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Social Security Program Changes, Effects on Reverse Mortgage Borrowers This year, the Social Security program will be seeing its largest cost of living adjustment (COLA) in seven years, with beneficiaries receiving an additional 2.8 percent to their benefit payout. The result of the COLA for the average individual retired Social Security beneficiary is expected to…

78% of Seniors Own Homes Outright, But Some Struggle with Upkeep Financial Planners and some of the financial community have embraced the newer safer Reverse Mortgage because our seniors are living so long, but the retirement account cant keep up. The vast majority — 78% — of homes in the U.S. headed by someone age…

Outliving savings This morning I was listening to a Reverse Mortgage podcast and it really stuck a cord with me; out; outliving savings I think most people ignore the fact they will outlive savings with modern medicine or think something else may help. But if you are like me without a company 401k. You can…

5 Income Strategies to Supplement Social Security in Retirement. If you want income, annuities aren’t the only way to go. Social Security is only designed to replace about 40% of the average retiree’s income, leaving two options — either dramatically reduce your standard of living, or create additional income from other sources. While annuities are…

5 Ways Retirement Plans Go Off Track Bob Carlson , CONTRIBUTOR. I research/write about all facets of retirement/retirement planning. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. The retirement stories I most hate to hear are about people who entered retirement financially secure but saw that security disappear over the years. These stories are all…

Reverse Mortgage-What is it? Reverse Mortgage-What is it? Just under 20% of seniors who responded to a recent survey were aware of reverse mortgages — despite showing an overwhelming desire to stay in their homes and potentially make renovations into old age. Among homeowners aged 60 to 70, 44% said they would keep a mortgage…

How Reverse Mortgage Could Help Your Retirement I find tons of articles on Reverse Mortgages, and try to bring them all out in the open, not pick the good ones. Reverse mortgages, which let retirees tap the equity they have built up in their homes, have become a much better deal in recent years. (Newswire.net —…

Should you use a reverse mortgage to delay taking Social Security? Robert Powell, Special for USA TODAY. Financial advisers often suggest that you delay taking Social Security until full or normal retirement age (FRA) if not later — to age 70. And the reasons are many: You’ll get 100% of your primary insurance amount (PIA)…

Aging in Place with a Reverse Mortgage: Challenges and Opportunities As a generation of aging Americans collectively decides that they’d rather stay at home than move into senior housing, reverse mortgage originators and lenders could have a new potential marketing angle. But as with many other retirement-planning ptiches, the words could fall on deaf ears.…

Senior Housing. Reverse Mortgage Alabama. Getting older is not something you think about until it’s your reality. Creating Housing That Older Americans Will Need. Where grown-ups keep growing. Forbes Personal Finance- Retire Well. Next Avenue. Richard Eisenberg, Contributor There’s a huge, scary disparity between the types of homes growing numbers of older Americans will need…