Tag: reverse mortgage

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Just in time, the product may be entering mainstream consciousness. After decades of skepticism and reports of scandals, the tide appears to be turning on reverse mortgages.  The New York Times Business section recently led with a story on the revival of the reverse mortgage.  Even more significant, for the first time a commission examining…

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Using Your House reviews the two most common ways to use your house to boost your income in retirement – downsizing and a reverse mortgage – with clear examples, a discussion of the pros and cons of each approach, and links to tools on the web where you can get estimates of what downsizing or a…