Rising Interest Rates Brought Down Reverse-Mortgage Lender
A government-backed reverse-mortgage program intended to help seniors tap their home equity ran into problems as interest rates rose, pushing one of the largest participating lenders into bankruptcy last fall, recent court documents show. 
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### Response: A government-backed reverse-mortgage program intended to help seniors tap their home equity ran into problems as interest rates rose, pushing one of the largest participating lenders into bankruptcy last fall, recent court documents show. 