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Believe it or not, There are some Proprietary "Jumbo" Reverse Mortgage Products Out There

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Mortgage and Lending with First Meridian Mortgage

After John Dugan's speech about the dangers of propietary (Non-FHA) Reverse Mortgages, I decided to look deeper in to what Proprietary (also knows as Jumbo) Reverse Mortgages are available out there. I thought they were gone, but new products are sprouting ("Green Shoots.")

Before I say what's out there, first a caveat: These products are at VERY LOW LTV's (15-30) What that means is that they ONLY make sense at very high home values (Well over $1 million, maybe even $2 million.) I am not sure what other advantages they provide, but I am still learning as much about them as I can.

Bank of America offers a Jumbo product called "Platinum" but only in the following ten states AZ, CA, DC, DE, FL, GA, NC, SC, TX, & VA.

First Reverse offers a Jumbo Product. I know they are also geographically limited, but I am still working on finding out which states they allow.