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EPISODE #748
Should I plan to liquidate my IRA and get a reverse mortgage?
[NewJersey-com ] One reader asks a local financial columnist if it’s better to liquidate her IRA as her own private reverse mortgage. The implications are stark…
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EPISODE #747
Lenders who diversify product offerings more likely to survive market fallout & lender consolidation
[Housing Wire] Up to 30% of the 1,000 largest independent mortgage banks are projected to disappear by the end of 2023 via sales, mergers, or failures in the wake of the double whammy of still-rising inflation and interest rates. One asset group company is focusing on working with nonbank originators to offer additional asset classes such as HELOCs, second-liens, or reverse mortgages…
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