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  [transcript} Hi, it’s Don Murdoch here, from reverse mortgage broker, Seniors First. A common question I’m asked is “Will a Reverse Mortgage affect my Age Pension?” The quick answer is: maybe. If you’re a Queensland Age Pensioner thinking about Reverse Mortgage, this should be the focus of your attention right now. I’ve done hundreds

  [transcript] Hi, I’m Andrew Cate. I’m the NSW Reverse Mortgage broker with Seniors First. Today’s lesson is: ‘how to minimise interest cost on a Reverse Mortgage loan.” I’ve helped over 400 seniors obtain a reverse mortgage. And if there’s ONE topic that people always want to talk about, it’s ‘compounding interest’. To recap: Reverse

The Commonwealth Bank Reverse Mortgage will be withdrawn from sale. CBA (and its subsidiary Bankwest) will no longer offer reverse mortgage loans to new borrowers from the beginning of next year. However, it will still continue lending for current borrowers. CBA made the decision to discontinue “Equity Unlock for Seniors” and Bankwest reverse mortgage (Seniors

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced today that he will quickly scrap the Government’s plan to increase the retirement age pension to 70. “We will ratify it next week. The pension age going to 70, gone,” Morrison said in an interview with Today Show. In the 2015 Budget, the Coalition decided to gradually increase the qualifying

As foreshadowed in our last post, the much awaited ASIC Reverse Mortgage Report was released today. This is an important document for all key stakeholders who comprise the Australian Reverse Mortgage ecosystem: Seniors / reverse mortgage borrowers Reverse Mortgage Lenders Reverse Mortgage Brokers Regulators Solicitors Financial advisers Family members of borrowers Centrelink Government I am