Could your home help you fund your retirement? Many people live in their most valuable asset. Here’s how its value could help you retire on your terms. Key points. Regardless of whether you plan to sell your home or not, your home equity can play a key role in your financial strategy for retirement If you…

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Reverse Mortgages Included Among Tips to Strengthen Retirement by U.S. News A new article at U.S. News and World Report giving recommendations on strengthening retirement security offers reverse mortgages as one of the potential tools a senior can use to bolster their financial security in retirement. Among the recommendations from U.S. News contributor Craig Stephens, downsizing…

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7 Traits for a good Financial Adviser Getting good financial advice isn’t just about stocks and bonds. It’s about the relationship and trust you have with your adviser. Here’s how to evaluate whether your professional is doing a good job and is the right fit for you. Thanks to steady technological advances, financial advisers now…

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Harvard Business Review: How Retirement Changes Your Identity Studies show that people who are able to afford a full retirement – and who will also be healthy enough to enjoy it – are generally much happier in retirement since their working life is behind them, and they can instead spend their time doing the things they…

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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…

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Eliminate Mortgage Pre Retirement Why you should pay off your mortgage before you retire and what to do if you can’t written by Liz Weston,  published by NerdWallet.com Most people would be better off not having mortgages in retirement. Relatively few will get any tax benefit from this debt, and the payments can get more…

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Reverse Mortgages Help Curb Retirement Risk for Divorced Women Reverse mortgages have been increasingly pitched as a way to stave off the effects of so-called “gray divorce,” and a new research brief shows just how a split can put both parties’ retirement futures at risk — and how home equity benefits one demographic in particular.…

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No Retirement Savings and Nearly Out of Time? Here’s How to Compensate. Countless older workers are about to end their careers without money in the bank. Here’s what to do if you’re one of them. Article I found today from the Motley Fool. Maurie Backman (TMFBookNerd) Though we’re told to prioritize retirement savings during our…

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 Positioning Reverse Mortgages as a Solution in a Down Market One of the most prominent scholarly advocates for using reverse mortgages in retirement laid out a case last week for finding opportunity in the volatile stock market. “A reverse mortgage helps preserve a portfolio and gives it a chance to recover,” Wade Pfau, professor at…

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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…

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