Reverse Mortgages in the News

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Anxiety over reverse mortgages
TVNZ, New Zealand - Oct 9, 2008
As property prices continue to fall, some home owners with reverse mortgages are starting to feel a little nervous. A reverse mortgage allows senior ...

$2T Lost in Retirement: Seniors Eye Reverse Mortgages
HULIQ (press release), NC - Oct 8, 2008
Government Reverse Mortgages allow borrowers access to their equity, do not require monthly payments and the seniors always own their home. ...

Good solutions
Fall River Herald News, USA - Oct 9, 2008
He asked me to look into the reverse mortgage and it was a really good fit for her. We wanted to help this woman who worked her whole life for this home. ...

MORE ABOUT APPRAISERS:
The Foothill Weeklies, California - 11 hours ago
Q) We have applied for a reverse mortgage, and the lender required that we have an appraisal made of the property. There were some defects found, ...

New FHA Reverse Mortgage Lending Limit Reinforces Need for Greater ...
MarketWatch - Oct 2, 2008
The new lending limit will also make reverse mortgages a viable option for many homeowners previously excluded from the market by the current economic ...

Reverse Mortgages Help Seniors Access Cash in Financial Crisis
Earthtimes (press release), UK - Oct 7, 2008
MELVILLE, NY , Oct. 7 -- Senior Lending Network(R), a program of World Alliance Financial Corp. and a leader in reverse mortgages, announced today that ...

Reverse Mortgages: Saviors for Seniors
Mountain News, CA - Oct 6, 2008
This week we look at reverse mortgages, who they benefit and how they work. As Congress struggles toward consensus on a bailout bill against a backdrop of ...

Boston Globe

Lynch faces $85000 fine in NH
Boston Globe, United States - Oct 8, 2008
First Call was among four reverse mortgage lenders that regulators ordered in September to stop doing business in Massachusetts. Reverse mortgages, which ...

Canada.com

$25B credit backstop for banks 'not a bailout': Harper
CBC.ca, Canada - 15 hours ago
Earlier in the day, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced the government's plan to buy the securities through the Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation ...
Search is on for solutions to sector's woe Toronto Star
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Wall Street Journal

Obama Proposes Small Business Rescue Plan
Washington Post, United States - 18 hours ago
Inevitably, these surfaced. Mortgages went bad. The powerful logic of high leverage went into reverse. Losses eroded firms' tiny capital bases, ...
Video: Obama: 'Taxpayers Shouldn't Pick Up Tab' AssociatedPress

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The following section contains up to the minute news coverage of reverse mortgages as provided by Google News Alerts. There are additional links to television news stories and a small sampling of print articles published in regional and national newspapers this year.

Television / Radio

Following is a list of television networks and local stations that have provided news coverage of reverse mortgages over the past several years.

Good Morning America - 1/8/08

St. Louis, MO (NBC Affiliate) - 7/24/2007

NBC Nightly News - 2/12/2007

Hartford, CT (NBC Affiliate) - 5/13/2006

CBS' The Early Show - 2/02/2006

NBC Nightly News - 2/28/2005

CBS Early Show - 7/19/2003

CBS' The Early Show - 12/11/2002

News Coverage

Following is a sample listing of articles that discuss reverse mortgages.

USA Today - July 25, 2008
Housing Bailout Act Has Help for More than Struggling Owners

MortgageOrb (June 2008)
Reverse Mortgages: The Campaign for Hearts and Minds

The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) - Nov. 4, 2007
Seniors Tap Home Equity with Reverse Mortgages

Nashua (NH) Telegraph - Nov. 2, 2007
Richer Homeowners Find Reverse Mortgages Useful

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-July 17, 2007
Two Million More Seniors Could Access Reverse Mortgages Under FHA Reform Proposal

The Ledger Online (FL)-July 16, 2007
Older Americans Can Find Financial Shelter at Home

San Francisco Chronicle-July 15, 2007
Jumbo Reverse Mortgages for Boomers

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-June 20, 2007
More than 300,000 Seniors Benefiting from HUD Reverse Mortgages

The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA)-May 6, 2007
"Miracle Mortgage" Can Save a Home

RealtyTimes.com-May 1, 2007
Reverse Mortgages Boom While the
Rest of the Industry Swoons

New York Times-February 9, 2007
Many Choose to Go in Reverse

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review-March 1, 2007
Reverse Mortgages Help Elderly Residents Stay in Their Homes

The Wall Street Journal (as published in the San Diego Union-Tribune)-Jan. 30, 2007
Reverse Mortgages Turn Home Equity Into Income

SNLFinancial-Jan. 30, 2007
Reverse Mortgages Set to Explode, Ginnie Mae Says

BusinessWeek-February 5, 2007
Pumping Up Your Reverse Mortgage

Money Magazine-March 23, 2006
Reverse Mortgages: Stay Home, Make Money

TheStreet.com-May 9, 2006
Moving Forward With Reverse Mortgages

Arizona Daily Star-August 13, 2006
Finding Money at Home

Dallas Morning News-April 27, 2006
Getting Money Back From Your Home

The Washington Post-January 8, 2006
Keep the House, But Get the Cash