reverse mortgage

noun

: a mortgage that allows an elderly person to convert home equity into available funds through a line of credit, cash advance, or periodic disbursements to be repaid with interest usually when the borrower dies, moves, or sells the home

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Both companies also made our list of the best reverse mortgage lenders. —

Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025 In one instance, a loan broker persuaded a widow with dementia to take out a reverse mortgage on her house. —

Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025 Loans: Conventional, FHA, USDA, VA, jumbo, refinancing, home equity loan, reverse mortgage Credit score: 580 for conventional, 500 for FHA and VA [ Return to summary ] Better Mortgage Better Mortgage’s One Day Mortgage promises an underwriting decision in 24 hours. —

Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024 Editors’ Picks That brings us to reverse mortgages. —

Ron Lieber, New York Times, 19 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for reverse mortgage

Word History

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reverse mortgage was in 1977

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“Reverse mortgage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reverse%20mortgage. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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