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It's Official - 2026 Social Security COLA Announced
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for 75 million Americans will increase 2.8 percent in 2026. The 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to nearly 71 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2026. Increased payments to nearly 7.5 million SSI recipients will begin on December 31, 2025. (Note: Some people receive both Social Security…...
Top Retirement Towns
Waitsville, Vermont (population 1,700) is an interesting retirement choice for someone who enjoys the outdoors and doesn’t mind cold weather. Often thought of together with the small adjacent town of Warren, Waitsfield is just a few miles from 2 top Vermont ski resorts, Sugarbush, and Mad River Glen. The town itself is cute and exudes a New England feeling as…...
Seaside is a planned, mixed generation community in Florida's Panhandle,midway between Fort Walton Beach and Panama City. It is one of the first examples of the New Urbanism style of architecture, a retrospective treatment in which houses have front porches and people are encouraged to walk rather than drive their cars. Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk were the architects. Driveways…...
Ashland is a small town of just under 22,000 in very southern Oregon, about 15 miles north of the California border. The town is great for retirement as it is a cultural mecca, hosting the Oregon Shakespeare Festival as well as Southern Oregon University and its 5000 students. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is one of the largest and most successful…...
The Villages, located 20 miles south of Ocala, is one of the world's largest active communities, as well as one of the fastest growing communities in the U.S. It had almost 149,000 residents in 2020, and continues to grow. The Villages is proud to be family owned and operated, and benefits from intensive involvement from its residents. There are 3…...
