Multi-generational living

What will houses be like in 20 years… predictions from 6 homebuilders

Six visionary homebuilders gave Architectural Digest their predictions for what new houses will look like 20 years from now. Although their ideas vary depending on region and clientele, they share...
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Things to think about when you cross the “Freedom Threshold” at age 61

A study by Merrill Lynch refers to a significant shift which occurs about age 61. The study refers to this change as “crossing the freedom threshold”… when where you live...
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Weekly real estate market update 8/2/24… more interest in multi-generational homes

Welcome to the Dog Days of Summer… and the doldrums of the real estate market. There isn’t much happening in the real estate market… except holding fairly steady, which could...
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When you you can’t buy because you need help to make the mortgage payment

With interest rates high and home prices continuing to go up, affordability is at a historic low… and many buyers are finding themselves priced out of the housing market. This...
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Real estate market update 11/10/23… benefits of buying a multi-generational home

Showing activity took a significant drop the beginning of this week, (last data we have is from Monday of this week) when showings dropped down to last year’s level after...
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Weekly real estate market update 3/10/23… does a multigenerational home make sense for you?

New listings climbed to the highest level since the beginning of November last year… price reductions slowly increased. It follows that multiple offers are also increasing… pending sales are holding...
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How homebuyers are changing… 2022 homebuyer shifts

The combination of historically low inventory, persistently high home prices and rapidly escalating interest rates drove some interesting changes in homebuyer characteristics this year. Year-over-year changes from last year reached...
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The many benefits of multigenerational living… why it has quadruped in the last decade

According to a Generations United study in 2011, 7 percent of Americans lived in a multigenerational household of at least three generations. Fast forward to 2021 and that number nearly...
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