Should CCRCs Expect A Redesign?

The Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRCs) may expect to see an update to its model in the next few years. As a larger portion of the Baby Boomer generation nears retirement, these communities built before the age of internet connectedness may now need to rethink...

Key Word: Amenities

“What are the amenities” is a question that is prevailing in every sector of real estate. A concept that once existed primarily in the hospitality industry now permeates both residential and commercial trends, with different desired amenities based on the different generations. Between the three...

The Purchase Games

The Millennials versus Boomers conversation has been, and may always be, an extremely hot topic. People love to analyze the two generations and pit their interests, attitudes, and social concerns against each other. Whether manufactured for clicks or founded in reality, Millennials and Boomers seem...

How to Plan on Covering the Costs of Long-Term Care

Guest post by Hazel Bridges, Creator of AgingWellness.org When someone you love needs long-term care, the last thing you want to think about is how to pay for it. Most seniors over the age of 65 will need some form of care at some point, so it...

Multigenerational Living

Around the world, many families have upheld the tradition of multiple generations living under one roof. When the kids grow up, they don’t move out. Instead, they simply move to a bigger room and start contributing more to the household. Those who may need greater...

Workspace Of The Future

Can you picture what your workplace might look like a decade from now? Will it resemble the multi-screen, robot-run, automated office from the Jetsons? Maybe a chic coworking space with an open floorplan? Perhaps the workspace of the future won’t look much like the current...

How Self-Driving Cars Will Change Local Real Estate

If you could watch your favorite movie or check off a few things on your to-do list while on the way home from work, would you? What if all of this could be done in the comfort of your own car, without having to suffer...

Giving Existing Multifamily an Edge

There’s no beating the newest, shiniest apartment project, right? Wrong. Though the appeal of cutting-edge finishes and technologies can’t be denied for certain demographics, with the right branding and positioning, older multifamily communities are seeing occupancy rates increase and even rival their newer competition. Can...

It’s 2017, do you know where your demographics are?

Social Media is an ever-changing platform, but there are three constants you can rely on. First – your ideal buyer is probably on some form of social media (2.8 billion people are using it these days – the same number of people who lived on...

Forget the Weather, the Housing Market says IT’S SPRING!

The weather this winter has been unpredictable at best, at least in our neck of the woods. But while the meteorologist’s forecast continues to vacillate between unseasonably warm and unseasonably cold, the housing forecast is telling us just one thing – Spring Is Here! Traditionally,...