviews from the industry, as some laud the rules for helping seniors preserve more equity, while others lament the fact that fewer borrowers may be qualifying…
Read MoreWould Your Retirement Plan Hold Up In Court
Would Your Retirement Plan Hold Up In Court Would Your Retirement Plan Hold Up In Court. Interesting story I found in Forbes. That was the question I was faced with recently when I was asked to be an expert witness. I enjoy doing this type of work, but it comes with a fair amount of…
Read MoreReverse Mortgages Make Sense as Retirement Funding
Reverse Mortgages Make Sense for Retirement Funding Few, if any, retirees like the idea of going into debt to fund retirement. Yet with more and more households coming up short on cash savings, millions of retirees have turned to reverse mortgages as a source of retirement income. Although hardly ideal for financing retirement, reverse mortgages…
Read MoreTomorrow’s Retirees Face Shortfalls
Tomorrow’s Retirees Face Shortfalls, But Reluctant to Explore HECMs Many studies have explored the ways in which current seniors find themselves ill-prepared for their retirement years, but a new analysis from Boston College finds that the picture looks even bleaker for future generations. The vast majority of households aged 65 and older reported not having…
Read MoreReducing Dementia Risk
Reducing Dementia Risk: New Treatment, and A Tried-and-True Remedy This is the age of health breakthroughs, such as a genetic treatment for a rare, inherited form of blindness. That’s wonderful for the comparatively small number of people affected. But what about a much more prevalent condition, currently afflicting five and a half million people —…
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Reverse Mortgages could help resolve a big problem in a divorce. I bring this story because there is more of this reality than you could believe. Seniors getting a divorce has a name “Grey Divorce”. Even here in Birmingham, AL I was part of or know of 6 situations where the judge ordered a Reverse…
Read MoreUnderutilized retirement strategy
Underutilized retirement strategy Underutilized retirement strategy. Across the nation, thousands of seniors have used a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM), commonly called a reverse mortgage loan, as savvy way to access the equity in their homes as part of their retirement strategy. But it still remains an underutilized retirement strategy with less than 10% of…
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Here’s the Average Cost of Retirement: How Prepared Are You? According to an Age Wave/Merrill Lynch report, 81% of Americans report not knowing how much money they’ll need for retirement. That’s more than a little problematic, because if you don’t know how much you’ll need, you can’t know if you’ve been saving enough. How much…
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Elder Law and Estate Planning Advice Whether it is physiological or psychological, as people grow older, they tend to grow more childlike. The dependence upon caregivers or family members makes an older person more vulnerable for abuse and financial exploitation. Legal arrangements and protective actions by family may be necessary to shield loved ones from…
Read MoreCaregiver Stress Cause Early Death
Caregiver Stress Cause Early Death A 2003 study of caregivers by a research team at Ohio State University has proven the off-repeated adage “stress can kill you” is true. The focus of the investigation was the effect the stress of caregiving had on caregivers. The team, led by Dr. Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, reports on a 6-year…
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