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Popularity of reverse mortgages set to rise

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2005
... product needed a significant public perceptions makeover if financial planners were to broaden the appeal of reverse mortgages, they said. Reverse mortgages enable homeowners - particularly retirees - to borrow money based on equity in their homes but ...

Macquarie launches mortgages in reverse

... mortgage called 'Silver Lining' which will allow retirees to convert the equity in their home into an income. "Reverse mortgages allow people who have become asset rich but cash poor to enjoy life now. Their house is likely to have been their number ...

Home loans group calls on government to support reverse mortgage

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2004
... federal government should consider helping Australian retirees with inadequate superannuation by supporting reverse mortgages, a specialist home loans group said today. Bluestone Equity Release, a subsidiary of non-conforming lender Bluestone Group ...

Reverse Mortgages on the comeback: Datamonitor

A report released today by Datamonitors highlights a sharp increase in the demand for reverse mortgages in Australia as a result of the retirement savings gap, an aging population and the considerable amount of wealth tied up in residential property. ...

Bluestone buys into reverse mortgage market

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2004
... budding reverse mortgage market, offering older Australians fixed interest cash loans for the rest of their lives. Reverse mortgages have drawn controversy from consumer groups - given borrowers give up equity in their homes for cash - but Bluestone ...