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In most cases, it has been seen that the reverse mortgage interest rate is the deciding factor for a borrower to go for a reverse mortgage loan. It is a single factor which can swing a favourable decision to an unfavourable one. Finding out the reverse mortgage interest rates can be quite an effort as the different lendors give loans at different rates from case to case. Thus, if you would like to have a quick estimate of the rate, a good way to do that would be to use a reverse mortgage calculator which takes inputs like age of the borrower, value of the property and the location of the property to give a fair idea of the rates. You can also ask friends and relatives who have availed of such an option to know more about reverse mortgage interest rate. However, if you want to know the exact rates, it is better to approach the agency or the lender directly. Reverse mortgage interest rate determines how much you will be as interest to the lender once the term of the loan ends. It determines how much interest gets accrued against your loan principal outstanding. Also, the type of payment option chosen also determines the amount of interest paid. For example, in lump sum payment option, the interest on the whole amount is accrued from day one, where as in the monthly payment option, the interest gets accrued as and when a loan advance is made to the borrower. Also, the reverse mortgage interest rate fluctuates with time. It is dependent on the federal interest rates. Thus, it is good to negotiate with the lenders are they might be willing to give you better rates by keeping a smaller margin because of the competition between lenders. Also, the rates on offer can vary based on the prevalent rates in the market at that point of time. Reverse mortgage interest rates can be of two types - fixed and adjustable. Most of the mortgage plans in the market are of the adjustable type where the rates will adjust monthly or yearly to the current market rates. However, this also exposes the borrower to risks of increase in interest rate because of which, his home equity will get depleted faster. Another option is the fixed interest rate where the interest rate will not change for the entire term of the loan. This might sound as a better option, but there are a few caveats associated with it. Firstly, fixed interest rate schemes only allows for lump sum payment option, it does not allow monthly payment option which can be availed in the case of adjustable rate schemes. Lump sum payment means that interest on the whole amount gets accrued from the beginning, thus meaning that you pay much more as interest, especially if you don't need the lump sum payment and would rather have monthly instalments. Apart from the reverse mortgage interest rates, other costs which need to be considered are the originating costs, which can be as high as 2% of the value of the property, closure costs, mortgage insurance costs and service costs which are charged by lenders to extend these loans to borrowers. Thus, reverse mortgage lenders are supposed to provide a figure called total annual loan cost which can be used to compare the costs of loans from two different lenders.


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