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Odwrócony kredyt hipoteczny jako alternatywna metoda zabezpieczenia emerytalnego
The Reverse Mortgage as an Alternative Form of Retirement Security

Author(s): Maciej Cycoń, Tomasz Jedynak
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie
Keywords: reverse mortgage; retirement security

Summary/Abstract: The article describes reverse mortgages and analyses them as an additional source of retirement income beyond pensions. A reverse mortgage is a loan available to seniors used to release home equity in a property either in one lump sum or across multiple payments. The authors also discuss the existence of the reverse mortgage in Poland and determinants of reverse mortgage market development.

  • Issue Year: 883/2012
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 19-28
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish