Who Owns Your House When You Have A Reverse Mortgage?
No. When you take out a reverse mortgage loan, the title to your home remains with you. Most reverse mortgages are Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs). The Federal Housing Administration (FHA), a part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), insures HECMs.
Can borrowers lose their home with a reverse mortgage?
The answer is yes, you can lose your home with a reverse mortgage. However, there are only specific situations where this may occur: You no longer live in your home as your primary residence. You move or sell your home.
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Does a reverse mortgage have to be owner occupied?
In the same way borrowers applying for a new purchase or “forward” mortgage loan must occupy the home, a reverse mortgage requires you to live in the property as your primary residence.
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What happens to your house after a reverse mortgage?
Usually, borrowers or their heirs pay off the loan by selling the house securing the reverse mortgage. The proceeds from the sale of the house are used to pay off the mortgage. Borrowers (or their heirs) keep the remaining proceeds after the loan is paid off.
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Who own the house in a reverse mortgage?
A reverse mortgage is a rising debt, falling equity loan since you are taking money out of your home and since you make no payments, the balance goes up and your equity goes down. But as with either loan, you always own the home and any equity in the property belongs to you or your heirs.
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