Baby boomers using home equity to pay for living costs, Heartland says

Baby boomers using home equity to pay for living costs, Heartland says
Retirees are using reverse mortgages to fund day-to-day expenses such as groceries. (Image: Getty)
Rebecca Stevenson
Heartland Bank’s retiree reverse mortgage customers are increasingly using funds drawn down from their homes to pay for day-to-day expenses such as groceries, haircuts and coffees at the café, the bank says. Heartland's head of retail, Keira Billot, said with the cost of living rising and high-interest rates, its reverse mortgage customers were using home equity to bridge the gap between superannuation payments and their expenses.One of the features of a reverse mortgage is people could choose to have a regular monthl...

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