Reverse Mortgage Due When Borrowers Die
As more seniors turn to reverse mortgages, their adult children might be puzzled or concerned about what will happen to that debt when their parents die. Nearly all reverse mortgages are home equity conversion mortgages, or HECMs, which are insured by the Federal Housing Administration. HECMs are subject to some rules that might not apply to non-HECMs. The first thing adult children should know about HECMs is that these reverse...