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  • 4 Active Adult Floor Plan Considerations to Keep in Mind

    by Bill Ness on October 29th, 2007

    It's important to get up to speed on floor plan trends when looking for a new home. It may also be useful if you are considering building or remodeling a home in an active adult community. Planning the layout of your new home is half the fun when you are making a move. Here are four considerations to make when browsing floor plans.

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    • Active Adult Guides
    • Homebuying

  • Before You Move to a New Community, Follow This Moving Advice

    by Bill Ness on October 20th, 2007

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    Moving. Everyone has to do it sooner or later. And while the end result is usually filled with excitement, the process itself is often faced with angst. But it doesn't have to be that way. There are several ways to defang the moving monster.

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    • Homebuying
    • Retirement

  • 55 & Older Buyers Accounts for 20 Percent of New Home Sales

    by Bill Ness on October 18th, 2007

    People aged 55 and older will account for 20 percent of this country's new home sales, according to the National Association of Home Builders. Surprised? Find out what the 55+ crowd is looking for when they buy a new home.

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    • Homebuying

  • Retirement Planning? Here Are 4 Tools To Help

    by Bill Ness on October 16th, 2007

    Whether people use a financial planning professional or choose a do-it-yourself route, the motivating factor for at least long-term financial planning is often retirement. However, retirement can mean a lot of different things to different people. For some, it means stopping work completely. For others, it may mean not having to work, but choosing to continue part- or full-time work doing something else they enjoy.

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    • Finances
    • Retirement

  • Who Said Active Adult Communities Are Just for Retirees?

    by Bill Ness on October 10th, 2007

    When many people first hear about "active adult communities" their first assumption is that these are places where people buy a home strictly for retirement. While it is true that many people who do live in this type of community are retired, the fact of the matter is that quite often more than half of the people who live in these developments are still working.

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    • Tips

  • 55places.com's Awards Criteria Breakdown and Methodology

    by Brad Mitchell on October 1st, 2007

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    • Del Webb

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