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Borrowing On An Annuity

  Dear Mrs. Lank: Is it possible for someone to take out a mortgage on, or stand security with, an annuity? How would one go about doing this?
 
 

A mortgage is a financial claim against your real estate, which you give to a lender in return for a loan.

An annuity is personal property, and you can’t mortgage one. Whether you can borrow against it is something to discuss with the company you bought it from.

 

    Edith
Originally published on November 6, 2006
 
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