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In the last post we saw how expensive kids can be, and taking care of the growing number of seniors is another strain on the Bank of Mom and Dad. Thanks daytrip for sending this in from the latimes.com - an excerpt: “We are exquisitely unprepared for that [oldest] age...
Factor in the cost of raising children into the future housing demand - how much farther can the Bank of Mom and Dad go? Hat tip daytrip: The average cost of raising a child until age 18 today is more than $230,000— but that number only gets higher when children...
Here's the interesting excerpt from this article - the other alternatives that older adults might consider: Communities become a source of support and engagement for residents, particularly for older adults, who have an even stronger desire to age in place. The AARP...
A study released Thursday by Trulia examined the housing situations of homeowners 65 and older and compared it with a decade ago. It uncovered a 3.4% jump in the number of seniors working in 2016 compared with 2005, and a 1.7% increase in the number living with...
Will the current turbulence in the real estate market make boomers drop everything and list their home for sale in the coming months, or just scoot a little closer to the exits? How many were already counting on every dollar of equity based on their lofty estimates of...
We have dispatched the lightweights around the Bay Area and have now passed those pesky VenCo guys, so only one more town in our way - Los Angeles! We can do this! Keep being less-affordable San Diego! The NAR didn't list the criteria they used to create this...
We're going to be fed a solid diet of ivory-tower analyses from now on, because when you look at the history, it sure seems like home prices are due to come down. What these authors fail to consider is how the Bank of Mom and Dad has made the current pseudo-bubble...
Hat tip to daytrip for sending in this article, though it somewhat contradicts what I believe - I think you should move somewhere! Yes, many retirees are looking for a version of Mayberry, the fictional North Carolina town that actor Andy Griffith called home in his...
Who is selling? Over the last few years we've seen that most home sellers are the long-time owners, and that trend is continuing. On the left are the years when the sellers purchased the home they sold between July 26 and August 3rd of this year: Year Purchased...
