The statistics about the waves of baby boomers turning 65 each day are old news to anyone who works in a senior-focused industry. But a new report from Harvard University adds a new twist to measuring the coming wave of American seniors: In 2035, households with members aged 65 and older will account for a […]

Home prices in the United States rose yet again last month, continuing a steady march that has some raising concerns about overheated housing markets in certain areas. CoreLogic’s Home Price Index rose by 6.9% between April 2017 and April 2018, the real estate analytics firm reported Tuesday, with a 1.2% month-over-month gain from March. As […]

As the nation ages and the demographics within the ranks of older Americans begin to shift, today’s seniors are increasingly open to the idea of carrying debt. Almost half of retirees aged 75 and over had some kind of loan debt in 2016, according to an analysis from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) — […]

U.S. home prices continued their inexorable march upward this spring, climbing to 7% over March 2017 levels and 1.4% higher than they were in February. “Home prices grew briskly in the first quarter of 2018,” said Frank Nothaft, chief economist at real estate analysis firm CoreLogic, which released its monthly stats on Tuesday. “High demand […]

More than two-thirds of seniors say that Social Security benefits are critical to their retirement planning according to a new survey, while a plurality said their biggest financial regret from their younger days was not saving enough. The April survey was conducted by LendEDU, an online student loan refinancing marketplace, which sought the opinions of […]

A pair of new reports on January reverse mortgage endorsements reveal that the bump in volume ahead of the October 2 rule changes continued to pay dividends into the new year. Home Equity Conversion Mortgage originators — including Federal Housing Administration-approved firms and their non-approved counterparts — saw 32.9% endorsement growth in the first month […]

Senior home equity levels continued to climb in the final quarter of 2017, ballooning to $6.6 trillion. Homeowners aged 62 and older saw their home equity rise by $149 billion between the third and fourth quarters of last year, according to the most recent Reverse Mortgage Market Index (RMMI) report. The index, calculated by the […]