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hipoteca inversa

English translation: reverse mortgage


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Spanish term or phrase:hipoteca inversa
English translation:reverse mortgage
Entered by: Edward Tully
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11:35 Feb 22, 2010
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Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
Spanish term or phrase: hipoteca inversa
nobody seems to have asked this: it is a "mortgage" intended for senior citizens in which the bank buys your house back from you, and in exchange gives you a lump sum or a monthly payment to live off of. the bank gets your home when you pass away, i believe
Trans-Iberian
Local time: 08:46
reverse mortgage
Explanation:
yep, you're reading is right!
Tips For Consumers On Reverse Mortgages
Some Tips for Consumers Considering a Reverse Mortgage ... To qualify for a reverse mortgage, you must be at least 62 years old, live in your house, ... a bad idea to use the loan from a reverse mortgage to buy other financial products. ...
www.consumerlaw.org › ... › Older Consumers - Cached - SimilarReverse mortgages
When you put all the marketing glitz to the side, a reverse mortgage might be ... During the term of the loan, you get to live in your house and you'll be ... is a good place to go for information about financial products and services. ...
www.understandingmoney.gov.au/.../reversemortgages.aspx - Cached - SimilarTrick or treat: Reverse mortgages can be "foreclosures in disguise"
29 Oct 2009 ... The 73-year-old retiree took out a reverse mortgage in 2006, paying $11000 ... Reverse mortgages let you live in your house even if the equity's exhausted. ... information especially when dealing with financial products. ...
blogs.tampabay.com/.../trick-or-treat-reverse-mortgages-can-be-foreclosures-in-disguise.html - CachedSeniors - Blog Toplist
16 Sep 2009 ... If you can?t afford to live in your house anymore or you need to supplement your cash flow, ... Seniors protected with new bill for reverse mortgage .... Seniors pressured into buying unnecessary financial products ...
www.blogtoplist.com/rss/seniors.html - Cached - Similar

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Note added at 13 mins (2010-02-22 11:49:43 GMT)
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"lifetime mortgage" is also possible, but less common.
Reverse mortgage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A reverse mortgage (or lifetime mortgage) is a loan available to seniors, and is used to release the home equity in the property as one lump sum or multiple ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_mortgage - Cached - Similar
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5reverse mortgage
Edward Tully
4 +1Equity release (mortgage)
Ruth Ramsey


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Equity release (mortgage)


Explanation:
These are quite common in the UK.

Ruth Ramsey
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:46
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 103

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andy Watkinson: I've always heard "equity release scheme/plan"
3 hrs
  -> Yes, I think those terms are used also. Thanks Andy.

neutral  Peter Riccomini: Equity release is a more general term. It covers any loan secured on a property which is not to purchase that property. Hipoteca inversa is a specific variant, paid out to the borrower in instalments, thereby providing him/her with an income.
5 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
reverse mortgage


Explanation:
yep, you're reading is right!
Tips For Consumers On Reverse Mortgages
Some Tips for Consumers Considering a Reverse Mortgage ... To qualify for a reverse mortgage, you must be at least 62 years old, live in your house, ... a bad idea to use the loan from a reverse mortgage to buy other financial products. ...
www.consumerlaw.org › ... › Older Consumers - Cached - SimilarReverse mortgages
When you put all the marketing glitz to the side, a reverse mortgage might be ... During the term of the loan, you get to live in your house and you'll be ... is a good place to go for information about financial products and services. ...
www.understandingmoney.gov.au/.../reversemortgages.aspx - Cached - SimilarTrick or treat: Reverse mortgages can be "foreclosures in disguise"
29 Oct 2009 ... The 73-year-old retiree took out a reverse mortgage in 2006, paying $11000 ... Reverse mortgages let you live in your house even if the equity's exhausted. ... information especially when dealing with financial products. ...
blogs.tampabay.com/.../trick-or-treat-reverse-mortgages-can-be-foreclosures-in-disguise.html - CachedSeniors - Blog Toplist
16 Sep 2009 ... If you can?t afford to live in your house anymore or you need to supplement your cash flow, ... Seniors protected with new bill for reverse mortgage .... Seniors pressured into buying unnecessary financial products ...
www.blogtoplist.com/rss/seniors.html - Cached - Similar

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Note added at 13 mins (2010-02-22 11:49:43 GMT)
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"lifetime mortgage" is also possible, but less common.
Reverse mortgage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A reverse mortgage (or lifetime mortgage) is a loan available to seniors, and is used to release the home equity in the property as one lump sum or multiple ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_mortgage - Cached - Similar

Edward Tully
Local time: 08:46
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Constantinos Faridis
23 mins
  -> thank you Constantinos! ;-)

agree  Jessica Noyes
39 mins
  -> thank you Jessica! ;-)

agree  Richard Boulter: 'Reverse mortgage' is more common in the U.S.; 'equity-release mortgage' is more technical language that translates better as 'hipoteca en equidad' and 'lifetime mortgage' is a marketing expression, I think. For the Query, this answer seems appropriate.
2 hrs
  -> thank you Richard! ;-)

agree  Steven Huddleston: Absolutely!
4 hrs
  -> thank you Steven! ;-)

agree  Peter Riccomini: This is the correct term.
5 hrs
  -> thank you Peter! ;-)
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Mar 8, 2010 - Changes made by Edward Tully:
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