Tag: Reverse Mortgages

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Workers should plan to work longer and save more. The release of the Federal Reserve’s 2016 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is a great opportunity to reassess Americans’ retirement preparedness as mea­sured by the National Retirement Risk Index (NRRI).  The NRRI shows the share of working-age house­holds who are “at risk” of being unable to…

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The brief’s key findings are: In any loan program, a key objective is balancing the twin goals of high take-up rates and low default rates. In 2013, the federal government announced new rules to curb default rates of reverse mortgages by limiting initial withdrawals and requiring underwriting. To assess the effects of the new rules,…