This morning, Russ Van Arsdale with Northeast Contact discussed reverse mortgages also known as a home equity conversion mortgage.
It's a financing arrangement for people 62 and older who own their homes outright or have a small mortgage. Instead of you making payments, a reverse mortgage allows you to receive money, based on the equity of your home.
Russ warned our viewers that the deal can be too good to be true.
He advises folks to log onto www.hud.gov and search for reverse mortgage.
Also, if you are approved for a reverse mortgage, you still need to pay for normal maintenance on the home, pay for property taxes and homeowners insurance, pay the mortgage insurance premium, and pay loan orientation and servicing fees and closing costs.
You'll also probably pay a $125 feed for counseling with an organization approved by the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development. That's required to get a reverse mortgage, although the fee can be waived.
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