Your lender doesn't want to get stuck with a burned - out shell of a home that isn't worth nearly what
you owe on the reverse mortgage.
If your home is worth more than the amount that is
owed on the reverse mortgage, the excess will go to your heirs, not the lender.
A reverse mortgage doesn't do anything to your home's equity that any other mortgage wouldn't do; the only difference is that you don't have to repay a reverse mortgage until the death of the last surviving spouse, and assuming the amount
you owe on the reverse mortgage is less than the property's value, your heirs would inherit the difference.
For example, if the home appraised for $ 500,000 and the balance
owed on the Reverse Mortgage was $ 600,000 the heirs would have to come up with $ 600,000 if they wanted to keep the home.
The Non-Recourse feature of the Reverse Mortgage guarantees that the maximum amount
owed on this Reverse Mortgage at this 20 year mark if the homeowner were to have passed away, would be whatever the home appraises for in year 20.
If the net selling price is greater than what is
owed on the reverse mortgage, the homeowners (or their heirs) receive the net difference.
Not exact matches
We still
owe mortgage payments
on our home to the tune of $ 13,500 a year, but by getting a
reverse mortgage that $ 13.5 k will go away, and we'll have a $ 105,000 credit line making a bit over 5 % interest per year (which we don't need at this time, so it will accumulate at compound interest).
A
reverse mortgage prevents you from ever
owing more
on your home than its value.
The math
on those
reverse mortgages is scary, mainly because payments aren't made so the amount
owing only gets bigger and bigger.
In a
reverse mortgage loan, the homeowner is not typically required to make any payment
on an amount borrowed unless one of the above conditions occurs, as even interest
on the amount borrowed is simply added to the amount of the loan
owed.
Protects you from
owing more
on your
reverse mortgage than your home is worth.
They may be using the
reverse mortgage with no intention of paying down what is
owed, but the loan will have to be repaid when the owner moves, dies or if the house is foreclosed
on, she says.
A
reverse mortgage may be the solution to financial difficulties if you are a senior citizen and you
owe nothing, or close to nothing,
on your home.
If you
owe money
on your home
mortgage, you must pay off this debt with money from the
reverse mortgage.
False: As long as there is sufficient equity in your home, you may be eligible for a
reverse mortgage loan, even if you still
owe money
on your existing
mortgage.