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May 7, 2025 — The 55+ housing market in Florida is slowing down, according to a new analysis by 55places.com. One indication is the growing Months of Inventory (MOI) measure, and another is a decrease in prices. Both of these figures are evidence that the Florida market…
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Category: Health and Wellness Issues
May 5, 2025 — Have you noticed that some people of the same age look and act very differently. Some folks in their 70s and 80s seem to dodder around, while others are terrors on the pickleball court. We came across this article recently by Roger Rosenblatt in the…
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Category: Life Care or CCRC
Note: This is part of a series on college town retirements. See Further Reading below for links to the other installments. Now updated, it originally appeared in 2014.April 2025 — Ask someone to name the most exciting years of their lives, and many will tell you it was when they were…
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Category: Financial and taxes in retirement
April 23, 2025 – More than state income taxes, those levied on your property can be one of the most problematic for retirees. That’s because they carry no direct relation to one’s ability to pay – you might have a valuable home,but little savings and income. Property taxes still have…
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Category: Active adult communities
April 15, 2025 — Many people are tempted by the prospect of living in an active adult or 55+ community. The built in social life, the amazing amenities, maintenance free lifestyle, clubs, and being able to live with your peers can be very appealing. But how can you identify communities…
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Category: Life Care or CCRC
April 12, 2025 — Steve S. asked us a question we know a lot of people have: “What Is the Best Way to research Independent Living housing and see ratings and costs?” The same question might apply to Assisted Living and Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs – or Life Care…
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Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
April 10, 2025 — Want to retire to an affordable town that has all kinds of great things going for it? Realtor.com came up with a list last year with 10 towns that hit that sweet spot. These communities offer access to many of the things that retirees value…
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Category: Financial and taxes in retirement
April 10, 2025 — Many people in or near retirement got nervous last week as nearly every stock plummeted. Who knows where the market will ultimately go in the wake of Trump’s disrupting tariff moves, but the initial reaction was bad. The S&P 500 experienced a significant decline last week,…
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Category: Uncategorized
April 1, 2025 — HireaHelper.com publishes a very interesting study of retirement moves every year. Since they rely on Census Data and other , it is pretty solid info. The most surprising thing in the report was that Massachusetts was the stop state for retirees who “moved specifically to retire”…
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Category: Social Security
March 29, 2025 — Social Security’s future has long been discussed, usually with a negative picture. The Trust Funds are running out because more in benefits is being paid out than is contributed by workers. The latest estimate is that the retirement portion of SSA Trust Funds will be depleted…
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