In Brief: S&P Adds Ratings On Reverse Mortgages

Standard & Poor's said it has created criteria for rating reverse-mortgage securitizations.

The first such securitization it rated was Canadian. Standard & Poor's said it has crafted a "generic methodology" to evaluate reverse mortgages in all markets on the basis of this issue.

Reverse mortgages enable people 62 and older to exchange equity in their homes for cash. S&P expects the market for reverse mortgage securitizations to grow in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Great Britain.

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