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Reverse mortgages have increased in popularity in the past few years. Economist report that due to the increase in housing cost, the amount of money people are saving in their 401(k) and savings accounts have been decreasing.

Due to the recent boom in the real estate market more and more seniors are looking to cash in on their home equity. People are finding themselves equity rich and cash poor. It is not unusual to find people living in million dollar homes yet they are below or near poverty level in monthly income.

Fortunately reverse mortgages are available for this specific reason. Before you proceed with a reverse mortgage do your research and make sure it is exactly what you want to do.

The FHA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have taken over the responsibility of administrating reverse mortgages.

One of their first changes, was to regulate and control the interest rates which lenders can charge for the reverse mortgages. All reverse mortgage lenders within the United States will have the exact same interest rates. When choosing a lender do not concern yourself with comparing interest rates.