Navigating your finances after losing a spouse
Losing your spouse is an incredibly difficult experience that can leave you feeling emotionally overwhelmed for your grief and a little disconcerted as you now have to take on their responsibilities. Change is hard for all of us, but after being together for so long, it may seem like an…
Use a Reverse Mortgage strategically for deductions when needed and grow the Line of Credit simultaneously ; Excerpts from “The Street” website (see link below)
Reverse Mortgages (RM) are most often used to eliminate monthly mortgage payments, although borrowers are required to continue to make their home insurance and property tax payments. Occasionally, a retiree may only want to lower their monthly mortgage payment to one that is more comfortable for them and they may…
Breaking: FHA Reverse Mortgage loan limit increasing to over a million dollars in 2023
We all know the market can change quickly; rates have been steadily rising, but this last week we saw a drop, which is great news as it increases reverse mortgage payouts. The FHA sets loan limits on these loans and currently, if your home is worth 1.2 million dollars, the…
The Federal Reserve announced significant rate increases and warns of a “housing bubble”
Early on in the pandemic the Federal Reserve (FR) slashed the Federal funds rate (FFR) (the rate it charges to banks for overnight borrowing) to stimulate the economy. This was to combat the 22 million Americans that could not work and were unemployed. This huge drop in FFR has an…
More money available soon on Reverse Mortgage loans
Home values have been ballooning in recent years. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, which covers all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 19.5% annual gain in September 2021! The prior year period from September 2019 to 2020 the same area reported a 19.1% annual gain. …
Social Security checks increase the most in 40 years
The gas pump and the grocery store are taking a much larger bite out of our collective wallets this year. At the start of 2021 the average gas price in the US was around $1.85 and currently the average has risen 59% higher in less than a year. The 70…
Indian Food and Inflation
A few years ago my wife and I went to dinner with some friends and were introduced to Indian food for the first time. Off of Tyler and Magnolia in Riverside is a family owned restaurant called “Punjab Palace” that has been there as long as I can remember, having…
Claiming Social Security payments based on the work history of your ex-spouse
There are a few guidelines you need to be aware of when claiming a social security payment based on your ex-spouses income. Here are the most pertinent: You have to have been married for at least 10 years. It doesn’t matter if that was 40 years ago, you just have…
FHA increases RM Lending Limit for 2021
Reverse Mortgage Lending Limit Rises to Over $822k in 2021 The lending limit for federally-backed reverse mortgages is increasing for the fifth consecutive year in a row, set to hit $822,375 in 2021. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on Wednesday via Mortgagee Letter (ML) 2020-42 a maximum claim…
Spending more time at home? Fix it up just how you have dreamed of with our digital contact Reverse Mortgage.
We have all spent more time at home than we ever imagined in the last 9 months. Your world has changed immensely over the Coronavirus pandemic, yet your home has stayed the same. A realtor client of mine called me the other day to tell me they decided to finally…
