Seniors looking to supplement their income may be able to tap their home equity to supplement their lifestyle or ease financial worries during retirement Pros & cons of tapping home equity Traditionally, seniors don’t tap into their home equity for retirement income. “I believe many people in their 70s and 80s look at it as…

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Reverse Mortgage Process Everyone could use some extra cash, especially in retirement years. And while options for generating additional retirement income once seemed limited, reverse mortgages have provided today’s seniors with access to another source of wealth—their home equity. Designed for homeowners ages 62 and older, a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)—also known as a Reverse…

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Forget the 4% Rule? Here’s What You Should Really Be Looking at During Retirement. Everyone’s retirement is different, but we all have a common goal: ensuring our retirement savings last long enough. The 4% rule is arguably the go-to guideline for determining how quickly you can spend your savings. It states that a retiree can…

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Reverse Mortgage rate have come down a ½ point. Mortgage company rate speculators try to “get ahead”.  This is not the quarter point we have been waiting for since early 2022. Instead, the rate has gone up for 19 months in a row. I am 50/50 if they will cut it, but if they do it will…

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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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