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Modesto Bee
April 28, 2009
Overview: “Home construction for Americans 55 and older is expected to drop by nearly half in 2009 compared with the previous year, a sign that the market for home building geared to senior citizens is contracting despite the wave of baby boomers approaching retirement.”
http://tinyurl.com/dcqu8e
Baby Boomers are not Rolling Stones: Study
Jacob Gaffney
Housing Wire
April 29, 2009
Overview: “A study on housing trends, released today by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the MetLife Mature Market Institute (MMI), finds that members of the baby boomer generation, those born in the post-world War II era, are deciding to stay put the rest of their days. But this environment may be shifting, the report notes.”
http://tinyurl.com/dkkykt