MIAMI: The housing choice of the early boomers (65-70) is increasingly falling into two high growth camps.
The stay at home for life is the fastest growing sector, but a previous sliver is now up to 4 percent of the total market. Read More »
The boomer housing ambition to either ‘stay put’ or to live off ‘the grid’
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Trend for over 70s to seek housing with two master bedrooms
NEW YORK: A new report predicts that by 2015, more than 60 percent of custom-built houses will have two master bedrooms. An architect was quoted as saying that those who couldn’t afford a second bedroom often had a small day-bed in an alcove or in Read More »
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Expert report predicts end of skilled nursing homes
SEATTLE: An expert commission has released its report into the future of skilled nursing homes.
The commission has spent the last twelve months reviewing the brand of residential care, public Read More »
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Major reverse equity lender abandons market
NEW YORK: Generation Mortgage, a top 10 producer of government-insured reverse mortgages, has ended its reverse mortgage originations business, including its retail and wholesale operations.
The decision includes the Read More »
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