When shopping for reverse mortgages, counseling's crucial
Story date: 2007-12-01 10:50:00
Added on: 2007-12-01 14:51:52
Miami Herald - About 90 percent of reverse mortgage loans are HECMs, which have ''lots more consumer protection'' built into them, Belling said. AARP-trained and -tested counselors can be located online at www.hecmresources.org/network.cfm . All local HECM counselors ...
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