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Information for Monthly Payments
Borrowers make no monthly mortgage
Financial Advisors payments, unlike traditional mortgages, with
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and CPAs a HECM loan, the lender pays the borrower.
Borrower must continue to pay property taxes
and insurance.
Learn more about how Home Advantages of a Home Equity Loan
Equity Conversion Mortgage Unlike a HELOC loan, a HECM loan does not
(HECM) loans can offer an require monthly mortgage payments. 2
intelligent, tax-efficient solution
for homeowners 62 and over. FEATURE HECM HELOC
Monthly Mortgage Payment* O NO P YES
Minimum FICO Score* O NO P YES
Guaranteed Growth Rate** P YES O NO
1 What is a HECM? Receiving the Money
A HECM enables homeowners 62 and *Clients must be able to prove they are willing and able to pay
their property taxes, homeowners insurance, and conduct
older to access their home’s equity as tax free Borrowers can receive the cash from general home maintenance.**This line of credit also includes a
loan proceeds while eliminating their monthly a HECM loan in several ways: compounding feature so that available credit increases each
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period on the prior period’s available credit balance.
mortgage payments. Borrower must continue to
pay property taxes and insurance. Use of the Money
Common uses of the proceeds include paying
Maintaining Ownership A single Monthly Line of for monthly living expenses, medical bills, home
Borrowers retain ownership of their 2 lump sum payments credit repairs and more. The HECM loan can also
home, but are subject to a lien granted be used prior to portfolio withdrawals, after
to the lender. They are responsible for paying A combination of the above investable assets are depleted, or as coordinated
property taxes, homeowners insurance, strategy based on portfolio returns.
maintaining the home, and otherwise complying
with the loan terms. The borrowers may continue Example: An eligible couple lives in a home valued Government Benefits
to live in the home and the loan doesn’t have to at $450,000 and owes $100,000 on their mortgage. Funds from a HECM loan generally do not affect
be repaid until they leave, sell the home, or fail to They take out a HECM loan and pay off their regular Social Security or Medicare benefits,
meet loan obligations. current mortgage which eliminates their monthly however, need-based benefits such as Medicaid
payment and opens a $80,894 line of credit. and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), could
This line of credit grows over the next 10 years be affected.
3 Loan Amount to be worth $140,542. Since they eliminated their
The amount of the loan depends on: mortgage payment, there is no need to draw down
age of the youngest borrower or eligible non- their 401K to supplement monthly expenses. Call today!
borrowing spouse, current interest rates,
appraised value of the home and amount of This example is based on the youngest borrower age 65, home
purchase price of $450,000, IMIP of $9,000, origination fee of $6,000
equity in the home. and other settlement costs of $4,555. HECM ARM as of 11/16/2017.
