There's No Place Like Home

Retirees have many housing options available


People are enjoying longer and healthier lives. As a result, seniors are living independently for greater periods of time. The decision on where to live after retirement is one that every retiree will have to make. However, these days there are many options available to retirees.

Staying in the Family Home

For many retirees, staying in the family home is a priority. Carrie Schonlaw, aging program coordinator for the Five County Association of Governments, says this option often requires some modifications to ensure safety and comfort.

“People want to age in place and stay in their homes for as long as they can,” Schonlaw says. “There are a few very simple and inexpensive things that can be done to help people maintain as much independence as possible.”

Easy Home Adaptation:
✔ Widen doors to accommodate wheel chairs.
✔ Install ramps or do stair modification.
✔ Put grab bars in bathrooms and non-skid decals in shower.
✔ Buy a shower chair.
✔ Get a raised toilet.
✔ Install anti-scald devices.
✔ Brighten dark spaces.
✔ Remove slick surfaces or tripping hazards like throw rugs.
✔ Put sturdy rails throughout the home.
✔ Take advantage of fire prevention technology.

Reverse Mortgage

Surviving in today’s economy can be a challenge for seniors living on a fixed income. For some, a reverse mortgage is a simple way to remain in the family home. A reverse mortgage allows borrowers 62 years and older to spend the equity in their home, but still retain ownership.

Alan Crooks, certified mortgage specialist, says the lender collects the interest on the home when it is sold or the person dies. “You can never owe more than the home is worth,” Crooks says. “The estate will gain on the appreciation and lose on the mortgage.”

With a reverse mortgage, homeowners have the choice of taking a single lump sum of cash, getting a monthly loan advance, establishing a line of credit or using a combination of these options. The amount that can be lent depends on the age of the homeowner, the current interest rate and the appraised value of a home or the Federal Housing Administration’s mortgage limits for a specific area.

Before receiving a reverse mortgage, borrowers are required to take an informational class. Crooks says the advantage of a reverse mortgage is that the homeowner never has to make a payment as long as they continue to live there. The loan is due when the owner dies, sells or moves away from the home. If there is equity left over when the property is sold, the homeowner or estate gets that money back.

Downsizing

As people age, routine house and yard maintenance becomes more challenging. For some, moving into a smaller home is the perfect solution. John Houston, Realtor for ERA Brokers Consolidated, says there are endless housing choices for seniors who wish to live in Washington County.

“The availability of properties is wonderful,” Houston says. “With interest rates being as low as they are and inventory being as high as it is, there are great opportunities to buy and downsize.”

However, Houston says downsizing is only a good option if seniors get into a home that is right for their needs and budgets. Houston advised considering the following issues before making a purchase:

✔ Association Dues — Fees go up as the cost of insurance and grounds keeping increase. People with a limited budged should remember the price they pay when they move in won’t stay the same forever.

✔ Stairs — These can present a problem for seniors as they age. Fortunately, there are numerous single level units available in Washington County.

✔ Amenities — Each area features different options. Check to see if a property offers what a person desires such as a pool, exercise room or club house. For those who don’t want these amenities, consider areas where they are not offered and therefore not included in the purchase price.

✔ Association Rules — Some associations don’t allow owners to rent their property after they move out. Other places have rules against upgrades or landscape changes. Storage of recreational vehicles, off-highway vehicles and boats are sometimes prohibited.

✔ Pets — Not all places allow pets or have spaces for them to play.

✔ Demographics — Some neighborhoods are geared towards a younger population and have children playing outside or higher noise levels.

✔ Proximity — Check to see if the property is close to shopping facilities, medical care, churches and other places the homeowner may frequent.

✔ Social Connections — Many retirement communities offer group activities and places for residents to gather.

✔ Income — Find out how the purchase of a home will affect trusts, wills and estates.

Sensational Senior Living

St. George is a Mecca for senior citizens, sporting an endless array of unique housing opportunities. For many, retirement signals a chance to ramp up activity rather than a time to slow down. Places like SunRiver St. George were developed with this personality type in mind.

Billed as “an active adult golf course facility for people 55 and better,” SunRiver was designed for seniors on the go. However, SunRiver is about more than beautiful homes in a golf course setting. SunRiver marketing director Micheal Green says the emphasis is on a community center where residents can enjoy a wide range of sports, educational classes, art and leisure activities.

“The community center really is the hub of activity,” Green says. “We have an environment that fosters social contacts, physical activity and educational opportunities.” Seniors who no longer feel comfortable driving their cars have no problem getting around SunRiver — golf carts are welcome throughout the development.

Assisted Living

Aging baby boomers are looking for more than a traditional nursing home. Each person has different needs, so the “one size fits all” form of assisted living has gone by the wayside. Today, seniors can choose their level of care based on individual needs. Some developments such as Beehive Homes offer housing for all stages of life.

On the most basic level, the Beehive Cottages has individual condos based around a community center where residents can go for meals, exercise and leisure activities. Administrator Mary Sanders says the cottages are designed for people who don’t need supervised care but are attracted to the amenities and community lifestyle.
“Studies of aging baby boomers have found the more active they remain — physically and mentally — the better their quality of life,” Sanders says.

Beehive Homes has two levels of more intensive care based in group home settings. Level One offers help with things such as showering, laundry and supervision of medication. Level Two is more intensive and features a certified nursing assistant on staff at all times. Beehive also has an Alzheimer’s Unit within its system.

Brenda Harrison, house manager at Beehive Homes, says the modern day group home is tailored to the individual. All meals are home cooked and served in a casual setting. Residents who are able to care for a pet are welcome to have them. Activities and special events are part of the package.

“We try to put ourselves in our residents’ position,” Harrison says. “We treat our residents with the utmost respect and dignity.” sgm

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Home advantage: Reverse mortgages

Reverse mortgages are little understood as a wealth accumulation strategy and source of credit.

The idea of taking out a reverse mortgage on your principal home was a strategy many Australians viewed with wariness and, until now, the majority of financial planners has largely ignored.

But with up to 60 per cent of Australians’ wealth locked up in the family home and with their investment assets crashing, that view is beginning to change.

In the past, reverse mortgages flew under the radar of many financial planning firms, with planners preferring more traditional avenues of wealth accumulation for pre-retirees.

Since 2005, the use of reverse mortgages as an investment strategy has been typically restricted to a small segment of retired workers who wanted a source of credit to fund an improved lifestyle in retirement, according to Kevin Conlon, the executive director of the Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL).

But with the financial crisis biting into clients’ investments, there is growing interest in the strategy from investors who need a source of credit to supplement their investment incomes.

“What we’re seeing emerge in the current [environment] is a broader base of consumers, even consumers that the market didn’t expect to see, and these are self-funded retirees,” Conlon said.

“Their exposure to a narrow risk space has become obvious to them and they are increasingly making enquiries as to how an equity release strategy may suit their changed circumstances.”

John Thomas, chairman of both Australian Seniors Finance (ASF) and SEQUAL, said financial planning clients, particularly super investors, are suffering from poor investment returns and planners are increasingly considering reverse mortgages to bridge the gap.

“Financial planners haven’t to date been the biggest source of reverse mortgages; [but] they are now increasingly looking at a reverse mortgage,” he said.

For an industry focused to a large extent on those approaching retirement – the baby boomer generation – a client’s home is a relatively untapped source of wealth.

Senior financial analyst at Canstar Cannex Harry Senlitonga said the baby boomer generation would retire in the next five to 10 years, and the majority of their wealth assets were locked in the home.

A Reserve Bank of Australia bulletin of household wealth earlier this year corroborated his comments. It showed that residential property accounted for 60 per cent of the value of a household’s total assets, up from 54 per cent seven years ago.

Conlon said the ageing demographic of the baby boomer generation will spur further growth in reverse mortgages as a financial planning strategy.

“It is clear that the dealer groups, if not the industry body, are recognising that their practice has to extend to serve the needs of their ageing clients.

“My belief is that reverse mortgages will form an important part of the financial services industry as the demographics start to show itself in a more obvious way than it has today,” he said.

Martin Lynch, head of reverse mortgages at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), said for a strategy as prone to demographics as reverse mortgages, financial planners were beginning to recognise it as within the sphere of wealth accumulation.

“Aged care planning tends to be something that financial planners see as their bread and butter,” he said.

However, Lynch noted that the greatest number of users of reverse mortgages were about 74 years old, and the expected interest from baby boomers was still some years away.

“The number of people aged over 80 in Australia doubles in the next 15 years, so that’s when the growth is going to soar.”

Lynch also attributed increasing interest in reverse mortgages to aged care facilities, which were becoming more aware of the strategy for future residents.

In the past, those heading for aged care accommodation typically sold their homes to pay for their entry into, and costs of, the facilities.

With the increasing use of reverse mortgages, potential clients could utilise a reverse mortgage product to purchase an accommodation bond for an aged care home without making a decision to sell their home.

Education and awareness

Despite the increasing interest, there is a lack of awareness and education among both consumers and financial planners about how to use reverse mortgage products.

Paul Intagliata, a financial planner at Aged Care Financial Services, said criticism of reverse mortgages in the media stemmed from a lack of information about what sort of clients were suited to the strategy.

“I think, in general, there’s been a lot of inaccurate information put out in the media over the last three or four years about reverse mortgages,” Intagliata said.

“For the right person who gets the right advice, they can certainly be a valuable asset as part of a package to help with retirement or aged care. But the important part is the advice – they’re certainly not suitable for everybody. People need to plan correctly in utilising them,” he said.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) warned earlier this year of the misuse of reverse mortgages, and released research showing that consumers found it difficult to understand home equity release products.

At the time, ASIC chairman Tony D’Aloisio said while equity release products offered benefits, there were also significant risks, including consumers being encouraged to borrow more than they needed against the value of their house.

However, ASIC based its research on data from 2005, and possibly even earlier, according to Lynch.

“I had presented to [the regulator] hard evidence that people are using reverse mortgages wisely and borrowing what they need, rather than what they qualify for,” Conlon said.

Research from RBS revealed that consumers were only borrowing up to 17 per cent of the value of their home when they qualified for a loan of up to 30 per cent, he added.

Despite this apparent wariness, Conlon said there was a poor level of understanding among financial planners about the nature of reverse mortgages.

“I worry about the risk of a financial plan reflecting the preferences of the adviser rather than the client. Much of what I have heard in financial planning forums has been opinion based. The fact is they’re not even considering the family home as existing exposure to property.”

Industry consultant Paul Resnik said the suitability of a reverse mortgage depended on the client’s circumstances.

“It is always better to do things knowing the consequences. In the hands of a good adviser who understands how clients’ needs or circumstances change over time, it may be a good idea or a bad idea,” he said.

“We don’t sneer at downsizing the house; somehow we sort of sneer at reverse mortgages, as if there’s something inherently bad about them,” he added.

Credit crunch

One of the issues financial planners face if they recommend a reverse mortgage to a client is the tightening credit environment.

“It’s very difficult. Virtually no provider is able to get unlimited funding [at the moment],” Thomas said.

“Some providers are not writing any business, some providers have gone out of the business, and most providers are limiting their lending.

“It’s affecting the [reverse mortgages] sector fairly dramatically,” he said.

Eight reverse mortgage lenders have withdrawn from the market in the space of six months to January this year, according to research released by Canstar Cannex, with many reverse mortgages falling victim to funding shortfalls.

Intagliata said lenders had become stricter in approving certain loans.

“We’ve certainly seen a bit of tightening of LVRs [loan to value ratios] of certain loans that perhaps 12 months ago would have been fine, and now there’s been a reduction in the amount of money [for loans].”

Across the board, most mortgage providers have been “pretty rigid” in terms of their LVRs, with lenders only willing to lend up to 40 per cent of the value of the house, he said.

Lenders may look at loosening that down the track, but it’s too hard to determine if that would be the case, Intagliata added.

According to Senlitonga, both banks and consumers are taking on risk because of the compounding effect of the interest on the loan without repayments from the borrower.

Reverse mortgage lenders may be willing to lend up to 30 to 40 per cent of the value of the house, but no higher than that in the current environment.

According to Senlitonga, current property prices and interest rates are factors that financial planners will have to take into account.

Lenders factor current property prices into loans, so any change in property prices was an important issue for lenders to consider, he said.

However, lenders typically look at house prices over a 10 to 15-year range as the basis for their pricing models, he added.

But, according to RBS’ Lynch, the property sector did not affect reverse mortgages “particularly significantly”. While lenders’ valuations were conservatively estimated, which would “ruffle a few feathers”, as long as borrowers were getting the amount of money they needed, there was no reason they would be concerned, he said, adding that the average LVR of his bank’s customers was approximately 18 per cent.

He also believed that because LVRs were so cautious in the current market, the risk from rising interest rates and house prices was negligible.

SEQUAL’s Conlon believes the “key issue” for consumers is that the market remains liquid.

He said the real risk was to the level of competition and the benefits that flow to consumers from the competition.

Despite the issues the sector is currently facing, Conlon believes it will recover and expand.

“I do think this is a market worth watching,” he said.

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Home Equity Loans vs. Reverse Mortgages

Are you 62 years or older and looking to tap into the equity in your home but are unsure if a reverse mortgage or a home equity loan is the way to go? There are big differences between a reverse mortgage and a home equity loan.

Home equity loans or a home equity line of credit are considered a second mortgage on your home. To qualify for a home equity loan or line of credit, you have to have enough income to pay back the loan on your mortgaged home.

In addition, there are debt to income ratios that banks consider when giving you a home equity loan or home equity line of credit (HELOC). Not to mention, a HELOC is a variable rate line of credit, meaning the interest rate you pay isn’t a set rate and can go up. Home equity loan rates are also a lot higher than mortgage rates these days so you will be paying more interest than with a traditional mortgage.

A reverse mortgage is different from a loan or line of credit. The difference is that a reverse mortgage pays you, the mortgagee. The amount of money you can borrow depends on the equity in your home, your age, the prevailing interest rate, and the appraised value of your home or Federal Housing Administration’s mortgage limits for your area, whichever is less.

You can use a reverse mortgage calculator to see how much you qualify for but the general rule of thumb is the more valuable your home is, the older you are, the lower the interest rate, the more you can borrow.

Reverse mortgages may be a great way to tap into the equity in your home. As long as the home is your principal residence, you don’t have to make payments on the money you receive with a reverse mortgage. Keep in mind that as with a regular mortgage, the loan becomes due in full when you move or sell the house.

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Michigan Home Equity Loan Rates Turns To Technology

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The site pulls in quotes from over 2,000 resources and delivers the most compatible ones for the online searcher. Get Me Low Rates.com comes to us at a great time in this rocky market. Last March, the Detroit Free Press announced that the residents of Michigan were leaving in massive numbers. Even though there is a serious population decrease Michigan has several great things going for it such as emerging markets. These include, the rising Film Industry, Alternative Energy and new manufacturing of green products.



Economists are hopeful that there will be a boom in the Michigan economy in the months to come. Those who are already living here in homes will want to take notice of this new online resource. Here they can apply for a second mortgage. For those who qualify, (age 60 or older) can apply for a reverse mortgage and have extra money to spend on essentials such as food, lights, and transportation.


“The site is designed to cover major areas of financial interest,” says Internet marketer Ted Cantu. “The recent need to refinance is something that is on everyone’s mind at the moment. GM and Ford have been in the news and the bailout situation has a lot of folks nervous. This site stands as a resource to Michigan home owners who find that they need to refinance and get a home equity loan. Right now, this is our chief concern. We want to make sure that enough Michigan home owners know about the many programs this state has to offer. Home equity loans can provide emergency funds in the same way that a reverse mortgage can.”


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Seniors seek relief in home equity

SALISBURY -- More than 70 million people in the United States turn 62 over the next five years -- a market of baby boomers becoming eligible for a housing loan program that puts instant cash in the hands of elderly homeowners who borrow against the equity in their home, and don't have to repay the loan right away.

The reverse mortgage program has been around for years, but the recession and flood of boomers are drawing new attention among cautious regulators who worry borrowers could get in over their heads and aging homeowners jump at the chance for money they can delay repayment.

The federally guaranteed home equity conversion mortgage, or HECM, requires no credit score or income level, extending an opportunity for a reverse mortgage line of credit to aging borrowers who wouldn't qualify for a home equity loan, says Chuck Morse, a reverse mortgage consultant at MetLife. The borrower doesn't repay the loan as long as they live in and maintains the home.

A relatively new federal guideline that allows qualifying borrowers to use reverse mortgages toward the purchase of a principal home -- an option known as reverse purchase -- also spawns new interest, Morse said.

Rules are complicated, and sometimes incomprehensible, especially for the elderly, regulators say. By 2008, the program had grown more than 14 times in seven years, to 112,148 loans endorsed by the Federal Housing Association, from 7,757 in 2001.

"It's not just for people who are desperate; it's for people who want to make a good business decision," Morse said. "The baby boomer generation is starting to come of the age to qualify. They're like a pig going down a snake's belly; they're coming down the forefront now."

Counseling is available to educate and protect borrowers, and required for borrowers who take loans on their home equity in a lump sum, he also said. Among expert counseling services on the Eastern Shore are Neighborhood Housing Services and MAC Inc., both in Salisbury.
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MetLife and Bank of America are among industry leaders with reverse mortgages, said Morse, who says he also educated clients on the cash-for-equity program at Bank of America. "You don't sell reverse mortgages; rather, you educate people on the product," Morse said.

The federal stimulus package adds funds that raise the maximum claim amount, which sets the maximum reverse mortgage loan on home values in a region. In Wicomico County, for instance, the maximum claim amount for a home was about $250,000.

With stimulus money fueling the pot, it's now up to $625,500 in the county and nationwide -- theoretically giving a homeowner has more equity to borrow more. "On the Eastern Shore, (the maximum claim amount) has more than doubled," Morse observes.

According to HousingWire.com, a special senate committee on aging heard testimony last week on the benefits and drawbacks of reverse mortgage products available to seniors.

In Kansas City last week, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill expressed concern about fees associated with reverse mortgages, saying they can be excessive, reported the Kansas City Star. She also said that agents for lending companies marketing the products could be overly aggressive.

Mathew Scire, director of the Government Accountability Office's financial markets and community investment team, has testified that reverse mortgages are complex and costly for vulnerable market of homeowners. He points to literature presented by a company on reverse mortgages, calling a phrase that promises a "lifetime income" potentially misleading.

According to the Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association, the cost for required counseling is estimated at between $16 million and $18 million this year, although Congress allocated $8 million. Underfunding could mean a shortage in the number of counselors as the number of borrowers grows, according to association president, Peter Bell.
Heirs

He added, though, that a poll of state's attorneys, bank regulators and the Federal Trade Commission found few complaints, and that safeguards are in place to prevent fraud.

The beauty of the program is that borrowers don't have to repay the loan as long as they live in the home and pay property taxes and maintain upkeep, said Morse, who lives in Easton. "If the borrower moves to nursing home permanently, the note's due," he said.

Oftentimes, children of homeowners are upset to learn their parent borrowed on the equity of a home, Morse said. "The money has to be paid back at the end," he said. "Then the children get upset; they see their parents spending their inheritance."

Morse said while closing costs on a reverse mortgage "are fairly expensive," the program could be a good fit for some. Maximum loans typically equal about two-thirds of a home's equity, Morse said. Both fixed and variable rates are available on loans that are formulated by the age of the borrower and property value, he said.

"The key is to help seniors to age in place," Morse said.

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Reverse mortgage can help seniors buy new home

Americans have learned a tough lesson: Your home is not your piggy bank. However, there is a reward for those who did build equity in their homes: In their senior years, their home can provide a monthly stream of tax-free income, or a lump sum of cash to spend as they wish, while remaining safely in their home. Or it can provide a source of financing for a new, smaller home.

It's all done through a reverse mortgage.

For many seniors, a reverse mortgage is the answer to a prayer. It allows you to withdraw money from your home equity, tax free, with no requirement that it be repaid until you die or move out of the home. There is no way you can be forced out of your home as long as you keep paying your property taxes and insurance and maintain the property.


What you need to know about reverse mortgage for buyers, sellers
• Reverse mortgages are mostly viewed as a way to allow seniors to stay in the homes they love but can no longer afford. That monthly reverse-mortgage check can make all the difference when it comes to covering costs. But a reverse mortgage can also help seniors buy a new home.

• These days, many seniors are having trouble selling their current home and downsizing to a smaller home. And others, just entering retirement, are having difficulty financing the purchase of a new home, since they no longer have an income and don't want to put all of their savings into the purchase.

Here's where a reverse mortgage can help both buyers and sellers.

• Just go to www.Reverse Mortgage.org and use the calculator there to see the dollar amount of reverse mortgage you would qualify for, based on your age.

• For example, a 65-year-old could likely get about $240,000 on a reverse mortgage on a $500,000 home. That means a senior who wants to buy your existing $500,000 house needs to come up with only $260,000.

• The reverse mortgage would provide roughly $240,000 of the purchase price, with no monthly payments required. Now your old, larger home becomes more salable to someone with cash from the sale of an existing home.

• And once your home is sold, you can take part of the $500,000 sale proceeds, and use it -- along with some of your cash and your own reverse mortgage -- to buy your next, smaller retirement home. So, if you're age 75, and want to purchase a $350,000 condo, you could likely get a $230,000 reverse mortgage on that smaller condo. That means you'll have to put down only $120,000 in cash on your new condo, and you can put the remaining $380,000 from your home sale in the bank (or several banks).

Using a reverse mortgage to buy a home opens an entirely new dimension to this fascinating product.

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Fox: Re-evaluate your home and its place in your retirement

During the early part of this decade, Americans used their home equity in ways that went largely unexplored by previous generations. As real estate values soared, so did the ability to tap a home’s value to pay for college educations, cars, furniture and even things like vacations and cell phones. No longer was a house primarily a home; rather, many saw their houses as ATMs.

That view, and how a home’s value should play into one’s retirement plans, has changed again with the painful retribution delivered by the housing meltdown.

The recessionary environment has forced those who included their home values in their retirement calculations to re-evaluate their position. Below are two options to help investors whose retirement consists largely of their home’s equity enter their retirement years with peace of mind and increased investment security.

The first logical choice for any investor is to downsize. Downsizing offers the financial benefit of having a lower monthly mortgage payment, resulting in increased cash flow, reduced maintenance costs and lower utility bills. Downsizing could also lower your real estate taxes due to a lower estimation on a smaller home. Also, be sure to evaluate the effect of a new home versus an older one due to a potentially much lower tax base under Proposition 13.

For those investors who have paid off their current homes, one of the largest benefits of downsizing stems from the possibility of purchasing new homes for below their value in the current market and having the ability to wait out the market and sell their current homes when prices are back up.

Homeowners also can consider a reverse mortgage. On a typical mortgage, an investor makes payments to a lender; however, in the case of a reverse mortgage, the lender makes payments to the homeowners. These payments do not have to be paid back while the owners live in the home.

The best aspects of a reverse mortgage are that they are not taxable, do not affect Social Security or Medicare benefits, have no income restrictions and the homeowner retains the title of the home and does not have to make monthly repayments. Before taking on a reverse mortgage, investors should be sure to research specific loan requirements, interest rates and monthly payments versus the amount of cash flow they actually need.

For the majority of investors looking for answers on how to best use their home equity in retirement, the above tips can be a great starting point. Investors must remember that before making any large purchase or loan decisions, they need to do research and consult with a financial expert to decide which options work best for their specific situation.

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Does My Home Qualify for Reverse Mortgage?

Eligible property types include single-family homes, 2-4 unit properties, manufactured homes (built after June 1976), condominiums, and townhouses. In general, cooperative housing is ineligible. However, some lenders have developed private programs that lend on co-ops in New York.