Reverse mortgage: Have your cake and eat it, too - 2004-03-24
I've always had fondness for the quote from British novelist Angela Carter, who wrote: "Home is where your heart is."

But I have another twist on that sentiment. Today, our homes aren't just where our hearts are. Our homes are where our money is.

Can't afford your child's college education? No problem. Shake some cash out of your homestead.

And now, seniors are increasingly using their home to borrow money through reverse mortgages.
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British Mortgage Endowment Investors Advised on Complaint Process - 2004-03-24
Up to 60 percent of people with endowment mortgages are convinced they were mis-sold -- yet only 6 percent have successfully complained.

Official figures from the influential Treasury Select Committee reveal that there is a yawning UKpound 40 billion shortfall between what these investments promised and what they are likely to pay. Of the 8.5 million endowments in existence, 6.8 million are likely to have shortfalls.
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