In March, we explored the difference between Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) “expected rates” and “note rates” and why most reverse mortgages depend on these two interest rates. In April, we ...

If you're like many retirees, your home equity represents one of your largest stores of wealth. While many homeowners turn to home equity loans and lines of credit (HELOCs) to unlock their home's ...

With high mortgage rates and home prices not much better, downsizing isn't very attractive to many older homeowners these days. Instead, reverse mortgages — which allow you to turn your existing home ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Chip Stapleton is a Series 7 and Series 66 license holder, CFA Level 1 exam holder, and ...

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A reverse mortgage can be a useful way to access the value of your home without having to sell it. This is a form of lending intended for, and typically restricted to, older households. That said, ...

Movement Mortgage promotes reverse specialization, citing $14T in senior equity and $200K in median retirement balances for ...

On this episode of The Long View, Don Graves, president and founder of the Housing Wealth Institute and an instructor of retirement income at The American College of Financial Services, and Wade Pfau, ...

My last couple of posts, beginning with The Mortgage is Dead; Long Live the Reverse Mortgage, have extolled the virtues of the improved FHA HECM reverse mortgage products. Given that the typical ...

A survey found that 21% of reverse mortgage holders seeking financial counseling in 2025 carried monthly expenses exceeding monthly income compared with 12.2% in 2024.