Recent research has shown six unique methods of combining portfolio and reverse mortgage withdrawals can boost spending (Pfau, 2016a, 2016b). Each method substantially improved lifetime spending. And counterintuitively, potentially estate size as well. Barry Sacks […]
UPDATE: Access the paper here: Retirement-Management-Journal-2016-Alt-Asset-Buffer-SORR A paper published in the Summer 2016 issue of Retirement Management Journal examines prominent research on the various strategic uses for reverse mortgages in retirement income planning. […]
Active Reverse Mortgage Financial Planning Blogs Davison, Tom. ToolsForRetirementPlanning.com This site. Guttentag, Jack. The Mortgage Professor Consumer oriented. Stimulates competition through price shopping. May receive payment for referrals to mortgage companies. Pfau, Wade. Retirement Researcher and […]
Wade Pfau’s article Incorporating Home Equity into a Retirement Income Strategy was published in the Journal of Financial Planning in April 2016. The article’s Executive Summary: This article explores six different methods for incorporating […]
New research on Reverse Mortgages appeared in the Spring 2016 issue of the Journal of Personal Finance, also found here. The authors are Joe Tomlinson, Shaun Pfeiffer, and John Salter. The journal’s editors noted: […]
Reverse mortgages provide access to cash and may provide large tax deductions. Reverse mortgages are unique as borrowed funds don’t have to be paid back until the homeowner permanently leaves the house. […]
Wade Pfau says Advisors Need a Fresh Look at Reverse Mortgages (click link) Dec 1, 2015. Through inertia and stubbornness, old ideas die slowly. Financial advisors maintain a dismal view about reverse mortgages. However, […]
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