An international law firm with more than 1,600 attorneys active across 32 U.S. cities and in London recently released a podcast episode entirely about the legal complexity — and overlooked details in ...

The sole outlier, according to the online database, is related to a settlement between HUD and MetLife Home Loans reached in 2018, stemming from allegations that the lender and a reverse mortgage ...

I am a retired and divorced 75-year-old woman with one daughter. She will inherit what I've got and, believe me, she needs it. About seven years ago, I had a catastrophic health issue that required me ...

WASHINGTON — The housing bubble, lax regulatory oversight and an influx of shady loan professionals have made lawmakers uneasy about the safety and soundness of the popular government-backed ...

Government housing officials report that 46,000 reverse-mortgage borrowers under the government's insured loan program were delinquent on their loans as of July. This total is more than 50 percent ...

As with most Americans, older homeowners have been facing issues with rising living costs and mounting debt. As a result, tapping into home equity has become an increasingly popular financial strategy ...

Reverse mortgage lenders are beginning to require senior borrowers to qualify for loans by proving that they have enough money to continue paying property taxes, home insurance premiums, and other ...

Many seniors have considered a reverse mortgage, but most have kept their thoughts a secret, not wanting to discuss it with ...

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The realities of retirement may look a lot different now than you once imagined. While Social Security, pensions and investment withdrawals remain the backbone of retirement funding, issues with ...

When larger banks stepped out of the reverse mortgage market in the 2010s, Finance of America gobbled up much of the demand and became the second-largest reverse mortgage provider after Mutual of ...

Founded in 2012, online lender Longbridge Financial is the third-largest provider of reverse mortgages in the U.S. As of February 2025, it's approved more than $94 million in loans. Longbridge stands ...