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Here’s Where Retirees Will Want to Live in 2016
andresr/iStock You’ve had your career and raised your family, and now it’s time to kick back and take it easy. Congrats, you’ve made it! You could probably stand to downsize now—and that’s making you...
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Millennials in the Burbs? You Won’t Believe the Latest Home-Buying Trends
PeopleImages.com/Getty Images What’s a millennial pushing 30 to do? Apparently, leave the fun, the fantasy, the pace, and the possibilities of big-city living far behind and buy a home … out in the...
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Reverse Migration: How Baby Boomers Are Transforming City Living
Hero Images/Getty Images It’s the traditional migratory circle of life: Young folks flock to the blazingly bright cities to make their careers and have their kicks; middle-aged peeps move to the...
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Seniors Seeking Roommates: ‘Golden Girls,’ Please Apply
Alice S. Hall/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Having roommates has been a godsend for 83-year-old Freda Schaeffer. The retired secretary began renting out the extra rooms in her three-bedroom,...
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Housing Had a Great First Half of 2016, but Will It Last?
wildpixel/iStockWe had great expectations for the housing market this year—and so far, 2016 has certainly delivered. Looking back at the first half of the year, it’s nothing but good news: Total home...
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The 5 Real Estate Trends That Will Shape 2017
We won’t pretend to know everything that 2017 will bring—heck, 2016 sure surprised us—but we’re pretty certain there will be changes. A lot of them. And while the surprise triumph of Donald Trump in...
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Guess Which Generation Is Making the Biggest Comeback in Real Estate
20th Century Fox; realtor.comDoc Martens are back in fashion, this time on the shelves at Nordstrom. Hollywood starlets sport ’90s choker necklaces and Nirvana T-shirts. And guess what? Generation X...
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No Millennials Allowed: Boomers Are Flocking to Cool 55-Plus Communities
The Villages; valio84sl/iStock; Getty ImagesHoping to buy into a vibrant community of homeowners that offers perks like daily fitness classes, lavish spas, and awesome cocktail hours? Maybe even a...
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Boomers, Millennials, and the McMansions No One Wants
Tom Merton/iStock; hobo_018/iStock; pamspix;iStockAs baby boomers look to downsize out of their suburban McMansions, a generational showdown is looming: Millennials might be coming into their own as...
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Forever Homes: The 10 Best Cities in America to Age in Place
AngelMcNallphotography/iStockThe math is inescapable: There are about 75 million baby boomers growing a little older every day. They’re the largest generation ever to retire, whenever they get around...
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What Do Baby Boomers Really Want in Their Next Homes?
Paul Bradbury/iStockIt’s all about millennials these days. Everything seems to center around these special snowflakes. But what about the original “me” generation? We’re talking about baby boomers, of...
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Millennials Are Taking Over Real Estate—but They’re Going Deeper Into Debt, Too
FatCamera/iStockMillennials are quickly ascending in the world of real estate, taking out the greatest share of all new mortgages and buying up the most homes in the lower price tiers—but they’re...
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Which Generation Is Struggling the Most to Buy a Home? (It’s Not Millennials)
imagedepotpro/iStockScrimping and saving to come up with a down payment is no easy feat, especially when aspiring buyers have student loan debt, high rents, and soaring property prices to contend with....
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Where are America’s Millennial Meccas, Gen X Hot Spots, and Boomer Boomtowns?
iStock; realtor.comYou know the generational drill—or at least you think you do. Millennials, the conventional wisdom goes, are tech-obsessed, self-obsessed, debt-laden, and weirdly fascinated by...
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Forget Big-City Living: More Millennials Are Transforming Small-Town America
iStockEverybody knows the deal: Millennials want to be in the biggest cities, in the center of all the trendiness, all the job growth, and, generally speaking, all the action. Right? Well, not so fast....
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Retirees Reshape Where Americans Live
Photo courtesy of Idaho TourismAmericans are relocating to retirement hot spots scattered around the country and returning to suburbia, according to Census Bureau figures released Thursday. The...
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Forget Florida: More Northern Retirees Head to Appalachia
Melissa Golden for The Wall Street JournalBLUE RIDGE, GA—When former New Yorker Marty Stefanelli and his wife contemplated retirement, they didn’t know where to look until a visit to this Appalachian...
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Startup Offers Twist on Reverse Mortgages—Should Boomers, Seniors Get on Board?
iStock; realtor.comMaking ends meet is no easy feat. Making ends meet as a senior on a fixed income can be even more challenging, particularly when onerous property taxes come due or the roof suddenly...
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Baby Boomers Are Downsizing and There’s a Problem: What to Do With All Their...
Chris Gash/The Wall Street JournalAs baby boomers age, many are planning to downsize into smaller homes. But preparing to live in a smaller space brings up a challenge: how to get rid of all the stuff...
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You’ll Never Guess the Best State for Retirees—or the One They Should Avoid
monkeybusinessimages/iStockLet’s just get this out of the way: Yes, Florida boasts gloriously warm weather, year-round. The cost of living and home prices are generally much lower than on the...
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