Reverse Mortgage Loans generally belongs to the category of special mortgage loans. Reverse Mortgage Loans are generally given to the senior citizens of a country.

If you are 62 years of age or older and if you own your home then only you are eligible for reverse mortgages. Reverse Mortgage is a loan which is basically given against your home and you may not pay the loan for the time you are living there. Whatever may be the loan amount, you are not required to pay the loan back unless you die or sell the home or permanently move out of your home. Reverse Mortgages are tax free in nature and they don't have any income restrictions.

There are basically three types of Reverse Mortgages

Single Purpose Reverse Mortgage.
Federally Insured Reverse Mortgage, also known as Home Equity Conversion Mortgages.
Proprietary Reverse Mortgages.

The benefits of Reverse Mortgages are

Its helps as an extra source of income which may improve your living style and no payments are required as long as you stay in your own home.
Ownership of your home is retained.
Reverse Mortgages are insured by Federal Housing Authority.
Income obtained from Reverse Mortgage is tax free and does not affect regular social security

Reverse Mortgage Rates are subject to fixed or adjustable interest rates. The payment pattern in case of Reverse Mortgage is said to be "reverse". Here the payments are made by the lenders to the borrowers. But in case of regular mortgages the monthly repayments are made by the borrowers to the lenders.

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