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In the first quarter of 2013, the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) 55+ single-family Housing Market Index (HMI) increased 19 points on a year over year basis to 46, which is the highest first-quarter number recorded since the inception of the index in 2008 and sixth …
5/9/2013
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Builder confidence in the 55+ housing market for single-family homes showed continued improvement in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to the same period a year ago, according to the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) latest 55+ Housing Market Index (HMI) released today. The …
2/7/2013
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The segment of the housing industry that caters to those home buyers and renters who are 55+ years old will continue to improve in 2013, according to industry experts at a press conference held today at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas. …
1/23/2013
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Q I want to build single-family homes that will appeal to older buyers, and I think I’m supposed to include accessibility features. What’s the difference between ADA accessibility requirements and Fair Housing accessibility guidelines, and which ones do I have to use? And where …
1/7/2013
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by Randi Tucker
For Jeff Lamkin, CEO of Atlanta-based Sea Oats Group, the sight and smell of the ocean reminds him of his childhood vacations spent in traditional family rental communities like Seaside and Rosemary Beach in Florida. These memories prompted Lamkin to develop a similar seaside …
1/7/2013
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Q I've been reading about the wave of baby boomers who will be looking for homes that are smaller and easier to maintain and live in. How can I decide if it makes sense for me to build and sell such homes in my area — a mid-size city far from the Sunbelt?
A Many businesses have targeted the …
1/7/2013
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Good recipes combine lots of tasty ingredients and end up with something delicious. But the best recipes combine unexpected ingredients and end up with something new and fabulous.
That approach was the game plan for Bridge Meadows, Portland, Ore., winner of a Silver award for Best Assisted …
12/21/2012
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A well-designed website is just as important for selling 55+ housing as it is for products targeting a younger demographic.
Creating Results, a strategic marketing firm working in New England and the Middle Atlantic states, has completed follow-up research on seniors’ Web use and, more …
12/21/2012
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As the boomer bulge moves toward retirement age and beyond, increasing numbers of housing-related groups are taking a closer look at current and projected conditions concerning housing for boomers and elders. One such group, the Center for Housing Policy, Washington, D.C., recently published …
12/20/2012
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A wide variety of home builders across the country have been successfully fighting these tough economic times with effective marketing approaches – and making sales. They are finding useful strategies to convert customers to residents, and take the wannabe home buyer to contract.
12/20/2012
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A 2012 report released by Transportation for America outlines a looming crisis in mobility for the baby boom generation.
The report reminds us that most Americans do not move when they retire, but choose to age in place. Because today's suburbs, and even cities, have been designed or modified …
12/20/2012
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by Adam Ducker
The active adult segment is a microcosm of the supply/demand dynamics that govern most American for-sale housing markets. After a long and painful interruption, demand appears to be rebounding ever so slightly. And survey data seems to suggest that the world has not changed …
12/19/2012
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by Margaret A. Wylde, Ph.D., with Judith Isacoff and Kristen Paris, Ph.D.It’s not that they “can’t get no satisfaction,” but the baby boomers on the leading edge of that generation, now between the ages of 55 and 64, have been jostled around in recent years by the economic …
12/18/2012
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Builder confidence in the 55+ housing market for single-family homes showed significant improvement in the third quarter of 2012 compared to the same period a year ago, according to the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) latest 55+ Housing Market Index (HMI) released today. The …
11/8/2012
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This is NAHB/MetLife research on homes and communities that baby boomers want.
9/14/2012
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Despite popular belief, a recent analysis of government data by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reveals that the geographic distribution of households headed by someone age 55 or older is fairly even across most of the country, with more than 30 percent of all households in every …
7/18/2012
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Meadow Ranch is an award-winning active adult community in Idaho, built to a high green standard.
1/30/2012
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Builder confidence in the 55+ housing market for single-family homes fell three points to 12 compared to the same period a year ago, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) 55+ Housing Market Index (HMI) released today.
“The current state of the …
11/10/2011
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