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Reverse mortgage a Benefit to Your Kids!

August 31, 2009 by innovation123 · Leave a Comment 

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Reverse mortgage can be beneficial for your kids if you die because, when you die, the reverse mortgage must be repaid either by your heirs or from the sale of your house. If your heirs don’t care about keeping the home, you’ve got no worries — the government ensures that the loan amount can be repaid by selling the home, even if the home is worth less than the loan amount. In Washington Peter Bell, The president of the national Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association said that if your heirs want to keep the house, it’s a different story. In that case, they’d have to pay the loan amount — even if it’s more than the value of the home. So if your kids want to keep the house and spend their life in that house, consider other options, like having them buy the house from you, either at a reduced price or over time. After this information the very next things that how much cash you have in your account? If you want to apply for a reverse mortgage loan then you must have three things in your mind that:

  • An immediate, lump-sum payout of the whole amount available.
  • A line of credit, you don’t tap until you need it.
  • Monthly annuity payments for life.

The amount you’d get from a reverse mortgage lender with each of those options will vary with age and interest rates. So, to give you an idea: A 65-year-old with a paid-off home worth $625,500 could get a lump sum or line of credit of about $320,000, or could choose to get $2,000 per month for the rest of their life at today’s market interest rates. If borrower wanted a $100,000 line of credit and monthly payments, she’d get $1,300 a month — that is, $700 a month less for the benefit of being able to tap the other $100,000 at will. Now, I think the concept and the main use of reverse mortgage must be clear in your mind!

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