Planners were asked, "What percentage of your middle market clients assets earmarked for financing retirement are typically invested in their home?" Half of planners said less than 25 percent, and another 33 percent said 25 percent to 49 percent, with the remainder falling in the 50 percent to 100 percent categories. Planners were than asked their approach to leveraging housing wealth. A large percentage of respondents indicated indicated using a varied approach depending upon a clients is objectives. others chose to recommend their clients move to a smaller home or senior housing and invest the additional assets to generate income. A much smaller number of planners chose to use a reverse mortgage. Among those planners, some indicated that they would use a reverse mortgage to retire a current traditional mortgage, set up a lifetime or period certain stream of income, or establish a line of credit.