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Why a Reverse Mortgage Could Be Right for You

If you’re short on cash in retirement but do have equity in your home, you might want to get a reverse mortgage, says Jane Bryant Quinn, author of How to Make Your Money Last: The Indispensable Retirement Guide. New rules for reverse mortgages have

May 18, 2016 | Seniors Reverse Mortgage Retirement Planning Retirement security reverse credit line HECM Reverse Mortgage Financial Assessments

How to Determine if a Reverse Mortgage is right for you.

I would like to comment on this Washington Post article to put aside the guess work and focus directly on what a reader or potential homeowner should realistically expect from a reverse mortgage given this situation.  Here's the facts.  The

Apr 25, 2016 | Financial Assessments HECM Reverse Mortgage Retirement Planning Retirement security Seniors Reverse Mortgage supplemental retirement income LESA

Are you Eligible for a Reverse Mortgage?

Qualifications for HECM Reverse Mortgages have gotten tougher since early 2015.  FHA’s addition of financial assessments has shifted the main emphasis from age and property value to residual income, credit and debts.  The issue is less abo

Feb 23, 2016 | Retirement Planning Reverse Mortgage Seniors supplemental retirement income Financial Planning Financial Assessments HECM Reverse Mortgage LESA Eligibility for Reverse Mortgage

The State of the LESA - HECM Reverse Mortgages

The State of the LESA - HECM Reverse Mortgages

The overriding goal of a Reverse Mortgage is to allow retirees and seniors to help themselves in retirement.  You can think of this as a means of financial mobility with a loan program that has been specially designed for this demographic in an other

Jan 10, 2016 | Retirement Planning HECM Reverse Mortgage Seniors Reverse Mortgage Financial Planning Financial Assessments LESA Retirement security

Now it's tougher to get a Reverse Mortgage.

It is in fact now much tougher than in the past to get a Reverse Mortgage.  The key to success for retirees and seniors going forward seeking a Reverse Mortgage is to plan.  In short, don’t wait until you have spent your last dollar before

May 27, 2015 | Reverse Mortgage Retirement Planning HECM Reverse Mortgage Financial Assessments

Assessing the new Financial Assessments for Reverse Mortgages: Problem-Solution

The new rules will dramatically change the current government insured HECM Reverse Mortgage from a non-qualifying loan to one that requires qualifications and is subject to broad lender discretion.  You can be assured that the mortgage providers will

Apr 10, 2015 | Retirement Planning Reverse Mortgage FHA Financial Assessments HECM Reverse Mortgage

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