Articles Tagged ‘reverse mortgage’

Watch Out for Reverse Mortgages
Thursday, February 12th, 2009

With the recession in full swing and unemployment rising, unscrupulous predatory lenders are taking advantage of seniors. One of the areas in which they are particularly insidious is selling reverse mortgages. There are a host of reverse mortgage scams that are plaguing our senior citizens and steps are being taken to stop it. According to HUD, deceptive practices and allegations of high-pressure sales tactics are being directed at senior citizens under the guise of a helpful and legitimate reverse mortgage. Borrowers also run the risk of being steered into inappropriate loans and annuities by sales agents and...

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