Why Reverse Mortgages Are A Harder Sell Now

Liz Weston, NerdWallet.com
Thu, 03/22/2018 - 8:47am

The millions of Americans who haven’t saved enough money for retirement still have a potential safety net: their home equity. But recent changes to reverse mortgages mean seniors and their families may have tougher decisions to make. Reverse mortgages allow people 62 and older to tap their home equity without having to pay the money... Liz Weston is a writer at NerdWallet.

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