If you start receiving spouse's benefits at age 62, your monthly benefit amount is reduced to about 32.5 percent of the amount your spouse would receive if their benefits started at full retirement age. 67 is 50 percent (the maximum benefit amount). Age To Receive Full Social Security Benefits.
If there are many foreclosure homes available at one time, a buyer's market may form, resulting in lower sale prices. In 2013, foreclosed California homes spent about 34 months or nearly three years in shadow inventory before they were sold, according to the Inman News real estate website.
A reader asks: Can we still get a loan to buy a home after giving the bank a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure? I'm confused on the wait time. I would like to take advantage of today's market, but my bank said that I have to wait 3 years. And I have talked to different mortgage brokers, and one says this and one says that. Can you help us out? How soon can we buy a home again after a foreclosure? Answer: Excellent timing on that question regarding the waiting period to buy a home after losing your existing home. Your timing is good because the waiting periods for conventional loans-- the seasoning between the time the foreclosure was completed and when a buyer purchases another home -- has changed.