DETROIT: Retirement communities and aged care compounds are increasingly being perceived as soft crime targets.
Instead of affording enhanced protection they are acting as magnets for crime. Read More »
Reverse mortgage sector now in steady decline
NEW YORK: The reverse mortgage (equity release) sector has an image problem. The sector is going backwards in almost all western country markets.
A name change is not going to work (akin to insurance industry adjusting the funeral expenses product to the ‘final expenses’ Read More »
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Hard times loom for too many boomers
DENVER: Boomers have changed each life stage they have passed, and older boomers are redefining what it means to retire.
They want to be able to enjoy the lifestyle to which many have become accustomed during their working lives. Read More »
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Continuous care retirement communities gamble on appeal to boomers
CHICAGO: Developers and continuous care retirement community (CCRC) managers are gambling that the product that had had a strong appeal to the veteran generation, will hold the same attraction to baby boomers.
“We are reimagining the front entrance, updating the look and Read More »
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