HECM Limit Cap
Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Lift Reverse Mortgage Cap. by Alex Spanko The Trump administration’s proposed 2018 budget for the Department of Housing and Urban Development would eliminate the cap on the number of reverse mortgage loans. “This change supports the significant improvements that have been made to the program to reduce risk to the MMI…
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New HECM Head (Senior Advisor to the Department of HUD) Hopes to ‘Move Needle’ in New Role The new Senior Advisor to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family Programs, Dr. Joshua Miller, introduced himself Monday to the reverse mortgage industry by giving a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage…
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New Rules Improve the HECM for Purchase, But Challenges Remain New Rules Improve the HECM for Purchase, But Challenges Remain. Recent changes to the reverse mortgage program that reduced lending limits and amended ongoing insurance premiums have many originators expecting a slump in business. But some say the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage for Purchase is…
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Tools for Retirement Planning BETTER PLANNING FOR BETTER RETIREMENT. Reverse Mortgages: Many Users, Many Uses. Tom Davison explains how the Reverse Mortgage is not used for “last resort” any longer, but as a longevity planning tool. Reverse mortgages provide access to cash. Cash is the most flexible financial resource of all. In turn, access to…
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10% of Older Homeowners Could Benefit from HECMs, Other Equity Loans About 10% of the homeowners aged 65 and older would benefit from the use of home equity extraction tools, according to a new study from the Urban Institute — but major structural and institutional barriers remain. Researchers Laurie Goodman, Karan Kaul, and Jun Zhu…
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Healthy Marriage While Caregiving Caring for an aging parent can be stressful beyond belief. In fact, full-time caregivers are at increased risk for depression, health problems and substance abuse. It only makes sense that the strain can also take a serious toll on caregivers’ relationships with their significant others. While the things necessary for maintaining…
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Home Equity Crucial to Health Care Planning as Costs Rise 4% Each Year I see this problem once a week and at in my own family. When health care, especially many hours of in home health care are needed, you can look at $300,000 in your portfolio and wonder how you will make it?? This…
Read MoreHeaded for a Disastrous Retirement
3 Signs You May Be Headed for a Disastrous Retirement A really low savings balance could limit your spending power. An early Social Security claim could leave you cash strapped. A refusal to work might leave you not only low on funds, but bored senseless. The $21,756 Social Security bonus most retirees…
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Half of Americans Without Retirement Plans at Work Nearly half of workers in the U.S. do not have access to retirement plans at work, according to a new AARP study. Nearly 57 million people — 48% of American private sector employees ages 18 to 64 — work for an employer that does not offer either…
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Gray Divorce. The only reason I would post this is because I have seen more than 5 cases in Birmingham, Alabama where a judge ordered a Reverse Mortgage as a way to settle assets in a divorce case involving people age 62 or above. Gray Divorce on the Rise in America, Says Pew. Divorce among…
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