Reverse Mortgage

At this time, reverse mortgages are not available in all states. Check with your local banker, if interested. 

In addition to the emergence of the nonconforming sector, the United Kingdom has also seen the development of an active buy-to-let market, flexible mortgages, and a reverse mortgage market, all of which have been used as collateral for MBS transactions. 

Reverse mortgages are designed to allow older cnstomers to borrow some of the accumulated equity in their homes. The borrowers do not make any interest payments on these loans. The return for the mortgage lenders is taken from the sale proceeds when the borrower moves, enters long-term residential care or dies. 

There are two main types of reverse mortgage. The shared appreciation mortgage is structured so the mortgage lender receives back the original loan amount and a proportion of the increase in property value. This has certain advantages but does mean that the proceeds are entirely dependent on house prices. The Millshaw SAMS No.l transaction is backed by this type of mortgage collateral. The notes do not pay interest but pass these cash flows directly on to investors. 

The second type of reverse mortgage, securitised in Equity Release Funding (ERF) transactions, accrue interest at a rate set out in the mortgage agreement. The notes in these transactions pay interest, but in the early stages of the transaction these payments are met by borrowing... 

Reverse mortgages differ from standard RMBS transactions by their increased dependence on house-price movements and sensitivity to borrowers life expectancy and health. 

Recognize, as mentioned earlier, that a person would probably have additional resources upon entering retirement such as inheritance, proceeds from a reverse mortgage on a home, royalties. Social Security, income from part-time employment, and income based on drawing on the net worth s principal. And, of course, a person could invest more than ten percent of their income. In summary, the optimum ten percent, career-long investment program for the hypothetical student or young professional would probably lie between Scenarios B and C. 

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