Quiz time. Is your home: a) A place to live b) A piggybank for retirement? For most homeowners, the answer is “both of the above.” Decades of rising residential real estate valuation have brought Americans to view their homes not only as shelter, but an important asset that will help fund retirement. They’ve been encouraged by the [...] [...more]
If you think the subprime mortgage meltdown is bad, consider the impact on housing as the boomer age wave hits. Dowell Myers, professor of urban planning and demography at the University of Southern California, is co-author of a new research study looking at how the huge boomer generation will affect housing as it begins [...] [...more]
RetirementRevised.com is the companion website of Retire Smart, a column written by Mark Miller that appears in more than 30 newspapers each week. For millions of Baby Boomers, retirement is an opportunity for reinvention, rather than taking it easy. Mark is helping write the playbook for the new career and personal pursuits of a generation.
